Business & Economy

NNPC signs agreement with NAOC on 4 OMLs

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has signed a novation agreement with Nigerian Agip Oil…

Regulatory risk major problem for businesses in Nigeria — Utomi

Stakeholders in the private sector have identified regulatory risk as the biggest challenge of businesses…

World economic forum endorses Buhari’s social investment programmes

The Schwab Foundation, a sister organisation of the World Economic Forum (WEF), has endorsed President…

How Nigeria earned N28.6trn from oil, non-oil sources in 5 years

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) said that N28.58 trillion was remitted to the…

How Nigeria spends $1.2bn to import fish annually – Emefiele

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has revealed that about 1.2…

Leather policy will contribute to economic diversification – Onu

The Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, said the Federal Government’s National Leather Policy…

Kogi constructs N4 billion rice mill

The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, inspected a newly constructed N4 billion rice mill with…

OPEC commends ongoing reforms in NNPC

For its ongoing reforms aimed at changing the fortunes of the corporation for the better,…

Adesina gets Cote d’ivoire support for AfDB re-election

President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire has appointed Adama Koné Minister of Economic and Financial…

FG will improve job creation policies – Presidential aide

The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to job creation for Nigeria’s teeming youths by…

How Nigeria loses 22MB of crude oil in 6 months – Gov. Obaseki

Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki said the nation lost about 22 million barrels of its crude…

Moghalu decries over reliance on oil

The Presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in the 2019 Presidential election, Prof.…

Special agric zones to attract $4bn investments – NGF

The establishment of Special Agro-processing Zones (SAPZs) in the country is said to have the…

Facebook launches “Developer Circles” in Benin

Facebook has launched its “Developers Circles’’ in Benin, Edo, a platform that allows people who…

Copyright commission initiates new strategy to fight piracy

The Director-General of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), John Asein has initiated a new programme tagged,…

Buhari orders CBN to stop forex for food import

President Muhammadu Buhari says the directive to the Central Bank of Nigeria to stop providing…

No exit date yet for first batch of N-Power beneficiaries – FG

The Federal Government says no date has been announced for the exit of the first…

CBN injects $210m into forex market

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has injected the sum of 210 million dollars into…

We don’t have secret account in NNPC – Kyari

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said it has no secret accounts that breach…

FG trains 143 participants in $200m World Bank assisted agric project

The Federal Government has started a 200 million dollars World Bank assisted project facilitation training…