THE Federal Government has suspended its proposed excise duty on telecommunication services. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami announced this on Monday during the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Committee on Excise Duty for the Digital Economy…
THE Director, Turner & Townsend, Austria, Bruce Haswell has said that Lagos is the most expensive place to build in Africa at $2,056 per m2, comparing to Kampala for less than half of this per square meter. He stated this…
NIGERIA is set to host the 16th edition of African Cashew Alliance Conference, the president, National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN), Mr Joseph Ajanaku has said. The annual conference with the theme; “Strengthening Sustainable Kernel And By-Products Marketing In The…
(), a fintech started by two Nigerians to simplify sending and receiving foreign payments for Africans, has raised $2 million in seed funding. The service offered by Grey enables its customers to have virtual international bank accounts for free and…
THE Federal Government, on Thursday, presented certificates of registration and sales permit to authorised fertiliser dealers in Nigeria. It stated that based on the registration and permits, non-licensed operators were not allowed to produce, blend, import, market or distribute fertilisers…
THE Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, Mele Kyari has disclosed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC Ltd.), owns 20 percent equity in the Dangote Refinery. Kyari, made this known during the State House Ministerial Briefing organised by…
Nigerian Small and Medium Enterprises, SME, recently received a boost with the establishment of an annual SME Academy by Procter & Gamble, P&G, Nigeria in partnership with the Bank of Industry and the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment,…
THE Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code for the eNaira is *997#, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The USSD code was announced 10 months after the unveiling of the eNiara. CBN said the *997# eNaira USSD code…
ABDULLAHI RABIU, Kano THE Minister Of Works and Housing Babatunde Raji Fashola has said that the present administration has employed three Hundred thousand Nigerians through the infrastructural development initiatives of his ministry. Fashola who made the disclosure on Thursday in…
THE Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Limited, Mele Kyari, has said the country cannot legalise artisanal refineries. There had been calls by stakeholders in the industry to accommodate the small-scale crude oil processing outfits in…
