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…
• Ademola Akogun Zedcrest Group, a leading financial services company, has taken a significant step in its strategic expansion with its Board’s approval of Ademola Akogun’s appointment as Managing Director, Investment Banking. This milestone follows the successful acquisition of the company’s Issuing House license, marking a pivotal expansion of its capabilities. With this, Zedcrest is…
The MAN leader urged the government to intervene and instruct NAFDAC to cease disrupting member activities and to abide by the suspension of the ban.
“We are not attempting to shut down businesses, but they must understand that if you snooze, you lose. You can’t manipulate the market and expect nothing to happen.” That’s Babatunde Irukera, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). He cited a substantial fine of $110 million to be paid…
Dr. Olubunmi Kole-Dawodu, State Manager for the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), has disclosed that Lagos is home to over 50 million informal businesses. This announcement was made during a recent stakeholders’ forum on Economic Data Performance, organized by the Lagos Bureau of Statistics (LBS) at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce…
Picture R-L: Minister of State for Industry, Senator John Owan Enoh, the Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Kamar Bakrin, and NSDC’s Head of Strategy and Performance Management (SPM), Edirin Akemu (L), during the public hearing on the amendment of the Council’s Establishment Act organised by the House of Representatives Committee on…
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) is reaching out to the Federal Government with a request for immediate engagement with the Nigeria Customs Service to reconsider the implementation of the 4% Free-on-Board Levy and the NPA’s 15% Ports Tariff. Segun Ajayi-Kadir, the Director-General of MAN, emphasized the need for collaboration on Tuesday, expressing the Association’s…
The Founder, The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Tony Elumelu, has said that his foundation has funded 700 healthcare entrepreneurs in Africa, with a gender distribution ratio of 49% male to 51% female. Elumelu stated this in his remarks during the Abu Dhabi Health Forum held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He said that the…
The President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Prof Cyril Usifoh, has conveyed the gratitude of the operators in the sector, to President Bola Tinubu for haven granted zero tariffs, excise duties and VAT specified on pharmaceuticals, machineries, equipment and raw materials. In a statement, Prof said that the tariffs removal will encourage local…
▪︎Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, tour Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, yesterday. Stakeholders in the manufacturing sector are pressuring Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, to pay the N75 billion for 75 industries Presidential loan . They made the demand when the Minister toured some leading manufacturing…
