Air Nigeria begins flight operations to London, Jo’burg next month
LAGOS—Air Nigeria yesterday announced plans to commence flight operations to Gatwick Airport in London on May 16, 2012, and Johannesburg, South Africa the following day.
Lafarge expands, invests N1.2 bn in ready-mix concrete plant
Lafarge Wapco Cement Plc has expanded its operations in Nigeria, with the investment of N1.24 billion (six million euros) in the provision of ready-mix concrete products.
‘Gov Orji is father of modern Abia’
DR Eze Chikamnayo is the Special Adviser to the Abia State Governor on Information, Strategy and Civic Orientation and presently a nominee to the Abia State Executive Council. In this interview he speaks on the governor’s major achievements and projects the government is currently handling. Excerpts:
NEPC frets over raw commodities export
THE Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has expressed its worry over the domination of raw commodities in the country’s non-oil exports with just few products with value addition.
STATE OF THE ECONOMY: Lamentations of Okonjo-Iweala
RECENTLY, the state of the Nigerian economy came into focus when the Finance Minister, who also bears a grandiose appellation of Coordinating Minister, Dr. (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala observed the dwindling reserves in the Excess Crude Oil Account and also, the lack of co-operation of state governors on the fortunes of the Sovereign Welfare Fund (SWF).
Market makers: Stakeholders call for enabling environment, strict monitoring
Stakeholders in the Nigerian capital market have advised that for the recently appointed market makers to achieve the objective of returning liquidity to the market need enabling environment as well as strict monitoring on their operations.
