Digital photography is much more enduring than its predecessor, analogue photography, but, at least when you expose a roll of old film to the light, the worst you can do is lose a week’s worth of holiday photos or a day’s worth of wedding shots that can never be replaced. When a plastic SD memory…
fairtrade Messe has announced that the next edition of its Agrofood & Plastprintpack Nigeria will take place from March 24 to 26, 2026, once again at the Landmark Event Centre, Lagos. Looking ahead, the organisers has also announced The Netherlands as the official Guest of Honour for the 2026 edition, saying that it reflects the…
∆ Segun Ajayi-Kadir, display Manga cement bag .The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, says the Food, Beverage & Tobacco sector spent the highest on energy among ten sectors profiled in the second half of 2024. MAN, in its analysis of Electricity Supply and Alternative Energy Costs for the period under review, said that companies in the food…
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has critiqued the Raw Materials Research and Development Council [RMRDC] Bill in the National Assembly, calling for its withdrawal. The RMRDC Bill proposed by Senator Peter Onyekachi Nwaebonyi, which aims to ensure local processing of at least 30 percent of Nigeria’s raw materials before exportation, has…
PREPARATIONS are in top gear for the 2025 edition of the Nigeria Manufacturing Equipment / Nigeria Raw Materials Exhibition (NME/NIRAM). Organised by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) and the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) , this year’s segment will hold in Lagos at the Balmoral Hall of the Federal Palace Hotel, August 5-7. Segun…
The Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has disbursed $50 billion for the execution of various projects in Nigeria in the last 19 years. The President of the bank, Prof. Benedict Oramah, disclosed this during the recently commissioned Afreximbank Africa Trade Centre, AATC, in Abuja, where he also reaffirmed the Bank’s vision to dismantle trade barriers and…
SINOMACH, a Chinese conglomerate, is investing $1 billion in Nigeria’s sugar Industry. The memorandum of understanding for the development of a sugarcane cultivation and processing plant capable of producing one million metric tonnes of sugar has been signed by the investor and the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC). In the agreement, SINOMACH is set to…
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has unveiled its different brands of made-in-Nigeria products in Katsina State as part of efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s industrial sector and reduce reliance on imports. The products, which include a Hilux vehicle, laptops, phones, batteries, smart TV, microwaves, water dispensers, hydraulic equipment, were unveiled at the…
Photo : (L-r) Lagos State Commissioner for Commerce, Cooperatives, Trade and Investment, Folashade Ambrose-Medebem; Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal; Federal Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment of Nigeria, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole; National President, Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC), Sheriff Balogun and the President/CEO, African Finance Corporation, Samaila Zubairu. The new leadership of the Nigerian-American…
• Segun Ajayi-Kadir, MAN DG, during a factory visit to a company in Kano ,recently. The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has called on the Federal Government not to bow to potential pressure to reciprocate by reducing its own tariffs on U.S. goods entering the Nigerian market. MAN, in its position document on the new…
