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Dangote Refinery resumes petrol loading in Naira at N1,215 per litre

Dangote Refinery resumes petrol loading in Naira at N1,215 per litre

•As depots, filling stations adjust prices By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor Dangote Petroleum Refinery has resumed gantry loading of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, in naira after a week suspension, ending uncertainty in the downstream sector over its temporary shift to dollar-denominated sales. Checks by Vanguard showed that the refinery has fixed […]
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Tiwa Savage leads Pampers campaign

Tiwa Savage leads Pampers campaign

Procter & Gamble (P&G) Nigeria, a consumer goods manufacturing company has picks popular R&B singer, Tiwa Savage to lead its new campaign “#MomsKnowBest” for its flagship brand, Pampers Baby-Dry diaper.This was disclosed at the unveiling of the campaign with the new television commercial, TVC of Pampers Baby-Dry Diaper held in Lagos.

Commercial banks should grant loan to MfB’s – IFC

Commercial banks should grant loan to MfB’s – IFC

The International Finance Corporation has advised Commercial Banks in Nigeria to see it as a duty to assist in funding Microfinance Banks (MfBs) in the country. Country Manager for IFC Nigeria, Eme Essien-Lore, gave the advice at a function in Lagos, where she said that there are lots of potential for commercial banks to be lending to microfinance banks in the country than looking for external capital.

Insurance companies, others owe banks N790bn

Insurance companies, others owe banks N790bn

Insurance companies and other financial institutions are indebted to commercial banks to the tune of N790billion as at September 2015, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s 2015 Quarterly Statistical Bulletin. The indebtedness of insurance companies, capital market operators and other financial organisations to banks in the country was N763, 392.26 in December 2014 and rose to N849, 595.55 in August 2015 before it went down to N790, 241.68 as at September 2015.

Olam invests $275m on wheat, pasta mills in Nigeria

Olam invests $275m on wheat, pasta mills in Nigeria

Olam Nigeria said its Singapore-based holding company, Olam International Limited has acquired Amber Foods Limited for $275 million. If the amount is converted with the current official exchange rate this amounts to N8.4150billion.

FOREX hardships cripple tricycle assembly plants

FOREX hardships cripple tricycle assembly plants

DIFFICULTY to accessing foreign exchange to bring in Completely Knocked Down (CKD)parts have started crippling tricycle and motorcycle assembling plants in the country with spillover effects on outsourcing companies that supply labour to the industry.