Business

The Chairman of African proprietary investment company, Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu, has called on the government to prioritise SMEs, the Creative Sector and access to electricity to drive job creation, inclusive growth and the diversification of the economy. He made this call while speaking on the topic “Opportunities, Productivity and Employment: Actualizing the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan” at the …

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has confirmed a report published by African Business Travel News( ABTN) on Sunday that it has  arrested of many staffers of the two ground handling companies operating in Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, for their involvement in aiding drug trafficking in the airport. The nation’s anti-narcotic agency in a release by its  Principal Staff …

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Wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Emmanuel Udom and his counterpart in Adamawa State, Alhaji Jibrilla Bindo, are among top dignitaries expected to grace this year’s edition of the National Women Conference organised by the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO). Chairperson and wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs. …

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Africa’s richest man and most successful industrialist, Aliko Dangote, on Moday said the country will no longer import goods from other countries. He made the disclosure At the Financial Times’ 4th annual Africa Summit at Claridges in London. “We are not going to import anything any longer,” Dangote said, in the presence of Nigerian vice-president Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Congolese presidential …

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The Federal Government is working on modalities for setting up focused labs in some critical areas of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) to further consolidate the gains of the economic diversification programme. Budget and National Planning Minister, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma while briefing members of the Senate Committee on National Planning on the state of the economy said …

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‘GMD’s response full of  distortions’ David-West: minister’s claims wild Loyalists find gaps in NNPC’s position The crisis of confidence in the oil sector raged on yesterday, with some associates of the Minister of State, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, taking on the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru. Kachikwu wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari, alleging …

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The Chairman, United Bank for Africa Plc and Transnational Corporation Plc, Mr. Tony Elumelu has decried the debilitating effect of power sector failure on the nation’s economy due to incompetency of private electricity distribution companies. He suggested that the Federal Government should take another look at the sector by wresting ownership from incompetent private operators and sell the firms to …

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Heritage Bank Plc in partnership with organisers of the Next Titan Nigeria, Bravopoints International Limited have unveiled 16 finalists with brightest business ideas that will compete for the grand prize of the competition. The Next Titan is Nigeria’s entrepreneurial reality TV show where thousands of ambitious young entrepreneurs across the country compete with one another for a grand prize of N5 million and a …

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Photo Caption: From Left: Minister for Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma; Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo; Group Chief Executive Officer, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), Ade Ayeyemi and Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Charles Kie, at the 23rd Nigerian Economic Summit (NES23) in Abuja on Tuesday.

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Photo Caption: From Left: Assistant Director Nursing Sevices (ADNS), Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH Ikeja, Mrs. Abiola Ajayi; Chief Medical Director, LASUTH, Professor Adewale Oke; ADNS LASUTH Mrs. Adebola Aina; Head of Department, Psychiatry, LASUTH, Dr. Olurotimi Coker and Retired ADNS LASUTH, Chief Olufemi Tonade, during the 2017 world mental health day with theme: ‘mental health in the workplace’ …

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