Stakeholders at the just ended International Palm Produce Conference (IPPC) have urged the Federal Government to maintain the 35 percent duty on imported crude palm oil.

As efforts continues to intensify to make cassava bread a household staple, the federal government and the Bank of Agriculture, BOA, at the weekend signed a N2.4 billion Memorandum of Understanding, to facility the processing of cassava flour for self-sufficiency in cassava bread production and consumption.

Managing Director, Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Limited, Bola Adesola has predicted that another crisis looms in the global financial sector.

Bende Export-Import Limited and its foreign partners have been building the capacity of local producers and exporters of charcoal on raw materials sourcing.The foreign partners are Bende-Belcarbon ,Belgium and GSC Bende- Belcarbon, France.

A week after the protest by clearing agents which grounded operations at the Tin Can Island Container Terminal (TICT), agents have accused the management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) of being jobless and only interested in collecting money.

National Secretary of the National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), Uchu Block, has warned operators in the maritime industry to brace up for problems ahead because the Nigeria Customs Service does not have all it takes to effectively operate the destination inspection scheme.

THE Organised Private Sector (OPS) has opposed the passage of the proposed Customs and Excise Management Act (CEMA), saying that “the proposed law is against all known international trade conventions.”

A university student graduating from a four-year programme would be expected to have acquired the body of existing knowledge that would serve him/her in his/her workplace.

The Federal Government has stated that it will empower 50,000 graduates by the year 2015, with quality work experience under the Graduate Internship Scheme, GIS.

The Alternative Investment arm of Old Mutual Investment Group, said it will stake $50million under the Nigeria Infrastructural Development Fund effect from next year.

The Gbong Gwom of Jos, Da Jacob Gyang Buba, has said that much of the public misgivings about the insurance industry in Nigeria are due to ignorance and lack of proper understanding of insurance mechanism as a tool of risk management by the people.

The Nigerian Insurers Association, NIA, said it is putting modalities in place to ensure a smooth take-off of the marine insurance module of the Nigerian Insurance Industry Database, NIID, by first quarter of 2014.

Transcorp Plc. has reduced its contingent liabilities by N7.3 billion following its reorganisation scheme, even as it projects a Profit Before Tax (PBT) of N7 billion for the year ending 2013.

Following discovery of inadequate markets as the major key challenge impeding government’s efforts especially in Lagos in local fish production, Lagos state government has concluded plans to build more markets to existing ones aimed at boosting fish farming.

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has come up with a five-year initiative –Micro Reforms for African Agribusiness (MIRA) – that seeks to increase incomes of smallholder farmers through the creation of an enabling policy environment in Africa.