July 2024
Meet NPA’s New Board Chairman, MD
▪︎Left: Dayo Adeyeye NPA Chairman Board of Directors; Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, MD NPA Last week, President Bola Tinubu effected new leadership changes at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Tinubu appointed the former head of South-West support group, Dayo Adeyeye as NPA chairman Board of Directors, and Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, as the new MD Nigerian Ports Authority….
Labour Accepts N70,000 Minimum Wage
The President and the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria led by their presidents, Joe Ajaero and Festus Osifo, with President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, after the resolved minimum wage meeting, in Abuja.
MARAN Holds Breakfast Meeting on Trade Facilitation
The Breakfast Meeting is scheduled to be held on July 24, 2024, at the Rockview Hotel, Apapa Lagos.
Tinubu Gives N70k Minimum Wage to Workers
In Picture: Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, with Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris … after the meeting. Today, President Bola Tinubu has approved N70,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers with a promise to review the national minimum wage law every three years. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, disclosed this, minutes ago, via his…
NEXIM’s Facility Boosts MMNL Battery Productions
The management of Metal Manufacturing Nigeria Limited (MMNL) says that a credit facility it secured from the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) has increased the company’s production capacity to 25,000 batteries monthly. The Managing Director of the company, Mr Kumar Saraf, and the Chief Finance Officer, Mr Bikash Kumar, disclosed this on Wednesday when they paid…
Mark Smithson Heads UK-Nigeria Trade Department
The United Kingdom (UK) has appointed Mark Smithson as the country director for the UK’s department for business and Trade (DBT) in Nigeria. In a statement on Thursday from the UK foreign, commonwealth and development office, Smithson takes over from Chim Chalemera who recently concluded a 3-year posting in that role. The office said: “Mark…
Nigeria Launches AfCFTA Guided Trade Initiative
The launch of the Guided Trade Initiative (#GTI) under #AfCFTA, by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, along with the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment #Doris Uzoka-Anite, and other top officials of the government.
FG’s policies crippling businesses — NECA, MAN, NACCIMA
▪︎President Bola Tinubu (Vanguard) LAGOS — The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, and the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce Industry Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA, have blamed hastily implemented government policy shifts without corresponding plans to mitigate the negative effects of the inception of the present government for the socio-economic crises…
AfCFTA : Nigeria set to export first shipment to five countries
“In the next few days, ten Nigerian companies would be exporting different homemade products to countries across East, Central, and North Africa, under the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA).This declaration was made , yesterday in Lagos, by the Coordinator, National AfCFTA Coordination Office, Olusegun Awolowo. “Some of the companies include, Le Look Nigeria…