President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja said climate change is steadily taking a toll on income of families as farm lands get narrowed with desert encroachments, while the vagaries of the weather pose greater risks […]
Investment in the nation’s equity market on Tuesday sustained declining profile as investors embarked on profit-taking thereby slowing down the recent gaining momentum. Specifically, market capitalisation of listed equities declined by N23 billion or 0.18 […]
Lumos Global BV, a Dutch company specializing in off-grid solar power, plans to light up over a million Nigerian households by 2025 as it expands in Africa’s most populous country of more than 200 million […]
President Muhammadu Buhari and Prime Minister Mark Rutte met on Tuesday in Abuja to discuss bilateral relations and agreed that Nigeria and the Netherlands would continue to work together to improve bilateral trade volumes and […]
Investors in the nation’s capital market have called on the federal government to address factors affecting the growth of the market to achieve full recovery in the sector by year 2020.They said that there is […]
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare has assured that his Ministry is committed to the delivery of the dividends of good governance to the citizens, through the promotion of greater private […]
Stakeholders in Nigeria oil and gas sector have raised serious concern over the inability of the current administration to reach Final Investment Decisions (FIDs) on a single critical project five years after taking office. It […]
Nasarawa state Commissioner for Woman Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Halima Jabiru, has called for the support of emirate councils in the state to ensure improved investment in girl-child education and health for sustainable development. Jabiru said […]
The incoming governor of Bayelsa state David Lyon and his deputy Biobarakuma Eremieyun Degi on Thursday received their certificate of return to lead the state in four years time.Receiving the certificate, the governor elect David […]
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja directed officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to go after Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) that are yet to be on the Integrated […]
The recent report released by National Pension Commission for the third quarter of 2019 showed that the total value of pension assets rose quarter on quarter (q-o-q) to N9.58 trillion in September. It represents a […]
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Santuscom Agro-Hub Investment Nigeria Limited, producers of Ogoja Rice, Chief Paul Santus, has promised that his organisation is working to crash the price of 50 kilogram bag […]
Trading activities on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) yesterday crossed N13 trillion mark, appreciating by N237 billion. Market capitalisation of listed equities yesterday appreciated by 1.84 per cent to N13.067 trillion from […]
Africa focused payment startup PalmPay has launched in Nigeria after raising a $40 million seed-round led by Chinese mobile-phone maker, Transsion. The investment came via Transsion’s Tecno subsidiary, with participation from China’s NetEase and wireless […]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) expects the gender-lending initiative to allow women play a more active role in economies. This is even as the African Development Bank (AfDB), Credit Suisse, Industrial & Commercial Bank of […]
The federal government has rolled out plans for implementing new initiatives towards envisaging an export-oriented economy in few years ahead. The federal government through the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Richard Adeniyi Adebayo […]
Officers and Men of the Nigerian Army have been enjoined to invest in the capital market in a bid to create wealth and save money for their retirement. The Acting Director General of the Securities […]
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Riyadh said new investments and reforms in the agriculture sector in Nigeria hold the key to the target of his government to take 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in […]
Foreign transactions in the Nigerian equities market soared by 97.88 percent from N616 billion to N1.219 trillion in the last 12 years, figures released by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) have shown. The jump, which […]
The nephew of Colombian pop star Shakira made his debut with the Andorra FC – the club owned by Barcelona defender Gerard Pique – at the weekend. Andorra FC, who compete in the Spanish third division, were taken over by […]
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said the state needed not less than N80 Billion to meet its healthcare need, adding that 28 general hospitals are not enough to serve the entire […]
President Muhammadu Buhari departs Abuja Monday to attend a three-day Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia, from October 23 to October 25, 2019 with focus on exploring and expanding opportunities in security, trade and investment, science […]
The Kwara House of Assembly Thursday passed a bill for a law to establish Kwara State Social Investment Programme. The bill, which was the second to be passed by the 9th legislature, was an executive […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), says foreign exchange restriction in Nigeria is distorting public and private sector decisions and holding back investment in the country. The global body disclosed this during the unveiling of the […]
Kwara state governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq Wednesday advocated for more investment in agriculture, small and medium scale enterprises. The governor said Nigeria need such urgent diversification of her economy to lessen national reliance on crude oil. […]
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