We’re encouraging farmers to make maize available for export – Minister
Mr. Sabo Nanono, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, says the ministry was making efforts to see that farmers were encouraged and that maize would become self sustaining and…
NDDC: Sacked Pondei to face prosecution; Akwa is new interim administrator
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Effiong Okon Akwa as an interim administrator to oversee the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) abruptly ending the…
UK to ink new trade deals with 14 African partners next year
The United Kingdom’s (UK) Department for International Trade says new trade agreements will come into force in January for the UK with 14 African partners with the prospect of more…
Analysis: Benedict Peters, a true Nigerian export
By Jackson Ugbechie In a season when some Nigerians are being demonised across the world as agents of crime and criminalities, we cannot but raise our glasses to salute the…
Abuja street named after Ekeh, Zinox boss, as Igbo induct him into Hall of Fame
Serial digital entrepreneur and Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, has been honoured with two distinguished recognitions in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and Enugu, both coming within the same…
Nigeria’s foreign trade stands at N23.2trn; export drops – NBS
The total value of Nigeria’s merchandise trade from January to date is to N23.2 trillion, while trade in the third quarter of 2020 (Q3 2020) stood at N8.37 trillion. The…
‘Corruption is chief cause of uninterrupted power supply in Africa’
Centre for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) has said that huge sums lost to corruption in Africa was enough to provide 24 hours uninterrupted power supply for three years. The Africa…
Zik Prize: Danbatta Dedicates Award to NCC Board, Management, Staff
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, at the weekend, dedicated his Zik Prize to the board, management and staff of the Commission…
Mad rush, huge discounts as Konga Yakata enters last week
Konga Yakata 2020, the biggest annual sales event in Nigeria promoted by leading e-Commerce giant, Konga comes to an end this Saturday, December 12, 2020 with huge discounts still on…
Arik Air resumes flight operations, apologises to customers
The management of Arik Air (In Receivership) has announced the immediate resumption of normal flight operations following resolution of the impasse with the National Association of Air Transport Employees (NUATE)….