archiveMarch 2, 2018

  Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has said that all is set to hold a Dialogue Session on the new Land Use Charge Law in Lagos. In a statement on Friday by the Director General of LCCI, Mr. Muda Yusuf,  said the session was aimed at examining the...

  The Lagos State Government said on Friday that it would phase out the use of plastic bottles in the state by 2023. The Special Adviser to Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode on Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI), Mr Adebola Shabi, made the disclosure in an interview in Lagos. Shabi said that plastic...

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has joined the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to warn Nigerians to avoid trading in bitcoins and crypto-currencies. NDIC said that there was 100 per cent risk involved, as they were neither issued by the CBN nor insured by NDIC. The Managing Director/Chief Executive...

Oando Plc has announced a delay in releasing their 2017 full year financial result. In a statement by the company, on Thursday, Oando explained that a request by the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) to undertake a more detailed review of the company’s results was the reason for the...

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says there are about 140m phone subscribers in the country as at September 2017. Speaking at the NCC Day at the on going 39th Kaduna International Trade Fair on Thursday, the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Professor Umar Garba, remarked that the country’s communication...

Investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday traded 403.14 million shares valued at N9.14 billion exchanged in 4,570 deals. This was against a turnover of 371.25 million shares worth N4.87 billion achieved in 4,570 deals on Thursday, an increase of 8.6 per cent. United Bank for Africa (UBA)...

  FSDH Research expects the inflation rate (year-on-year) to drop to 14.31 per cent in February 2018 from 15.13 per cent recorded in January 2017. The expected decrease in the inflation rate is largely attributable to the base effect of previous year. “In addition, we note the decrease in some...

...Promises to end rice importation The Dangote Rice Outgrower Scheme in Jigawa State reached a turning point yesterday when the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote laid a foundation stone for the construction of a multi-billion Naira rice processing mill in Hadin, Jigawa state. The mill with capacity to process...

VAIDS: FG to name, shame, prosecute tax evaders from March 31 - Adeosun …Pledges confidentiality of data received from foreign countries on Nigerians’ overseas assets, income The Federal Government is ready to prosecute, name and shame tax evaders that fail to utilise the tax amnesty programme, the Voluntary Assets and...