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  Dangote Cement has concluded plans to expand its production capacity with the construction of a new 6Mt integrated cement plant in Itori, Ogun State, according to the company’s Group Managing Director, Arvind Pathak. He also disclosed that Dangote Cement will soon deploy grinding plants in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire...

Polaris Bank, Nigeria’s leading digital retail bank, has received immense commendation from Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and customers for its invaluable sponsorship of The Fashion Souk event. Without a doubt, this commitment to enterprise growth has earned appreciation and testimonials from fashion enthusiasts, industry experts and style icons at...

  The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended the domestic operations of one of the airlines in the country, Max Air, indefinitely. The NCAA suspended Parts A3 and D43 with regard to the operation of Max Air’s Boeing 737 aircraft type with immediate effect. This was contained in a...

  as show ends on Sunday As the popular musical reality platform, Nigerian Idol Season 8, powered by the Bigi carbonated soft drink of Rite Foods Limited, culminates in the finale on Sunday, July 16, the two finalists, Precious Mac and Victory Gbakara, that emerged from this week's show had...

According to the Capital Importation data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Nigeria’s telecommunications industry recorded a significant decline in capital importation in the first quarter of this year. The total foreign investments inflow into the sector for the quarter stood at $22 million, compared with the $168.3...

Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria, says it is sad that Joe Irukwu, an ex-president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, did not wait to see the “Nigerian dream” project they planned together come to life. Irukwu, whose death was announced on Saturday by Harrison Eze Okorie, president of Amaokwe Item Welfare...

  The Threads app launched by Instagram as a rival to Twitter has signed up more than 100 million users in less than five days, data tracking websites said on Monday, smashing the record of AI tool ChatGPT for the fastest-growing consumer app. While ChatGPT took two months to hit...

  The top five finalists at MarkHack 2.0 will undergo a three-month incubation program at the Eko Innovation Center, and receive a seed capital of $50,000 USD at the end of the program. Victor Afolabi, the curator of MarkHack and Founder of Eko Innovation Center and Art of Technology Lagos,...

The Nigerian aviation industry experienced a significant number of flight delays in the first quarter of 2023, according to a report from the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Among 36 domestic and international airlines, a total of 11,321 (over 53%) flight delays were recorded out of 21,295 flights. The report...

  showcasing Nigeria's vibrant fashion industry Polaris Bank, Nigeria's leading digital retail bank, is partnering Eventful Limited to host the 2023 edition of The Fashion Souk scheduled to hold at Harbour Point facility on Victoria Island, Lagos from today Saturday, July 8th, and tomorrow Sunday, July 9th, 2023. The Fashion...