The Rivers State Microfinance Agency, RIMA, an agency of the government in Port Harcourt, says that over 70 percent of businesses operating in the state are fake and are not eligible to receive loan facilities from the government’s and the Bank of Industry’s N4 billion counterparts funding. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of RIMA, Pastor…
A company told me that it was paying N7-8 million before, now it is paying N32 million.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has called on trade finance institutions the like of Afreximbank, the Development Bank of Nigeria, AfDB, etc, as well as the governments and regulators, to improve women-owned businesses access to finance, especially in Nigeria and the other emerging markets. IFC made the call in its latest country studies results, titled…
Zimbabwe’s got itself a brand new iron and steel manufacturing plant, courtesy of the Chinese. Metal Miner reports that this U.S. $1.5 billion Chinese-built plant’s blast furnace recently came online and is already producing pig iron, a crucial ingredient for making steel. The team over at Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco), the Zimbabwean subsidiary of Chinese…
Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, NAFDAC Director-General said, “This ban is not punitive; it is protective; she encourages manufacturers distributors, and retailers, to comply fully with the ban.
An immigration officer on Tuesday confirmed that the Republic of Niger is no longer recognizing the ECOWAS Travel Certificate (ETC) or ECOWAS passport for entry into the country for Nigerian travelers. The ECOWAS Travel Certificate and the ECOWAS passport are important travel documents that facilitate movement among member countries of the Economic Community of West…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has subjected Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited (Coca-Cola) and the Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC) regulatory supervision for a period of 24 months. FCCPC, in a statement on Thursday, said the companies have been carrying out unfair tactics, thereby “misleading consumers”. The companies are yet to responded to the allegations…
Arrays of alcoholic sachets drinks in Nigeria
• Arnold Ekpe “In line with the principles of good corporate governance and succession planning, Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc hereby announces the retirement of our esteemed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, effective June 16, 2025.” The company’s secretary, Temitope Hassan, said in a statement on Wednesday. It said…
Dr Muda Yusuf, the CEO of the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise [CPPE] has condemned the recent remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives on cement price which portrayed cement manufacturers (Dangote, BUA and Lafarge) in very bad light. ” For an economy seeking to industrialise, attract investors and create jobs,…
