Soaring Cost of Petrol: Is Govt’s Push for CNG- Driven Vehicles Behind It?

▪︎Image of a CNG car / GoCNG Could the government’s push for the adoption of vehicles driven by Compressed Natural Gas(CNG) be the driving force behind the frequent hikes in the pump prices of petrol in Nigeria, in recent months? The latest increase announced  (Tuesday, October 29) by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) raised…

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U.S Manufacturing Booms Under Biden-Harris Administration

▪︎Coca-Cola image/ The Coca-Cola Company U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo says that since the beginning of the Biden-Harris Administration, the manufacturing sector has been on growing steadily. “The U.S. manufacturing sector contributes $2.65 trillion to the U.S. economy, employs nearly 13 million American workers, and accounts for 10.3 per cent of the nation’s GDP,” said Raimondo….

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Flour Mills Reorganising 22 Subsidiaries into five; See why

The Flour Mills Group intends to streamline its 22 business units into five separate entities. Checks by Industrial Times ,shows that among the subsidiaries are Apapa Bulk Terminal,  Northern Nigeria Flour Mills, Agri Palm, Agriculture Allied Syrup; BAGCO, Eagle Flour; Golden Fertilizer, Golden Agri Inputs , HoneyWell,  Agro Allied Farms Sunti, etc. The company’s Chairman,…

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Niger Delta Chamber of Commerce takes off with much expectations for region

▪︎Governor Umo Eno The Niger Delta Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Trade, Mines & Agriculture (NDCCITMA) has been established to facilitate the transformation of the economy of the region. Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom,  said on Wednesday in Uyo during a one-day sensitisation of the people of the state on the Establishment of NDCCITMA. Eno,…

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Dangote Tables Action Plans to Make Nigeria Africa’s Oil Industry Hub

▪︎Aliko Dangote with Sen Heineken Lopkobiri. Photo credit: Sen Heineken Lopkobiri’s X. In Summary 1. Nigeria and Africa can become completely self-sufficient in petroleum products, and saves annual imports bill of $17 billion. 2. Nigeria must develop a refining capacity of 1.5 million barrels per day and prioritise domestic crude supply obligations. 3. He urged…

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Afreximbank Availing Starlink Global US$20.8m for cashew factory

▪︎Alhaji (Dr ) Adeniji Murthada Adeyemi,  MD/CEO , Starlink Global & Ideal Limited, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has approved a US$20.8 million financing facility for Nigeria-based Starlink Global & Ideal Limited to enable the company construct and operate a 30,000-metric tonne per annum cashew processing factory in Lagos. According to the facility agreement signed on…

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How Will The New Withholding Tax Affect  Manufacturers?

Taiwo Oyedele, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, shares this insight on the Withholding Tax Regulations 2024 now gazetted and published as part of President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms. How will the new WHT Regulations affect small businesses? Small businesses will enjoy exemptions from withholding tax under the new…

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