Oyedele at UNGA: ‘Africa needs affordable capital to finance infrastructure’
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, has called for a major shift in the global approach to financing Africa’s development, urging the international community to make affordable, long-term capital available for infrastructure and energy projects across the continent. Oyedele, who made the call at the United Nations Dialogue […]
Dangote Sugar records N5.7bn profit, as 7up’s PAT declines by 50%
Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc recorded significant improvement in its top and bottom line figures for the half year ended June 30, 2012, as it recorded a 90.99 per cent improvement in its after-tax profit.
Niger consolidates on ‘Irrigation for Life’ project
After the landmark flagoff of the Nigeria-Israeli Joint Agricultural Project, tagged “Irrigation is Life” in Lapai Gwari village, near Minna in Niger state recently, the Niger state Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has brought in over 100 tractors to boost food production not only in the state mechanized farming.
Agriculture is business, says Agric Minister, Adesina
AS the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has began a new export development project that would help Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country, Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has said that “agriculture is a business and we must treat it as such.”
Nigeria, Egypt sign agreement on products’ standardization
Trade and investment relations between Nigeria and Egypt may have received a major boost, following the signing in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two countries.
CBN leading economy to hard landing – FDC
Subsidizing the naira, and keeping a cap on inflation is one thing, strangling growth is another. The CBN is now treading on a tight rope that could lead the economy to a hard landing.
