United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced the appointments of Mary Mulili, and Mohamed Alhajie Samoura as the new chief executive officers of its subsidiaries in Kenya and Sierra Leone, respectively. In a statement, UBA’s Group Managing Director/CEO, Oliver Alawuba, said that the strategic appointments underscored the bank’s commitment to fostering diversity, empowering local…
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has honoured the outgoing Regional Director of UNIDO West and Central Africa Sub-Region, H.E Amb. Jean Bakole, with a farewell cocktail party in Abuja, the FCT. The event was attended by Otunba Francis Meshioye, the President of MAN; the DG, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, members of Exco, and other distinguished personalities….
President Macky Sall of Senegal will tomorrow, decorates Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, with the award of the National Order of the Lion. Industrialtimesngr.com learned that the award is the highest order of Senegal and will be bestowed on the foremost businessman on February 2, 2024. Based on this,…
The Bukar Goni Aji-led 37-man Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage was launched by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the State House, Abuja on Tuesday, 30th January 2024. The committee’s mission is to recommend a new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The committee’s composition includes representatives from the federal government, states government, private sector,…
” We need fair markets, fair global value chains and investment in local value addition.”
▪︎Doris Uzoka-Anite, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment . The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) says that urgent steps must be taken by the government to save the trade and industrial sectors of the economy from total collapse. In a review of the fourth quarter of 2023, LCCI President, Gabriel Idahosa, pointed out…
“Anyone possessing the counterfeit Arla Dano 14g full cream milk powder is advised to submit stock to the nearest NAFDAC office.” The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) gave this directives to alert consumers, ditributors and retailers. In the statement, NAFDAC, said that the alert was as a result of investigations…
▪︎Mining and Blue Economy Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya (C) with Governor Cecily Mbarire (R) at the Embu County headquarters where he announced that Kenya has adequate deposits of coltan found in six counties on January 24, 2024. PHOTO | GEORGE MUNENE | NMG Kenya has announced that the precious coltan mineral, which is used in…
…the receivable from Unilever Ghana Limited was N202, 528 million for the period ended. Incomes received by Unilever Plc from its subsidiaries as reported in the Unilever Nigeria Plc unaudited interim report for the twelve months ended 31st December 2023, shows that its operation in Ghana is not robust. Analysis of the group’s revenue reveals…
” These SUPs and styrofoam products often clog drainage channels and canals in Lagos.” The Lagos Government has ordered two agencies to clamp down on all the single -use plastics production companies and distribution outlets for Styrofoam in the state, to prevent further distributions. Tokunbo Wahab, the State’s Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, disclosed…
