Parts of California’s wine region are being ravaged by fast-spreading fires that have killed at least 10 people. A state of emergency was declared in…
View More Deadly wildfires sweep through wine country in CalifoniaCategory: Business
Nigeria an investor’s haven, says Osinbajo
Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says that Nigeria is an investors’ haven as the Buhari Presidency is making frantic efforts to enable the private sector…
View More Nigeria an investor’s haven, says OsinbajoCBN, stakeholders reiterate sustainable development via agric
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and stakeholders in the renewed drive for economic diversification through agriculture have reiterated that agriculture presents the major opportunity…
View More CBN, stakeholders reiterate sustainable development via agricElectric cars key to driving change in UK’s energy industry
You drive home and plug in your electric car, telling an app how many miles you need the next day. As you eat dinner, relax…
View More Electric cars key to driving change in UK’s energy industryOsinbajo off to London for FT’s Africa Summit
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will deliver the keynote address at this year’s Africa Summit, with the theme “What Makes Africa Work, ” taking place in…
View More Osinbajo off to London for FT’s Africa SummitTake stringent measures on penalties:Capital market shareholders task SEC, NSE
Capital market shareholders on Saturday called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) to review the penalties imposed on…
View More Take stringent measures on penalties:Capital market shareholders task SEC, NSENigeria’s ‘poor quality’ yam rejected by US
Audu Ogbeh, minister of agriculture, says the US rejected yam exports from Nigeria because of their poor quality. In June, Nigeria exported yams to China,…
View More Nigeria’s ‘poor quality’ yam rejected by USN26bn contribution to Agric SMEs soon
The Bankers Committee says commercial banks will start the disbursement of the N26 billion equity contribution to Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) in agriculture by…
View More N26bn contribution to Agric SMEs soon‘2017 budget to be rolled over into 2018’
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has revealed Federal Government’s plan to roll over at least 60 per cent of 2017 capital2018 projects to…
View More ‘2017 budget to be rolled over into 2018’NLNG floors NIMASA over levies
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday held that Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas Ltd (NLNG) was right in refusing to pay levies demanded by…
View More NLNG floors NIMASA over levies23 ships to arrive Lagos ports oct 3 — NPA
A total of 23 ships laden with petroleum products, foods and other goods are to arrive in Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos from…
View More 23 ships to arrive Lagos ports oct 3 — NPA‘How to improve Nigeria’s debt capital market’
Participants at the 2017 Nigerian Debt Capital Markets Conference and Awards, organised by the FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange in Lagos, at the weekend, have urged…
View More ‘How to improve Nigeria’s debt capital market’AfDB to promote remittances in Africa
Africa Development Bank (AfDB) would promote remittances into Africa from its Diaspora community to boost the region’s economic growth, Gabriel Negatu, the bank’s Director General…
View More AfDB to promote remittances in AfricaACP fund will ensure Africa’s independence – Osinbajo
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has described the establishment of an endowment fund for Africa, Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) as timely. Osinbajo spoke while receiving…
View More ACP fund will ensure Africa’s independence – OsinbajoNaira goes for N364/$ as MPC holds rate
The Naira on Tuesday exchanged at N364 to the dollar at the parallel market as the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the CBN holds…
View More Naira goes for N364/$ as MPC holds rateCAC crashes cost of business registration
The Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Mr. Bello Mahmud, said on Tuesday in Abuja that the cost of business registration in Nigeria was now cheaper…
View More CAC crashes cost of business registrationFIRS, ‘Baba Ijebu’ disagree over N789.6m tax debt
A disagreement ensued between officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and staff of Premier Lotto Limited, a popular lottery firm owned by Kessington…
View More FIRS, ‘Baba Ijebu’ disagree over N789.6m tax debtDeloitte hit by data breach
Corporate finance giant Deloitte suffered a cyber-attack that compromised confidential data, including the private emails of some of its clients, the company has confirmed. Its…
View More Deloitte hit by data breach600,000 sign petition to overturn London Uber ban
More than 600,000 people had by Sunday signed a petition asking London transport authorities to reverse their decision not to renew Uber’s licence when it…
View More 600,000 sign petition to overturn London Uber ban
Reform World Bank, IMF now-Nigeria demands
Nigeria has demanded the reform of the Bretton Wood Institutions to make them responsive to the needs of developing countries and also reflect the realities…
View More Reform World Bank, IMF now-Nigeria demandsChurches, mosques not affected by NGOs’ regulation bill
Deputy Majority Leader of the House of Representatives Buba Jibril says the house will pass the 2010 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) Regulation and Co-ordination Bill to…
View More Churches, mosques not affected by NGOs’ regulation billDefunct Nigerian airways Staff gets N45b
More than 12 years after they were laid off following the liquidation of the national carrier, Nigerian Airways, the staff, are to be paid their…
View More Defunct Nigerian airways Staff gets N45bWe should pray oil prices stay low- Dangote
Africa’s richest man and Nigeria’s indisputable business leader Aliko Dangote has told a packed room in New York that he is hoping that oil prices…
View More We should pray oil prices stay low- DangoteNigeria’s foreign debt jumps to $15.05bn as Lagos tops list of debtor-states
The debt profile of Nigeria has been put at $15.05 billion as at the end of June 2017, according to a report released on Tuesday…
View More Nigeria’s foreign debt jumps to $15.05bn as Lagos tops list of debtor-states