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$2.9b Escravos Seaport to decongest Lagos ports, generate 40,000 jobs
Mercury Maritime Concession Company (MMCC) Limited, the promoter of the proposed $2.9 billion Escravos Seaport Industrial Complex (ESIC-1) in Delta State, has said that the project would help to decongest
Delta economic summit group appoints new DG
The Delta Economic Summit Group (DESG) has appointed Ekenem Isichei as its new director-general (DG). Isichei takes over from Chukwuka Monye. Similarly, Isioma Udeozo has been appointed deputy director-general (DDG)
FG to cut Personnel cost, merge MDAs
By Emma Ujah Worried by persistent low revenue, the federal government is to cut personnel cost and merge MDAs. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed,
Just in: Okonjo-Iweala appoints four WTO Deputy Director-Generals
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Tuesday announced the appointment of four Deputy Directors-General. The former Nigerian Finance minister, disclosed this in a statement titled: DG Okonjo-Iweala
CBN urges South-East region to embrace intervention programmes
CBN By Anayo Okoli, Enugu The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has urged the people of the South-East to embrace its intervention programmes to help them grow their businesses. Speaking
Access Bank: Leveraging Retail banking, African Expansion for Growth
Our focus is to become an aggregator in Africa and we are building a global payment gateway and providing trade finance support and correspondent banking across the continent. By Babajide
2021 budget contains 316 duplicated projects worth N39.5bn — BudgIT
…No audit records of N10trn for the security sector By Yinka Kolawole The 2021 national budget has been found to contain over 316 duplicated capital projects worth N39.5 billion, according
Co-founder of Ethereum is now world youngest crypto billionaire
Ethereum cryptocurrency co-founder Vitalik Buterin is now the world youngest billionaire, according to Forbes. The Russian-Canadian programmer first proposed the design of the Ethereum platform in a white paper in
Nigerian Stock Market Rallies to $1.1bn Gain in April
The Nigerian stock market rebounded from the losses it suffered in February and March, gaining N418 billion (about $1.1bn) in April on the back of impressive 2020 full-year results and
Aviation workers flay minister for ‘poor handling’ of sector, failed promises
Aviation workers, yesterday, flayed their Minister, Hadi Sirika, for alleged poor handling of the sector and failure to deliver on the promises made since inception of office about six years
