Tony Elumelu, chairman and founder of Heirs Holdings, was among the leaders who spoke at the peace to prosperity workshop which held in Bahrain, on Wednesday.Jared Kushner, an aide of US President Donald Trump, and Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), were among the dignitaries at the event where Elumuelu recommended practical steps to unlock economic prosperity [...]
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Oluwatobi Odukoya, founder and moderator of Business of Purpose (BOP), says people need to understand their purpose and use the knowledge to build themselves.Odukoya spoke at a leadership summit tagged "Building Purpose in Life and Enterprise", which held at Elohim Tabernacle International Church, Lekki, Lagos state, on Saturday.Explaining the need to start and run an enterprise, Odukoya said purpose ought [...]
From May 1 to July 31, business registration will cost only N5000, Vice-president Yemi Osinbajo has said. Spurred by the successes recorded in the first 50% discount window for business registration in Nigeria, the federal government has directed the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to extend by three months, the special window for MSMEs.According to a statement by Laolu Akande, special assistant [...]
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) says it has removed proficiency certificate from its list of requirements for business registration.The commission said the removal is part of its reform initiatives and review of its checklist and guidelines."Under the new arrangement, members of the public do not have to submit proficiency certificate to the commission for registration of companies, business names and [...]
Shareholders of Oando Plc have demanded the sack of Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, for allegedly interfering with the stock market.In a statement which Trusted Shareholders Association of Nigeria (TSAN) issued in conjunction with the Proactive Shareholders Association (PSA), the stakeholders accused the minister of shielding Oando from being probed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).They insisted Adeosun was [...]
Patience Oniha, director-general, Debt Management Office (DMO), says the federal government has injected N400bn into the economy to service its debt and improve liquidity.Oniha, who spoke in Lagos, said the fund was government’s strategy to reduce its debt profile and reduce interest rate on government’s lending from 18 per cent to 14 per cent.She said this would improve the ability [...]
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria’s private sector accounts for 90 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP).Consequently, he said the federal government will build a vibrant economy for the sector to flourish.He said this on Thursday at the launch of the Nigerian Economic Diplomacy Initiative (NEDI)."In the case of Nigeria, the private sector is particularly important because it accounts [...]
Naisr El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, says the state requires $65.5 billion to address its infrastructure challenges over the next 30 years.While unveiling the Kaduna infrastructure master plan (2018-2050), El-Rufai said the long-term infrastructure master plan summarised the infrastructure target of the state aimed at providing job opportunities and making lives better for the people.“The breakdown of the future infrastructural developments between [...]
Senate President Bukola Saraki says Nigeria’s tax laws must be reviewed to allow ease of doing business.Speaking at the inauguration of the technical committee on reforming Nigeria’s tax system at the national assembly, Saraki said the federal government’s target should not only be increased revenue but also how to encourage ease of doing business.He lamented the existing duplications in the current [...]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has promised to establish a world-class ICT infrastructure across Edo state.Sunday Dare, NCC’s executive commissioner for stakeholder management, made this promise when the Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, visited him at the NCC headquarters in Abuja.Dare said the commission was impressed with the "forward-looking policies" of the governor and assured him of the NCC’s readiness to [...]
Tunde Fowler says the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) recorded four million new taxpayers, resulting in N700 billion increase in revenue in 2017The FIRS chairman said this at the 13th general assembly of the West African Tax Administration Forum (WATAF).The chairman said in the past two years, the service has scaled up its use of ICT to facilitate taxpayers’ compliance.He [...]
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) says Nigeria must be cautious before rushing into a free trade agreement with other African countries.Frank Jacob, president of MAN, urged the federal government to renegotiate trade conditions that will impede economic growth in its review of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement.He said MAN is apprehensive that the rules of origin (ROO) [...]
Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) says the number of fraud cases attributed to internal abuse by staff of banks increased from 231 in 2016 to 320 in 2017.Mohammed Ibrahim, head, communications and public affairs of NDIC, said in a statement that the figure was in the organisation’s recent report on off-site supervision of the Deposit Money Banks (DMBs).He said: "The [...]
Nigeria will issue green bonds worth N150 billion to the public in 2018 as a means of increasing climate funding.Ahmad Salihijo, a technical assistant to the minister of environment, made this known while speaking at a panel discussion on climate finance work for women and non-state actors in Lagos.Nigeria issued its first green bond, which was worth N10 billion, in [...]
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) plans to hold a round-table to renegotiate grey areas in the new land use charge law of Lagos State.In a statement signed by its director-general, Muda Yusuf, the LCCI said the March 9 dialogue would examine the provisions of the recently-passed law viz-a-viz its implications for residents and businesses operating in Lagos [...]
The University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) says the lecturers who recently regained freedom from the captivity of Boko Haram will return to oil exploration activities in the Chad basin.The lecturers are Solomon Yusuf, Yusuf Ibrahim and Haruna Dashe.They were abducted in July while carrying out a research commissioned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).In a statement, Ndu Ughamadu, NNPC spokesman, said [...]
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