▪︎Alhaji (Dr ) Adeniji Murthada Adeyemi, MD/CEO , Starlink Global & Ideal Limited, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has approved a US$20.8 million financing facility for Nigeria-based Starlink Global & Ideal Limited to enable the company construct and operate a 30,000-metric tonne per annum cashew processing factory in Lagos. According to the facility agreement signed on…
CHICHI Eriobu is the founder/CEO of the popular Ukwa production company. Ukwa is an Igbo word for Breadfruit; it’s eaten roasted or boiled. On her Facebook page, she shares how she started the business, the challenges and the prospects. Excerpt: ” I know you think we’re not popular, it didn’t matter my dear, we’re getting…
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…
“Our objective is to create a tariff regime that supports local manufacturers, strengthens value chains and promotes sustainable industrial expansion…”
Photo: HURIWA National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko. The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) is demanding for the immediate and sweeping action by the Federal Government, including a comprehensive overhaul of NAFDAC and SON. HURIWA alleged that the NAFDAC and SON have failed in their statutory responsibilities, allowing Nigeria’s markets to degenerate into a free-for-all…
(Industrial Times) The World Steel Association (Worldsteel) says that Africa produced 1.9 million metric tons of crude steel in August 2024, out of the global 144.8 million metric tons. In Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Africa and Tunisia are the top steel-producing countries. The Association in its latest Crude steel production chart by region, also…
▪︎ Dr. Abubakar Aliyu, a former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology. By: Franklin Ocheneyi THE insecurity situations across the country is seriously frustrating the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC)’s efforts to establishing factories for processing raw materials at the appropriate locations. Dr. Abubakar Aliyu, a former Permanent Secretary…
PHOTO (L-R): Femi Otedola; Bill Gates: President Bola Tinubu, and Aliko Dangote, during the tour of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals complex. “I landed here with four wise men. I will say wise men,” Tinubu said. “Jim Ovia of reputable Zenith Bank, who has been acknowledged worldwide. Femi Otedola, my baby brother. Samad Rabiu…
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has enjoined the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to issue a clarification that absolves the Dangote Refinery of the negative perceptions the comments by its CEO – Engr Ahmed Farouk, have planted in the mind of Nigerians and the global community. ” The allegations of poor…
•FIRS Executive Chairman, Zaacheus Adedeji The agency hopes the new SOP will make tax services better for Nigerians and increase public trust in the system. The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has introduced a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to fix inconsistencies in tax services across its over 300 offices nationwide. The move aims to…
