By Ayomide Otitoju Towards filling the gap in some plants, the Dangote Group has disclosed that it has recruited graduates of engineering and other technology-based courses and trained them on many aspects of industrial operations. Speaking at the ongoing Lagos Trade fair yesterday, the group executive director, commercial operations, Hajiya Halima Aliko-Dangote, represented by Group…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Managing Director, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, Bellow Hassan, has called on depositors of 20 liquidated banks to proceed for verification in order for them to be paid liquidation dividend. The affected banks are ABC Merchant Bank Limited; Allied Bank of Nigeria: Alpha Merchant Bank Plc.; Amicable Bank of Nig. Limited; Commerce…
By Ayomide Otitoju Mr Festus Keyamo, Federal Minister of State for Labour and Employment, says Nigeria under the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has become one huge construction site in fulfilment of the administration’s promise of infrastructuralfacilities. Keyamo said this at the 36th edition of the Lagos International Trade Fair (LITF) organised by the Lagos Chamber…
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Board, Management, and Staff of First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) for cross-border services through FBNBank UK in the United Kingdom for 40 years, sharing almost 130 years of banking experience. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari…
The African Development Bank Group’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative has launched its second call for proposals for the Women Entrepreneurship Enablers programme, targeting women’s business associations, incubators, accelerators, women-led cooperatives, and civil society organisations,promoting the development of women entrepreneurs on the continent. AFAWA aims to unlock $5 billion in financing…
The leaders of official export credit agencies (ECAs) from the G7 nations – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom and the United States of America – were hosted by Export Development Canada in Toronto, Canada to discuss a number of pressing geopolitical, economic and sustainability matters impacting exporters and global trade flows.Discussions examined how…
By Ayomide Otitoju A leading player in the agribusiness value chain involved in Cocoa processing and export, Johnvents Industries Limited has raised the stake in cocoa investment by empowering over 150 farmers.The motive for the investment is to ensure that farmers have sustainability in their farm by guaranteeing improved seedlings and better chemicals.The Sales Manager,…
he Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign organisation says Peter Obi, candidate of the party, will no longer participate in programmes for presidential candidates that feature representatives instead. Doyin Okupe, director-general of the campaign organisation, said this on Monday at a media briefing in Abuja. The development comes after Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, has denied reports making the rounds that some of its candidates were disqualified by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to contest the 2023 general election. Hakeem Amode, Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, denied the reports in a statement on Monday in Lagos and…
