Africa trade policy group appoints Ese Owie as Convenor, targets global influence
By Jeremiah Urowayino Trade experts and thought leaders from across the African continent have said Africa has a role in shaping the World Trade Organisation, WTO, reform, noting that the world is at a critical juncture for the multilateral trading system. They said this while launching the Africa Trade Policy Working Group, ATP Working Group, […]
‘We don’t want abuse of dominance position in port operations’— NSC
Executive Secre-tary of the Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, Hassan Bello, has warned that the Council as the economic port regulator will not accept any form of arbitrariness in charges or abuse of dominate position by any operator.
Ecobank plans additional capital raising
Ecobank Nigeria may have begun plans to riase additional capital in order to boost its tier-1 capital. Vanguard gathered that the bank’s total capital adequacy ratio at the end of the first half of 2014 stood at 13.3 per cent.
Our plans for fish sufficiency in Nigeria, by Adesina
Nigeria last week took delivery of a deep sea vessel constructed by Remomtowa Holdings for the Nigerian Institute of Oceanography and Marine Research at a ceremony witnessed by the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan in Gdansk, Poland
Aguiyi Ironsi int’l market begins online sales of motor parts
Aguiyi Ironsi International Market in Ladipo has begun online sales of motor spare parts as part of efforts to check malpractices by unscrupulous middlemen.
Growth in non-oil export hits US$2.970bn — NEPC
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC, has disclosed that, Nigeria realised $2.970 billion from non-oil export, in 2013 a 15.9 per cent increase over $2.561 in 2012.
