By Chiazo Ogbolu The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it is reviewing its Act to ensure peddlers of life threatening materials are jailed and not fined. The Director General of SON, Malam Farouk Salim, said this on Thursday in Lagos during the destruction of materials seized by the organisation.Continue Reading
By Lucy Ogalu Some stakeholders have emphasised on the need for Africa to tackle debt issues to enable the continent to fix its increasing climate issues. They spoke in an opinion piece “If You Want Our Countries to Address Climate Change, First Pause Our Debts” featured in The New YorkContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi Goge Africa, a tourism and cultural media brand, has commended Sterling Bank for supporting the tourism sector over the years. Its Managing Director, Nneka Isaac-Moses, gave the commendation in a statement in Lagos. She said Sterling Bank invested N5 billion intervention fund for tourism practitioners in theContinue Reading
By Rukayat Moisemhe Otunba Francis Meshioye, President, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), has charged government to make comprehensive and concerted efforts to overtake the binding constraints limiting local production. Meshioye gave this charge at the MAN 51st Annual General Meeting (AGM) news conference on Wednesday in Lagos. The News AgencyContinue Reading
By Kadiri Abdulrahman Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the economy, Mr Wale Edun, says after China and India, Nigeria is the largest economy that investors are running after. Edun said this in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday in Marrakech, Morocco, on the sidelines of the ongoingContinue Reading
By Oladele Eniola Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday reiterated its commitment for the promotion and protection of Child Rights. Mr Olatunde Olayemi, Programme Officer, Trafficking in Persons, ECOWAS, said this on the sidelines of a retreat held by ECOWAS at Ikeja. The retreat has asContinue Reading
By Hajara Leman Gombe State received N26 billion as grants on its achievements under the performance-based grant component of the World Bank-assisted States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) programme in four years. The Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Mr Muhammad Magaji, made this known in Gombe on TuesdayContinue Reading
By Constance Athekame The West African Power Pool, (WAPP) on Monday said it would soon commence “day-ahead electricity trading” in the regional market. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, General Manager, Public Affairs, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), made this known in a statement in Abuja. According to Mbah, theContinue Reading
Minister of Solid Minerals, Mr Dele Alake By Rukayat Moisemhe The emergence and development of ceramic industries in Nigeria boomed between 1970 and 1980, riding on the back of availability of raw materials, massive human resources and adequate technology. The earlier ceramic industries have all gone moribund and unlimited quantitiesContinue Reading
By Kadiri Abdulrahman The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has assured Nigerians that its digital currency. eNaira posed no threat to financial stability. The Director, Corporate Communications Department of CBN, Dr Isa AbdulMumin said this on Monday in Marrakech. AbdulMumin was reacting to a recent media report that raised concernsContinue Reading
