The groundbreaking ceremony was recently performed by the Honourable Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, with targets to commission the completed plant by April 2026.
The President and Chief Executive of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, says he has accepted his appointment to the World Bank’s Private Sector Investment Lab, joining a select group of global business leaders tasked with driving investment and job creation in emerging economies. In 2023, the Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, co-chaired the Private…
On the 23rd of April 2025, the leadership of The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) led by the President and Chairman of Council, Mr Gabriel Idahosa, paid a courtesy visit to Deloitte Nigeria, one of the world’s leading professional services firms and a valued member of LCCI. The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and…
Digital photography is much more enduring than its predecessor, analogue photography, but, at least when you expose a roll of old film to the light, the worst you can do is lose a week’s worth of holiday photos or a day’s worth of wedding shots that can never be replaced. When a plastic SD memory…
fairtrade Messe has announced that the next edition of its Agrofood & Plastprintpack Nigeria will take place from March 24 to 26, 2026, once again at the Landmark Event Centre, Lagos. Looking ahead, the organisers has also announced The Netherlands as the official Guest of Honour for the 2026 edition, saying that it reflects the…
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has critiqued the Raw Materials Research and Development Council [RMRDC] Bill in the National Assembly, calling for its withdrawal. The RMRDC Bill proposed by Senator Peter Onyekachi Nwaebonyi, which aims to ensure local processing of at least 30 percent of Nigeria’s raw materials before exportation, has…
The Managing Director of NIXIN Paper Mill, Eric Wang, highlighted the potential of Nigeria’s paper industry, comparing it with his hometown in China, with a population of just 300,000, supporting a paper factory that consumes over 20,000 tons monthly. The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) attracted over $60 million investment into the Nigeria’s…
SINOMACH, a Chinese conglomerate, is investing $1 billion in Nigeria’s sugar Industry. The memorandum of understanding for the development of a sugarcane cultivation and processing plant capable of producing one million metric tonnes of sugar has been signed by the investor and the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC). In the agreement, SINOMACH is set to…
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has unveiled its different brands of made-in-Nigeria products in Katsina State as part of efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s industrial sector and reduce reliance on imports. The products, which include a Hilux vehicle, laptops, phones, batteries, smart TV, microwaves, water dispensers, hydraulic equipment, were unveiled at the…
Photo : (L-r) Lagos State Commissioner for Commerce, Cooperatives, Trade and Investment, Folashade Ambrose-Medebem; Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal; Federal Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment of Nigeria, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole; National President, Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC), Sheriff Balogun and the President/CEO, African Finance Corporation, Samaila Zubairu. The new leadership of the Nigerian-American…
