AshakaCem Plc, the cement manufacturers that are now a full subsidiary of Lafarge SA, on Thursday night elected Malam Suleiman Yahyah its new chairman. Yahyah's emergence followed the expiration of Alhaji Umaru Kwairanga's tenure and his stepping down.
The new...
So far, only six officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and 16 other bankers have been arrested and charged for allegedly recycling mutilated naira notes. Only N8billion was allegedly stolen.
But there are indications that the number of...
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Connects multiple stores in one mall
. A multi-store online shopping mall, Jeecity.com, which hopes to serve unlimited number of stores across various towns, cities and countries of the world, has taken off from Port Harcourt, the Rivers State...
Although the official exchange rate at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is about N197 per dollar, buyers of the American currency are currently paying as much as N250 per dollar at the parallel market.
Reports from Lagos, Abuja, Port...
Innoson Group of Companies, on August 8, unveiled air-conditioned cars from its Nigerian factory in Nnewi, Anambra State. It is not an assembly plant: the raw materials are bought both in Nigeria and abroad. Each car will cost between...
Bad news for tax evaders: A new head of tax collectors is in town – a man who, just a week ago, was the coordinating director, Standards and Compliance Group of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
Mr Samuel Akin...
MAY 27 – Children’s Day 2016 holds great promise for children whose parents/guardians have opened accounts for them at the ZECA (Zenith Children’s Account): No fewer than 150 of them will win scholarships on Friday, May 27.
The ZECA is...
Control Risks, the global business risk consultancy, Thursday published its annual RiskMap report. In it, it says political uncertainty and low oil price pose risks to Nigeria’s success story.
Below is its annual RiskMap report, “an established authoritative guide and...
By ANIEBO NWAMU
Even as farming is just starting in most parts of the north, my farms in the southeast have since received sufficient doses of the “medicine” necessary for bountiful harvests. At just N5, 000 per 50kg bag, fertiliser...
By ANIEBO NWAMU
2019 has been one of the best years
for both human and cargo transportation in the past 30 years. Only a few
accidents have been reported on air, at sea and on rails; and even the few
mishaps recorded hardly...