Ben Eguzozie
Ben
Ben Eguzozie is business a.m. regional lead based in Port Harcourt, providing regional and national coverage for economy, business and finance
You can contact him on ben.eguzozie@businessamlive.com with stories and commentary.
NESG canvasses investment-led growth in Nigeria 2021 outlook
Ben EguzozieFebruary 3, 2021
Says size and direction of investment are crucial Country must boost aggregate demand, improve aggregate output Predicts 2.9%
S&P Global affirms AfDB’s AAA rating with stable outlook
Ben EguzozieFebruary 2, 2021
Says bank can manage its capital, maintain high liquidity Bank’s GCI-VII rose $208bn Adesina: Ratings affirms our strong
Seplat completes funding for ANOH gas project with $260m raising
Ben EguzozieFebruary 2, 2021
Says project to drive energy transition in Nigeria Facility provided byconsortium of 7 banks Cost optimisation puts AGPC
NDDC woos Niger-Delta youths, as it gets set to open multi-billion-naira head office
Ben EguzozieFebruary 1, 2021
Distributes 36 disposal trucks, 162 waste bins to member-states Items laid waste at commission’s Port Harcourt warehouse
BFPCL, promoters of Nigeria’s first methanol plant, takes FID on $3.6bn project
Ben EguzozieJanuary 30, 2021
At construction project to create 30,000 jobs, 5,000 when in operation Nigeria currently imports methanol 100% Meant to evacuate 14tcf
Oil giant Shell loses oil spill case to 4 Nigerian farmers in Netherlands
Ben EguzozieJanuary 29, 2021
Justice comes after 13 years But Shell says disappointed with ruling, still blames sabotage for spills A Dutch appeals
Nigeria lenders lead west, central region in Africa’s top 100 banks 2020 rankings
Ben EguzozieJanuary 28, 2021
Zenith Bank stays as top performer with Tier-1 capital up 18% to $2bn W’African banks jostle for positions as Gabon’s BGFI only
NNPC’s October 2020 petroleum products sales jump 92% to N158.04bn
Ben EguzozieJanuary 28, 2021
Increases gas supply to power plants by 8.60% Records N1.95trn y-t-d PMS stays top of products sales with 99.7% The
OML 17: Elumelu gets Afreximbank’s $250m of $1.1bn TNOG’s 45% acquisition fund
Ben EguzozieJanuary 28, 2021
Tony Elumelu’s Trans Niger Oil and Gas Limited (TNOG), a subsidiary of Heirs Holdings Limited, which acquired 45 per cent stake in Oil
Davos summit: AfDB asks developed countries to fulfil $100bn yearly climate finance pledge
Ben EguzozieJanuary 27, 2021
Says bank quadrupled its climate financing to $25bn by 2025 Percentage of financing devoted to climate adaptation up from 26%