Nigeria’s tech space would become most viable in Africa – Microsoft
Just as global technology giants including Google Inc., HUAWEI, and top social networking company, Facebook, another international tech heavyweight, Microsoft Corporation, has disclosed plans to partner with the Federal Government…
Lagos pegs 2021 Budget at N1.164trn; expected earnings at N971.028bn
The Lagos State Year 2021 Appropriation Budget named ” Budget of Rekindled Hope” has been pegged at N1.164 trillion. Mr Sam Egube, the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Lagos…
LASG announces registration for Creative Lagos training programme
The Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture has announced the commencement of registration for the Creative Lagos initiative, a training programme for creative practitioners. The ministry made the…
Global Economy to Expand by 4% in 2021; Vaccine Deployment, Investment Key to Sustaining Recovery – WBG
The global economy is expected to expand 4% in 2021, assuming an initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout becomes widespread throughout the year. Development risks however remain as economic activity, incomes likely…
ABCON tasks CBN on adoption of newer technologies, digitisation of Bureaux de Change sector
The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), on Tuesday, urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to continue to stabilise the foreign exchange rates for economic growth….
Nigeria telecoms: Riding on the wings of investment, sound regulation
By Theresa Igata, Snr. Correspondent The year 2020 for some has come to be known as the year of the pandemic with the apparent economic recession and headwinds occasioned by…
Balogun market now to reopen on Jan. 11 for security reasons – Official
The Caretaker Management Committee of Balogun market, Lagos Trade Fair Complex, has shifted its resumption, earlier scheduled for Jan. 4, to Jan. 11, for security reasons, the Secretary of the…
AfCFTA: South Africa targets Nigerian market, others as free trade begins
South Africa’s Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel on Friday urged manufacturers and farmers in the country to prepare themselves for opportunities in export markets following the launch of the…
Fishermen want FG to compel Shell to pay $3.6bn Bonga oilfield spill fine
Artisanal Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN), on Friday urged the Federal Government to leverage on its successes in containing the COVID-19 pandemic to avert another lockdown in the new year….
DPR shortlists 161 companies for final stage of 57 marginal oilfields bid round
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says 161 successful companies have been shortlisted to advance to the next and final stage of the bid round process for 57 marginal oilfields…