Leadway sustains support to Nigeria’s creative economy
By Rosemary Iwunze Leadway Assurance Company Limited has sustained its support for the growth of Nigeria’s creative industry, and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with the sponsorship of the largest leather exhibition in Nigeria, the Lagos Leather Fair (LLF), for the fourth consecutive year. The Lagos Leather Fair, now in its ninth edition, is set to […]
Housing finance: AMCON boss faults NMRC’s capital outlay
By YINKA KOLAWOLE Chief Executive Officer of the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr. Mustapha Chike-Obi, has faulted the guideline establishing Nigerian Mortgage Refinancing Company (NMRC), arguing that the agency lacked adequate capital, and called for increase in the minimum capital base of NMRC to about N10 trillion. Speaking at the Legal Business Summit […]
Don cautions FG over decision on Economic partnership Agreement
A professor of Economics at the University of Ibadan and chairman, Centre for Trade and Development initiatives, CTDi, Ademola Oyejide, has called on the federal government to rethink its decision on the Economic Partnership Agreement, EPA, saying that it will have negative implications for the economy.
FG to replicate SME clusters in 9,555 wards nationwide — Minister
THE Federal Government is poised to replicate the success story of SME clusters in 9,555 wards in the country.
40,000 farmers get N1m cocoa seedlings from FG
FEDERAL Government had released over 1 million cocoa seedlings to 400, 000 farmers of the cash crop across the cocoa geo-ecological zones in the country to boost the production and export of the commodity.
Africa’s emerging youths prefer investment to consumption
Barclays Africa has launched a report that shows Africans equate prosperity to achieving financial freedom, as Africa continues to experience growth ahead of other developing economies. Barclays Africa is among the leading banks on the continent with a presence in 14 African countries.
