Skye Bank Plc and Mall for Africa Limited, an online store with over 100,000 items for Nigerians to choose from, have entered into a partnership that will make online purchases and payments easy and convenient for Nigerians for goods purchased in the United States and Europe.
THE Lagos State Microfinance Institution (LASMI), in partnership with the Lagos State Cooperative Federation (LASCOFED), has established a micro-credit fund that would be accessible to members of LASCOFED with the aim of alleviating poverty.
Of the three tiers of government, the local government is supposed to be the closest to the people due to its proximity which makes it better positioned to understand and address the specific needs of the people.
Mushrooming bilateral and regional trade agreement meetings need to regulate global production so as to benefit non-members too.
DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, yesterday, said the agenda of his administration was to provide job opportunities for unemployed Deltans.
A team of investors have inspected facilities at the site of the proposed Export Processing Zone in Koko in the Warri North Local Government area of Delta.
Foreign investors looking for opportunities have been asked to look the way of Nigeria because of its suitable economic environment which ensures return on investment that is unmatched anywhere in the world.
HIGH-LEVEL experts from ECOWAS member states, who met in Ghana, recently, have identified priority actions to improve the implementation of the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS), which would reduce the costs of doing business and increase regional and international trade. The two-day meeting was co-organised by the USAID Trade Hub and ECOWAS.
THE pronouncement of Justice Adamu Hobom of the Federal High Court, Benin ordering the wife of the deputy Governor of Edo State, Mrs Endurance Odubu to pay the sum of N12milion as compensation for beating up an Army Captain, Olorunduyilemi Stephen was a landmark judgement. Hitherto, uniformed personnel had been accused of taking the law into their hands at the slightest excuse. But this time, Captain Stephen, perhaps because he had just come out of the House of Prayer, or for whatever other reason, chose the path of civility for his patience for the violent attack on him on January 11, 2010.
The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, has announced plans to increase the number of products traded on its platform to five within the next five years.
Petrobras, Brazil’s oil company, has announced a long-awaited plan to invest $224.7bn over the next five years following months of battling with the government over cost-cutting.
Rivers State House of Assembly, yesterday, said it approved N250 billion for the proposed state bond in order to facilitate infrastructural development in the state.
The first tranche of N100 billion bond is due in October, with a tenor of three to five years. Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, [...]
Samsung Electronics West Africa, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, yesterday, in Lagos, unveiled Samsung first solar panel net book in the world.
Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State will assist the family of slain police orderly attached to Government House, Umuahia, the Media Adviser to the Governor, Mr Boni Iwuoha, has said.
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