Royal Dutch Shell has sealed a deal worth $300 million for gas development and distribution in Nigeria. The deal signed with Shoreline Energy is to develop, market and distribute natural gas around Lagos, the commercial capital of Africa’s largest economy.…
Dangote Cement Plc is among those considering counteroffers for PPC Group Limited that could signal a bidding contest for South Africa’s largest cement maker, according to reports by Bloomberg. This is coming as the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote,…
The Delta Board of Internal Revenue (DBIR) has sealed 12 companies, hotels and schools in Warri, over tax liabilities. Joel Ogege, DBIR’s Director (Enforcement and Compliance), on Friday said the companies were shut over accumulated Personal Income Tax liabilities totaling…
Fellow Nigerians, please, permit me to enlarge this subject as much as possible. Nothing is more crucial than getting the leadership of Nigeria right, as quickly as possible. Many have asked me certain questions, after reading my recent articles, which…
The Feed Africa Strategy of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has been validated by African leaders and partners in the agriculture sector as a viable tool towards the transformation of agriculture on the continent. President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire and his…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has released a regulatory framework for the use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD). This is to reduce the risk by bank customers who carry out transactions through the USSD platform. In the proposed framework,…
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has promoted 11 Managers to Assistant General Managers, in line with the organisation’s commitment toward operational efficiency. The promotions were announced in a statement by the newly-elevated Assistant General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Mr…
Ikeja Electric (IE) has promoted 97 employees both junior and senior staff, in line with the management’s desire to reward excellent performance across the business. The company made this known in a statement issued by the management . The statement…
Oil-markets on Friday saw Brent crude supported by Saudi Arabia hoping to cut October supplies, while United States crude was curbed by refinery-outages due to Hurricane-Harvey damages, which dented demand. Focus was shifting to three other hurricanes that are currently…
No fewer than 54 organizations in Nigeria comprising global academia, media, civil society, law and multi-national organisations from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America on Thursday called on Nigeria government to withdraw the NGO Regulatory Commission Bill currently being considered…
