Dangote Industries Limited has commended the leaders and members of Ibese community in Ogun State, for their support and co-operation in ensuring that work on the new cement plant being built by the company in the community remains on course for completion in record time.

INTERNATIONAL Oil Companies, IOCs, operating in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector say they will only be involved in vocational training and capacity building for youths in the Niger Delta for the industry and beyond in support of Federal Government’s Amnesty Programme.

FOLLOWING the huge sums spent on the bridging of petroleum products through the Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEF), the Nigerian Association of Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has urged the federal government to scrape the PEF as the chamber is bothered by the horrendous cost of operating the system.

Micro finance banking is relatively new in Nigeria and is still lacking in human and institutional capacity, hence it’s impact on real sector development and the grassroots, which is the main objective behind the policy, is minimal.

If you haven’t heard of John Cadbury, you’ll almost certainly have heard of (and tasted) Cadbury’s chocolate at some point.

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has initiated steps to address the current critical issues facing the export of Nigerian Agricultural produce to the United States , United Kingdom and other European Union Countries.

Last week we started this piece on drawing comparisons with the difficult and cumbersome process of finding
and processing gold out of the usually ugly looking ore deposits. We conclude with further practical illustrations.
Perceptions of a great job or contract.

The National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and agriculture (NACCIMA) Dr, Simon Chukwuemeka Okolo, MFR has declared that the shortfalls on the 2010 federal budget should be an eye opener to government on the great need to fast track the power sector reforms to ensure adequate energy supply that will engender increased economic activities in the country.

The Director-General of the International Labour Organisation, ILO , Mr. Juan Somavia, has called on nations of the world to reactivate the real economy and create jobs as a way of emerging from the current global recession.

A Telecommunications giant, MTN, has launched its Hynet internet service in Ilorin , in a bid to aid Small and Medium Enterprises and Small Offices/ Home Offices that cannot afford the broadband acquired by big businesses.

The upswing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) continued, Thursday, as the value of listed equities appreciated by N47.22 billion.

Niger State Governor Mu’Azu Babangida Aliyu has explained that the establishment of Due Process Directorate by his administration was aimed at checking open abuses of rules, regulations and standards in Public procurement and contract awards stressing that the State Government is committed to transparency, accountability and respect for rule of law.

Shareholders of Ecobank Transnational Incorporation (ETI), the parent company of the Ecobank Group, will receive a 50% increase in dividend payments this year following a resolution approved by the group’s Annual General Meeting in Kenya on 11th June 2010.

Scientists offer a natural, safe, and cost_effective solution to prevent future contamination of maize by the killer aflatoxin to secure the food and income of millions of small_scale farmers in Kenya and the rest of Africa.

By Patience SAGHANA The Captive Company of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) scraped back $57 million (N8.5billion) from the premium paid on its Consolidated Insurance Policy (CIP) into the purse of the corporation. NNPC’s captive firm generated $57million (N8.5billlion) premium for its CIP as at December 2009. The term ‘Captive’ is used generally to […]