• Nigeria

    Nigeria blasts Amnesty International over report

    The federal gover-nment has dubbed the 2015/2016 report of Amnesty International (AI) as lacking conformity to standards. This is particularly so on evidence gathering, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement by its spokesperson, Mr Clement Aduku. Government wondered why the report failed to condemn the atrocities committed ...

  • Nigeria

    NASSI committed to SMEs’

    The Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI) has restated its commitment to the growth and development of small and medium scale enterprises. Giving this charge at the weekend was Mr. Segun Kuti-George, Chairman of NASSI, Lagos Chapter. He spoke at the official launch of the Lagos Island chapter of ...

  • Murray Wins Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships

    Andy Murray claimed his first title of the year with victory over Fernando Verdasco in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships final. The world number one, a runner-up here in 2012, looked to have left his game in the locker room when he was broken twice at the start of ...

  • Nigeria

    The Emerging Face Of Retailing And The Battle Within

    The retail market business stands out as an aspect of business that seems not to have been affected by economic recession and contraction of the economy, as chain stores and hypermarkets proliferate to give traditional retailers a run-for-their-money. TAYOOLANIPEKUN, Lagos writes n spite of the economic recession, the retail market ...

  • Nigeria

    Kaduna Seek Dangote’s Partnership For Infrastructural Development

    Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufai, has revealed that talks are on-going between the State Government and the management of Dangote Group towards developing infrastructure of the state on a partnership level. Speaking yesterday, at the close of 38th Kaduna International Trade Fair, El-rufai extolled the partnership between the Dangote ...

  • Nigeria

    CBN‘ll Ensure Flexibility On Export Proceeds Policy

    The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said, it would look into ways of giving more flexibility to the policy on utilization of export proceeds. The deputy director, Trade and Exchange Department of the CBN, Olu Vincent made this known at the Guaranty Trust Bank Plc’s 2017 non-oil export workshop ...

  • Nigeria

    Nigerian Economy: Green Bond To The Rescue

    With huge infrastructural gap and inadequate finance, Nigeria is faced with the onerous task of stable economic development in pace with its growing population. In this report, OLUSHOLA BELLO writes that the move to launch Africa’s first-ever climate-related bond by Nigeria may open up another vast opportunity to develop major ...

  • Nigeria

    Facebook offering digital training to Nigeria’s SMEs

    Facebook recently announced plans to “Boost Your Business” through a series of free training sessions designed to help Nigerian small business owners understand how to leverage digital platforms for growth from the 8th of March 2017. According to reports, the Facebook training sessions will be facilitated by trainers led by ...

  • Nigeria

    Good Managers, Not Restructuring Will Fix Nigeria – Dolapo

    Hon EnitanBadruDolapo is representing Lagos island Federal constituency of Lagos State in the House of Representatives. In interview with RUTH CHOJI, the lawmaker speaks on the economy, the state of his party, All Progressives Congress (APC) an the quest for national unity. How worrisome is the state of the economy ...

  • Cina Giappone

    China trims 2017 growth target, warns against trade controls

    China’s top economic official trimmed its growth target and warned Sunday of dangers from global pressure for trade controls as Beijing tries to build a consumer-driven economy and reduce reliance on exports and investment. In a speech to the national legislature, Premier Li Keqiang promised more steps to cut surplus ...