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…
Nigerians are in shock, disbelief, and tears after another Ponzi scheme named CBEX crashed early this week. Weeks ago, many who invested in the scheme advertised their newly-found pathway to ‘financial freedom’ on social media with screenshots of account balances from $1,000, $10,000, and $85,000. As of Tuesday morning, their accounts have been blanked, with…
Dr Jumoke Oduwole, the Honourable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment , says that the Federal Government of Nigeria will continue trading with America not minding the recent tariff measures announced by the Government of the United States of America which imposed a 14 percent tariff on Nigerian exports. In a Position Statement on U.S….
In Africa, coffee accounts for approximately 12% of the global production. Image credit: Expressowork The government of Italy is making €15 million available to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) for the promotion of sustainable coffee production in Africa. Ohibaba.com reports that the funding arrangement was signed recently by Debora Lepre, the Ambassador and…
The Nigerian government has committed 14.3% in counterpart funding, with UNIDO mobilizing the remainder through partnerships and donor contributions. ∆ Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu The Federal Government of Nigeria, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO),have earmarked a total of $174.6 million budget for the implementation of the Programme for Country Partnership (PCP). At…
The US President Donald Trump has slammed a 14 percent reciprocal tariff on all Nigerian goods entering the US as the much talked about “Liberation Day” tariffs comes into effect. Trump had said that countries would face a tariff rate at half the level they charge the US, as deemed by the White House, with…
A technical working group comprising the Financial Reporting Council and the Organised Private Sector, is being set up to address the concerns raised by Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), and the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) on the 10 percent monthly default penalty imposed on non-listed companies by the Council. The Minister of Industry, Trade…
∆ President Bola Tinubu The House of Representatives has passed a bill to give foreign investors in Nigerian Citizenship for second reading. The proposed legislation titled , “A Bill for an Act to Alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to include Citizenship by Investment as one of the classes of Citizenship…
