Business

Customer Passion Point Limited, trade marketing, training solutions and value creation consultancy firm has announced the appointment of Chinwe Kalu as its new Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer. Chinwe Kalu, a seasoned Trainer, Sales and Marketing Professional is taking over the helms of affair at the company following the exit of the pioneer Managing Director, Ikechukwu Kalu. Chinwe Kalu’s …

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Tayo Olanipekun A total of 261,938 Nigerians got their houses and businesses connected to electricity supply for the first time in the last four years through the U.S government-backed Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Project (REEEP), benefiting from the 2.51 megawatts of power provided by the program. The access to “clean and reliable energy” thus enabled involved 16,600 connections and …

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By Amos Okioma,Yenagoa. The Federal government of Nigeria and International Oil Companies operating in the Niger Delta Region have been called upon to urgently address the glaring neglect and underdevelopment as the only panacea in the region.This was contained in a press release by Wanama Onya and made available to Authority in Yenagoa. According to the statement, the Bayelsa state …

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The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Monday met with a delegation from the China Development Bank to discuss areas where the lender could be of assistance to the country. The meeting, which was held at the headquarters of the finance ministry, was attended by the Permanent Secretary at the ministry, Mahmoud Dutse, and top officials of the China …

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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), on Tuesday, in a release of the full year 2017 Gross Domestic Product growth rate for the country, says the country’s economy growing by 0.82 per cent in 2017. The 0.82 per cent growth in GDP is an improvement over the contraction of -1.58 per cent which the economy recorded in 2016 during the …

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FSDH Research expects a growth in the banking sector credit to the private sector in 2018. The improvement in the macroeconomic and business environment; improved consumers’ confidence; and the drop in the yields on the Nigerian Treasury Bills (NTBs) are the main drivers of the expected credit growth. The provisional figure that the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released for …

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By Amos Okioma,Yenagoa The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged energy firms operating in the Niger Delta region to intensify research efforts into renewable and non-fossil fuels. Mr Alagoa Morris, Head of Field Operations at ERA/FoEN, a Non-Governmental Organisation, made the call in an interview  in Yenagoa. Morris said there was the need to diversify the …

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Photo Caption: From Left; Mr Fubara Anga, Chairperson, Investors’ Protection Fund (IPF); Mr Edosa Aigbekaen, retired trustee of the IPF Board; Chief Adesola Abodunrin, retired trustee of the IPF Board; Mr Oscar Onyema, retired trustee of the IPF Board and CEO, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Mrs Misan Kofi – Senaya FMCR, retired trustee of the IPF Board; Alhaji Umaru …

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Lagos State has begun the distribution of the 2018 Land Use Charge demand notices for properties across the state.   The distribution which commenced last week ought to have been carried out much earlier in the year, but was delayed by a review of the Land Use Charge Act by the State House of Assembly.   The review process entailed …

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Executive Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai and the Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, will on Thursday, March 1, 2018 meet with business leaders, business owners and tax payers in Kaduna over the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS). The Kaduna State Government is hosting the VAIDS Stakeholders’ Symposium, which is expected to have in attendance …

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