The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has established an Export Express Support Centre as a practical intervention to simplify export processes and provide direct support to businesses. Chairman of the NACCIMA Export Group, Kola Awe, said that the initiative was driven by the need to improve export performance, noting…
“Nigeria has not financed any major power generating plant in 11 years after government scrapped key risk guarantees that once attracted global investors.” That’s the Chairman of Geometric Power Group, Prof. Barth Nnaji. Nnaji stated this Monday in Lagos at the ongoing 19th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Association for Energy Economics (NAEE), under the…
Photo: Aliko Dangote at the Africa We Build Summit 2026 – on Thursday in Nairobi, Kenya. Africa’s leading industrialist and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said that the refinery in Lagos can be replicated in East Africa if given the right supports. He made the pledge at the infrastructure summit – the…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has mandated commercial and merchant banks to increased the fee for issuance and replacement of Automated Terminal Machine (ATM) debit/ credit cards by 50 percent to N1,500 from N1,000. The apex bank gave the directive on Thursday in a circular to Banks, Other Financial Institutions and the Public signed…
Former Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has given an account of how disciplined, strategic communication can transform a fragmented opposition into a cohesive national movement. Mohammed gave the insight at Abbey College, Cambridge, UK, yesterday, emphasising said that the method was deployed by the political oppositions in Nigeria to defeat the ruling…
•Adekunle Adebiyi MBO Capital Management Limited declared that it has channelled more than N9 billion into Nigerian film productions since 2017. The Executive Director (Investments), MBO Capital Management, Adekunle Adebiyi, disclosed this during the second edition of the Film Financing Conference hosted by the company in Lagos. He told financiers, filmmakers and industry executives at…
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) emphasised that “Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) through public private partnership (PPP) must take the center stage in Nigeria.” The National President of NACCIMA, Mr. Jani Ibrahim, emphasised the need during the stakeholders’ summit with the theme “Building Industry-Ready Professionals for…
The Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) will confer the Excellence in Cultural Innovation and Global Creative Industry Trailblazer Award on Bolanle Austen-Peters (BAF) . Previous recipients of the Creative Economy Award include Mo Abudu, Richard Mofe Damijo and Femi Odugbemi. In a statement, NACC said that the award is in recognition of her exceptional visionary…
Photo: Vice President Kashim Shettima The Federal Government has called on Public Relations professionals to communicate government’s reforms and policies with clarity and precision, stressing that public understanding is critical to building trust and ensuring policy success. Vice President Kashim Shettima made the call yesterday on the occasion of the third Nigerian Institute of Public…
Lola Ovayoza is the author of Death and I, a supernatural thriller; Obiliwiski, and Out of Sync. In this exclusive conversation with Industrial Times, Lola shares her passion for story telling across fiction and non-fiction genres including thrillers, horror, romance, action, fantasy, and African spirituality. Excerpt: Tell us about your educational and professional background. My…
