• Escassez de matéria-prima persiste e embalagem fica 30% mais cara

    Para reduzir o risco de desabastecimento de polipropileno nos próximos meses, a Braskem propôs ao governo a adoção de cota de importação, com redução da alíquota de 14%, a exemplo do que ocorreu com o PVC O desarranjo imposto pela pandemia de covid-19 à cadeia de embalagens, ...

  • Ministers Task Women On Business, Leadership Innovations

    By ADEBIYI ADEDAPO, Abuja The minister of women affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, and her counterpart in the Ministry of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has tasked Nigerian women to drive innovations in the business environment and actively participate in political leadership. Speaking at the 2021 Women National Business Agenda Policy Dialogue organised ...

  • Access Bank Unveils Reward Scheme In Promoting Diaspora Remittances

    By OLUSHOLA BELLO, Lagos  In a bid to promote diaspora remittances into the country, Access Bank Plc, has unveiled a reward scheme for its customers. The Bank in a statement to LEADERSHIP said that it will be rewarding customers with N5 on every $1 received from their loved ones or ...

  • Bill On Forensic Institute ‘II Combat Illicit Financial Flows- SFAFP

    BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja The Society for Forensic Accounting and Fraud Prevention (SFAFP) has disclosed that the Bill for the establishment of the Chartered Institute of Forensics and Certified Fraud Examiners currently before the House of Representatives would combat Illicit financial flows when passed into law. President/chairman of SFAFP, Mr ...

  • Petroleum Product Leakage Sparks Environmental Concern In Lagos

    BY CHIKA IZUORA, Lagos Residents and commercial business operators in Baruwa community in Lagos where high pressure petroleum products pipeline passes through, have raised alarm that underwater contamination which had persisted over time is becoming a threat to their existence. To this end, community leaders have called on Lagos state ...

  • Nigeria: Nigerian Lawmakers Consider a Petroleum Investment Bill

    [CFR] Nigerian lawmakers are seeking passage of a Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) that would reorganize the oil industry. Since the establishment of civilian government in 1999 after a generation of military rule, repeated attempts at passing a PIB have been made.

  • PACE Alleges Infringement Of HiFL Trademark

    By Salifu Usman, Abuja The Pace Sports and Entertainment Marketing Limited (PACE) has alleged an infringement on its Higher Institution Football League (HiFL) trademark, saying it was the creators, developers and organisers of the league. Reacting to statement published on national dailies and online platforms on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, ...

  • Still On Nigeria’s Cyber Law

    As part of its administration’s determination to ward off all forms of attacks on Nigeria’s cyberspace and protect Nigerians from criminals using digital technology to bully them, former President Goodluck Jonathan, in 2015, signed the Cyber Crime Bill into law. Jonathan, himself a victim of cyber-bullying in the build up ...

  • Executivos da Vale serão investigados por suposta omissão de informações a acionistas

    Inquérito envolve empreitada de US$ 2,5 bilhões para aquisição de direitos de exploração de mina de ferro de Simandou, na África Ocidental; CEO da mineradora, Eduardo Bartolomeo está entre os que serão investigados O Ministério Público do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (MP-RJ) determinou a abertura de ...

  • Human Trafficking Fastest Form Of Slavery In Nigeria – Ojukwu

    By Bidon Mizbar, Abuja As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to observe the International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (IDRSVTST), the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu has said that though slave trade might have been abolished, ...

  • Chamber Of Commerce Seeks Legislation To Incorporate Business Owners 

    By ADEBIYI ADEDAPO  | The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has urged the federal government to consider a legislation that would compel businesses in Nigeria to be members of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry. The new president of ACCI, Dr Al-Mujtaba Abubakar during an interaction with journalists ...

  • AfCFTA: Nigeria To Establish Trade Remedies Authority To Tackle Fraudulent Invoicing

    By Godwin Anyebe As part of its commitment to a successful implementation of the African Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA) Agreement, Nigerian Government said, efforts are ongoing to establish a trade remedies authority to enforce Rules of origin and tighten borders against fraudulent invoicing. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, ...

  • Nigeria: Experts Harp On Economic Diversification to Boost Investment, FDI

    [This Day] Financial experts have called on the federal government to diversify the economy as well as support local production in order to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country.

  • Receita adia pagamento do Simples Nacional em três meses

    Os micro e pequenos empresários e os microempreendedores individuais (MEI) deixarão de pagar as parcelas do Simples Nacional pelos próximos três meses, de abril a junho, anunciou há pouco o secretário especial da Receita Federal, José Barroso Tostes Neto. A medida foi decidida hoje (24) em reunião extraordinária do Comitê ...

  • FG To Generate N1bn Monthly From National Games

    By Yemisi Okunlola, Abuja The federal government is targeting N1billion revenue monthly through the National Games to enhance and elevate the national economy. This is as the Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, George Akume, addressed lottery operators and other stakeholders in the sector at an interactive meeting. The ...

  • Colombia Seeks Closer Ties With Nigeria As Dabiri-Erewa Partners LEADERSHIP

    By Chinelo Chikelu and Tarkaa David, Abuja The Republic of Colombia has expressed its desire to improve trade relations with Nigeria in light of the cultural and traditional affinity between both countries. Colombian Honorary Consul to Nigeria, Mrs. Maricel C Romero, who made the call during a visit to the ...

  • NISS, OCP Partner Against Problematic Soils In Nigeria

    By Our Correspondent Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS) and OCP Africa Fertilisers Limited have entered into partnership to fight the issue of problematic soils in Nigeria. The partnership is meant to improve soil quality and sustainability with a view to increasing agricultural productivity. Registrar/CEO NISS, Professor Victor Okechukwu Chude ...

  • Diferimento do Simples deve postergar recolhimento de R$ 28 bi, diz Tostes Neto

    Segundo o secretário especial da Receita Federal, a medida poderá alcançar 17 milhões de contribuintes Com o adiamento do pagamento dos tributos do Simples Nacional por três meses, aprovado nesta quarta-feira (24), será postergado o recebimento de cerca de R$ 27,8 bilhões, considerando as esferas federal, estadual ...

  • Nissan vai interromper as atividades no Brasil devido ao avanço da pandemia

    A montadora anunciou a interrupção da produção em Resende por duas semanas; os 850 funcionários da unidade entrarão em férias coletivas na sexta (26) A Nissan confirmou nesta quarta-feira (24) que vai interromper a produção em Resende por duas semanas devido ao agravamento da pandemia de covid-19. ...

  • NIWE Advocates Partnership To Address Nigeria’s Water Challenges

    BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja The Nigerian Institution of Water Engineers (NIWE) has sought for effective partnership between all levels of government and relevant stakeholders to resolve Nigeria’s water challenges especially in the rural areas. Chairman of NIWE, Abuja chapter, Engr Douglas Oloton stated this in Abuja yesterday at a talent ...

  • Customs Sieze Prohibited Goods Worth Over N116m DPV In 2 Weeks

    BY ISAIAH BENJAMIN The Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operation Unit (FOU) Zone ‘B’  has made various siezures of prohibited goods b and items  of Duty Paid Value of N116, 072,641.13 in two weeks effective between 04 March 2021 to 21 March 2021. Addressing a press conference where the siezed items ...