Franklin Ocheneyi

ALLI Franklin Ocheneyi is a media professional and Communicator with over 10 years of experience in the print and digital news media. Ocheneyi is passionate about telling manufacturing and allied - industries stories in Nigeria and the African continent.

NB PLC : Despite N51.3bn Advertising Spends , Post N106bn Loses FY 2023

▪︎Mr Hans ESSAADI, Managing Director/CEO DESPITE the N51.3 billion spent on advertising and sales promotion by the Nigerian Breweries Plc, the giant brewer reported a N106.3 billion loses for the financial year ended December 2023. Based on this, the Company’s Board of Directors has notified its shareholders that it did not recommend any dividend for…

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Innoson Kiara Academy Trains 200 Youths in Automotive Diagnostics For Industry’s Manpower

Innoson Kiara Academy has trained and  graduated over 200 youth in automotive diagnostics training, as parts of its contribution towards the industry’s manpower  development. Established in partnership with the renowned German Auto Company, BOSCH, Innoson Kiara Academy is a Technical and Vocational institution at Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM). Chief Dr. Innocent Chukwuma, CEO of Innoson…

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MTN Nigeria Cuts Energy Consumption By 254,161.51 Gigajoules

▪︎Ernest Ndukwe, Chairman of MTN Nigeria MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has moved a step forward in its carbon emissions target having reduced its total energy consumption in 2022 financial year ended, by 254,161.51 gigajoules. ” This represents a 21.6% reduction in energy consumption compared to 1,176,233.90 GJ in2021,” said Ernest Ndukwe, the company’s Chairman. Ndukwe,…

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NSDC, NIPC Collaborating To Attract $3bn Investment Into Sugar Industry

▪︎Executive Secretary of NSDC, Mr. Kamar Bakrin The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), and the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) are Collaborating to drive in $3 billion investments into the sugar industry, under the National Sugar Masterplan (NSMP) Phase II (2023-2033). This was the outcome of an investment meeting between the Executive Secretary of NSDC,…

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Emefiele Heads To Court To Redeem Reputation, Says CBN Investigator Lies

” I have instructed my lawyers to immediately commence legal process to clear my name from the defamatory statements contained in the report headlined “Re: EMEFIELE , OTHERS STOLE BILLIONS, ILLEGALLY KEPT NIGERIA’S FUNDS IN FOREIGN BANKS“, and by extension the publications.”  That’s Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)…

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Moniepoint MFB Rewarding Customers With N100k in ‘Refer and Earn ‘ Promotion

▪︎ Acting Managing Director, Moniepoint Microfinance Bank, Babatunde Olofin. Moniepoint Microfinance Bank has launched its latest initiative, “the Moniepoint Personal Banking Refer and Earn” programme. In a statement, the Managing Director, Moniepoint MfB, Babatunde Olofin,  said that this exciting referral programme is designed to reward Business Owners and Moniepoint agents who can earn up to…

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MAN Calls For Manufacturing Summit To Address Exits of GSK, Other Top Brands

▪︎Segun Ajayi-Kadir , MAN DG The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria says that to stop the drain on manufacturers in Nigeria, the binding constraints should be addressed, something in the form of a manufacturing summit. ” To address the challenges faced by manufacturers in Nigeria, we need to be intentional about improving the gains of manufacturing…

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Green Manufacturing Taking Shape in Nigeria With Natural Gas, Solar Energy

By Franklin Ocheneyi GREEN manufacturing is gradually taking shapes in Nigeria as newly built industries are being powered by natural gas and through solar energy. Checks by Industrialtimesngr, shows that some ongoing industrial parks in Lagos,  Ogun, Oyo , Aba and Rivers are running on renewable energies rather than the conventional fossil fuels like petroleum…

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