Nigeria’ll not be Africa’s warehouse, but Africa’s workshop — Tinubu
By Yinka Kolawole President Bola Tinubu has declared that Nigeria will no longer be content with exporting raw materials and importing finished products, saying the country is determined to become Africa’s industrial workshop. Tinubu, who was represented by the Minister of State for Industry, Sen.John Enoh, spoke at the 6th Adeola Odutola lecture and Presidential […]
NPA’s berthing committee accuses marine pilots of extortion
THE berthing Committee of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Warri port has petitioned the management over extortion by the Ecravos marine pilots, a claim the pilots have denied.
Stakeholders support Youth Agripreneur initiative to end unemployment
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Akinwumi Adesina, has called for entrepreneurial skills development for profitable agriculture and agribusiness enterprises among African youth.
Oyo secures N31.14bn World Bank loan for flood management
The World Bank has approved a loan package of N31.14 billion (US $200 million) credit facility for Nigeria to improve Oyo State’s disaster risk management capabilities.
MasterCard: Financially excluded, under-served customers still live within cash economy
MasterCard has stated that both the financially excluded and underserved customers in the banking industry still rely on cash as a means of payment.
Nigeria to benefit from N15.55bn Dutch Growth Fund
Nigeria is one of the countries to benefit from the Netherlands’ N15.55 billion (about 700 million Euro) Growth Fund to be launched in July, the Netherlands Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Co-operation, Ms. Lilianne Ploumen, has said.
