PEBEC Tasks BoI, NSDC, NEPZA to work on Business Facilitation
The MDA’s overall performance score is based on Efficiency and Transparency measures, with a 70% to 30% ratio, respectively
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BOI Announces New Roles for Rotimi Akinde, Ifeoma Uz’Okpala
▪︎UGC image of Rotimi Akinde, and Ifeoma Uz’Okpala President Bola Tinubu has appointed Rotimi Akinde and Ifeoma Uz’Okpala as executive directors of the Bank of Industry (BOI). In a statement on Wednesday by Theodora Amechi, head of public relations division at BOI, the appointment took effect on August 26. BOI said Akinde will serve as…
Coca-Cola Equips over 900,000 Youth Globally with Skills
Coca-Cola HBC says 944,948 young people across its markets in Nigeria and the rest of the globe have benefited from its Youth Empowerment Programme. ” Our aims is to train one million young people by 2025 so that they are equipped with the skills, experience and confidence they need to secure a brighter future,” said…
MDAs Abandon Official websites for Social Media Platforms
Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment
Schools Patronage Boosts Nigeria’s Paper Industry
The Pulp, Paper, Printing & Publishing Sectoral Group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria recorded a surge in local patronage of their products from April to June this year. MAN, in its just-released Manufacturers CEOs Index for Q2 2024, reported that despite the disruption encountered due to the rise of digitalisation, the Sectoral Group recorded…
WTO Begins One Year Training of ‘Young Trade Leaders’
▪︎Eric Andrew The WTO has selected Eric Andrew, Nigeria, founder and team lead at agricultural non-profit AgrofixiNG, along with seven other candidates around the world to form the first cohort of its Young Trade Leaders Programme, which lasts one year, starting from August 7. • Others are: Phoebe Britten, Australia, youth advocate and Founder and…
Nestle Golden Morn’s Now in New Pack for easier recycling
The new packaging brings Nestle closer to achieving 2025 commitment of making 95% of all its packaging recyclable
Nigeria Links Presidential Jets Seizure to Industrial Contract Failures
A contract between Ogun State and Zhongshan to manage a free-trade zone was executed in 2007.
Apapa Port Command Seizes 12 Containers of Expire Drugs, Others
(Industrial Times, Nigeria) Today, the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, commended Babatunde Olomu, the Customs Area Controller for Apapa Command, and the officers working with him for the seizures of twelve containers of smuggled expired products through the port, in recent months. CGC Adewale Adeniyi, also advised port users to embrace only legitimate trade…
Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea Signs Deal for Gas Pipelines
(Industrial Times, Nigeria) President Bola Tinubu’s discussions with the President Teodoro Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinean, resulted in a signed agreement on a gas pipeline for the Gulf of Guinea. This is disclosed in a statement on Thursday, by Ajuri Ngelale, the president’s spokesman. “The Gulf of Guinea gas pipeline project was signed on Wednesday, to…