Category Archives: Business

COVID-19: Huawei Stores In South Africa Take Extra Precautions

March 23 Business no comments

Huawei Consumer Business Group South Africa has put additional measures in place at its stores, which are aimed at protecting the health of the company’s staff and customers. Firstly, Huawei service staff are required to...

Lagos Gov. Sympathises With Amu Market Fire Victims

January 27 Business no comments

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, visited Amu Plank Market in Mushin on Sunday to sympathise with victims of a midnight fire that razed several shops and destroyed goods worth billions. The inferno, which sta...

EU Approves $29.24m To Rehabilitate North-East Nigeria

January 25 Business no comments

Reports on Saturday say the European Union (EU) has approved the sum of $29.24 million for the rehabilitation of North Eastern part of Nigeria, where thousands of people are displaced due to various attacts by insurgents...

Lagos Yet To Decide On ‘Okada’ Menace

January 14 Business no comments

Lagos State Government will not be taking definitive action against illegal operations of commercial motorcycles and tricycles on restricted routes across the State, it was learnt on Monday. The revelation followed a fou...

Lagos Targets All Sectors With 2020 Budget

January 8 Business no comments

The N1.168 trillion budget recently signed into Law by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will promote investments in all sectors of the State’s economy as well as make meaningful impacts in the lives of the people, Commi...

Police Arrest Mastermind Of Abuja Bank Robbery

January 3 Business no comments

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested the last suspect and the alleged mastermind of the foiled robbery in the Mpape area of Abuja. The suspect who is identified as Ernest Ewim was picked up from his ...

Lagos Gov. Delivers Completed Section Of Lagos-Badagry Road

January 3 Business no comments

.Says Agege-Pen Cinema Bridge To Be Delivered In July – A newly constructed section of Lagos-Badagry Highway was on Friday, declared open for public use by Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, fulfilling t...

Fire Guts Part Of Kara Cattle Market Along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

December 31 Business no comments

Reports coming in say some parts of the popular Kara Cattle Market along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is currently on fire. The immediate cause of the fire outbreak is unknown but many sympathizers are helping to put off the ...

Applause For Lagos Govt As Dangote Refinery Project Kicks Off In Ibeju...

December 22 Business no comments

Lagos State Government on Friday got commendation from Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) for creating enabling atmosphere for the smooth take-off of the petrochemical refinery and fertilizer projects sited in Ibeju-Lekki ar...

Lagos’ll Improve Business Environment, Says Governor

November 28 Business no comments

.Receives Prime Minister Of Netherlands In Lagos – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured private investors of a conducive business environment, emphasizing that his government is committed to ens...

Anambra State Stops Issuing Of Illegal Tickets At Motor Parks

November 28 Business no comments

Anambra State Commissioner for Transport, Mr Christian Madubuko has cautioned against issuing of all forms of unapproved tickets to commercial vehicle operators in Motor Parks across the state. Madubuko noted that the mi...

Morocco To Host US-Africa Business Summit

November 11 Business no comments

Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) will host the next edition of the U.S-Africa Business Summit in June 2020 in Marrakech, Morocco. Building on the momentum of this year’s Summit in Maputo, Mozambique, which focused...

Lagos Launches E-Platform To Stop Fraudulent Practices In Real Estate ...

October 31 Business no comments

.Sanwo-Olu Says Initiative Is To Standardise Property Market – Lagos State Government, on Wednesday, launched a Real Estate Transaction portal to curb fraudulent practices in the real estate business. Governor Baba...

Feed Tonight Foundation Begins Entrepreneurship Program With N1m Seed ...

September 9 Business no comments

.Yomi Benson, MD/CEO, Culture Communications Ltd – The need to continually impact on the society positively and in demonstration of its commitment as a brand and business to live a life of purpose, Culture Communic...

Lagos Flags Off Screening For 1,700 Agric Entrepreneurs

September 4 Business no comments

Lagos State Government on Tuesday officially flagged off the screening of over 2000 applicants for support in the area of small and medium scale agriculture. The initiative is aimed at raising about 1700 Agro Entrepreneu...

Discos Lacks Capacity To Deliver Power To Nigerians -Osinbajo

August 16 Business no comments

Nigeria Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has reassured Nigerians that Federal Government was committed to ensuring effective and cost reflective power supply in the country. Osinbajo gave the assurance during the official in...

Lagos To Benefit From £38m Uk Mobile Devt. Programme

July 17 Business no comments

Owing to its socio-economic and political significance as the commercial nerve centre of the country and sixth largest economy in Africa, Lagos State Government is to benefit from the United Kingdom thirty-eight million ...

Dangote Cement Bag Of Goodies Promo Records First Star Prize Winner

July 17 Business no comments

.As Abraka-Based Retailer Wins Car In Dangote Cement Bag Of Goodies Scratch And Win Promo – Photo: (L-R): Star Winner of Dangote cement Consumer Promotion “BAG of Goodies” Benjamin Igherighe, receiving ...

Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Others Sign New OPEC Charter

July 5 Business no comments

The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the non-member countries of the organisation (OPEC+) this week signed a draft ‘Charter of Cooperation’ in a bid to further strengthen their partnership. Th...

Nigeria Projected To Remain Poverty Capital Of The World Till 2050 –Sa...

June 20 Business no comments

Muhammad Sanusi II, the emir of Kano, says Nigeria may remain the poverty capital of the world till 2050 and beyond. Speaking at his honorary induction into Sigma Club, at the University of Ibadan over the weekend, the f...

WGB Sponsors 3 Online Bettors To Dubai

June 7 Business no comments

Three lucky online Bettors of Winners Golden Bet (WGB); Charles Tobenna, Afolabi Sulaiman and Ganiyu Yusuf Abiodun will jet out to Dubai on Friday morning, 7 June, 2019, in an all-expense paid trip by Winners Golden Chan...

Lagos Creates 740,146 Jobs In 12 Months –NBS Survey

April 29 Business no comments

A total of 740, 146 jobs were added in Lagos State between July 2017 and June 2018, a survey of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) as captured in its recently released report has revealed. The feat of job creation r...

A Week To Easter: Fuel Scarcity Looms In Nigeria

April 13 Business no comments

With less than a week to Easter celebrations, many filling stations in some states of Nigeria are witnessing long queues, signalling the possible return of fuel scarcity in the country. There are reports of supply hitche...