▪︎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…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced an important change on the deduction of charges for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) transactions. Starting Tuesday, June 3, 2025, Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) will no longer be allowed to deduct these fees directly from customers’ bank accounts. Instead, the charges will be deducted from users’ mobile airtime…
Among the aromatic plants identified for development were lemongrass, basil, mint, citronella, clove and cinnamon, all of which have significant commercial value and wide-ranging applications in the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, perfumery and herbal medicine industries.
The enemy is the long-standing, fear-enforced Monday sit-at-home order, a ghostly mandate from non-state actors that has strangled businesses and normalized weekly monday sit-at-home for years.
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…
” With the working-age population projected to reach 168 million by 2030, the country faces a defining challenge: to create 27 million new formal jobs or risk unemployment and underemployment rates doubling to 30 per cent”
▪︎Dr Jumoke Oduwole, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Chief of Taiwan Mission at the Taipei Trade Office in Nigeria, Andy Yih-Ping Liu, says that the trade volume with Nigeria has enormous potential for growth as many Taiwanese investors are waiting for the renewal of the bilateral agreement, which would provide a legal framework for…
A Lagos-based public affairs analyst, Omonaye Okoro, has faulted the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA ) calls for increased taxation on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs). In his opinion piece titled “Nigeria’s Sugar “Crisis” Is a Myth – And Our Economy May Pay the Price for Believing It,” Okoro noted that the CAPPA’s recent report,…
The presentation ceremony marks the final diplomatic requirement before the envoys officially take up their assignments in their respective host countries.
Peter Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State/ LP Presidential Candidate, called on the federal government “to not only discourage more business shutdowns in Nigeria but also encourage a high inflow of foreign direct investment and local investment in the nation.” This’ s his reactions to the exit of Jubilee Syringe Manufacturing (JSM) (the largest…
