Dangote Cement Plc has acquired 20,000 additional vehicles to enhance the distribution of the company’s cement products in the country. The company’s Spokesman, Tony Chiejine, said in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Lokoja that the new vehicles, made up of trucks, trailers and tippers, were acquired at a cost of $150…
By Suttinee Yuvejwattana and Randy Thanthong-KnightBloomberg Thailand risks fueling its decade-high unemployment rate and household debt with the imposition of lockdown-like measures to contain the deadliest Covid outbreak to hit the nation. The greater Bangkok area, accounting for about 50% of Thailand’s gross domestic product, will shutter shopping malls, spas, massage and beauty clinics for at…
A chronicle of achievements of the NNPC GMD Malam Mele Kyari within two years By Edith Ike-Eboh & Emmanuel Afonne On July 8, 2019, Malam Mele Kyari was officially inaugurated as the 19th Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), his appointment having been announced much earlier in June. In his inaugural…
The Suez Canal netted Egypt a record $5.84 bn in the last tax year, its chief said on Sunday, despite the coronavirus pandemic’s effect on world trade as well as a six-day blockage of the busy waterway by a giant cargo ship. “Despite various challenges, revenues from the canal rose sharply” in the fiscal year ending June…
By Ismail AbdulazizRelief came to communities in Kogi State as the Transport Division of the Dangote Cement Plc rolled out a plethora of community intervention activities to mark its ‘Sustainability Function’ for 2021. Dangote Cement had doled out billions of Naira in its ‘highly structured’ community relations schemes over the years, one of which is…
By Bolaji Abiodun and Segun Owotomo A total of 56 trained Independent Monitors have received letters of engagement and tablets to monitor the Federal Government Social Investment Programme in Ogun State for the next one year. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq who spoke during the presentation and…
One of Nigeria’s foremost logistics solutions providers, Red Star Express Plc, has further improved its e-commerce service with the new Click and Ship Mobile Application. This innovation is the latest in a long list of developments aimed at making the company’s service more accessible to its customers. During a media chat held recently, the Group…
By Tunwase Dokunmu and Doyinsola Ajisebutu The Ogun State Government has assured relevant stakeholders in the mining sector that it is implementing different action plans that will put in place an enabling environment for mining businesses to thrive. Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs. Kikelomo Longe stated this during a stakeholders’ meeting in Oke-Mosan,…
Higher Kenyan taxes on airtime and data give market leader Safaricom the chance to expand its dominance at the expense of second-placed Airtel Kenya, analysts say. Kenya increased its excise duty on airtime and telephone services from 15% to 20% on 1 July, leaving mobile data and SMS charges unchanged. The market’s three largest players, Safaricom,…
