An insurance expert, Ben Ujoatuonu, has disclosed that government policies in the past prevented many insurance companies to take up agriculture insurance in the country.

By Jimoh Babatunde In many African countries agriculture is dominated by smallholder farmers growing food for their own consumption with extra production sold on a small scale. These set of farmers produce crops using traditional methods and low resource technologies. In spite of their limitations, the smallholder farmers have contributed to the promotion of sustainable […]

By JONAH NWOKPOKU The Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN and CBO Capital have called for more investments in private equity and venture capital. They made the call at the just concluded third annual investors’ conference organised by CBO capital in Lagos. They said that more investments in private equity and venture capital would make more funds […]

By Franklin Alli Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, has removed five million bad tyres from circulation in order to curb accidents on the highway, said its Director General, Dr. Joseph Odumodu. He said that the bad tyres were removed recently from warehouses at Ladipo auto spare parts market in Mushin area of the state by […]

Richard Harvey is the global chairman of PZ Cussons Plc. He was in the country last week to commission the company’s subsidiary (HPZ Limited) new assembling line for its fridge products. In this interview, he noted that fridge factory is highly capital intensive and in order for the company to be competitive, “We need more customer base of three million Nigerians to be able to go into fridge manufacturing.”

The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, weekend revealed that it has clampdown on three illegal companies operating in the country and warned fraudsters to desist from such illegal practices or face the wrath of law.

There is anxiety in the maritime industry over the take-over of destination inspection scheme by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS.

THE Nigeria Custom Service has decided to hold importers for any questionable imports as against the arrest of Customs agents.

here is a strong indication that the Federal Government may soon place total ban on importation of rice, fish and other food items into the country.

The U.K government has signed an agreement with the Nigerian government to implement the 2050 Pathways Calculator in Nigeria

The Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME) has faulted plans by the new owners of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN)to increase electricity tariff, asserting that it is inappropriate and uncalled for.

MamadorE vegetable oil, a product of PZ Wilmar is working hard to attain International Standards Organisations , (ISO) certification as it has gotten National Agency for Foods and Drugs Administration (NAFDAC’s) nod.

Dangote Foundation has commenced disbursement of N540 million micro grants to helpless women and youths in the three emergency affected states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe State.

The Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce, NBCC, has projected that trade figure between Nigeria and Britain can reach £20billion within the next five years.

The President of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Alhaji Alkali Mohammed, has commended UBA Foundation for organizing a national essay competition, sayimg the path towards sustainable development is through investment in the education of its youths