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.
Rivers 2020 budget raises questions with no funding plan, amid lack of transparency
Ben EguzozieJanuary 22, 2020
…stakeholders’ participation absent, as budget document elusive …state expects 3.7% growth Rivers, Nigeria’s second largest
Nigeria’s Imo State allocates land to Afreximbank for Quality Assurance Centre
Ben EguzozieJanuary 15, 2020
Nigeria’s Imo State has allocated a five-hectare of land to the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) for the pan-African
Demurrage, congestion, vessel turn-around time high over BUA’s terminal decommissioning by NPA
Ben EguzozieDecember 10, 2019
Maritime activities at the struggling Port-Harcourt Port, Nigeria’s oldest seaport are now repugnant and laden with prohibitive costs
Nigeria flares away $2.5bn worth of gas annually, says environmentalist
Ben EguzozieDecember 9, 2019
It’s 8 billion s Buhari promised to end flaring by 2020 With measures put in place many years now to bring gas flare-out in
Investor, scientist, environmentalists deliberate on UNEP report, Ogoni clean-up
Ben EguzozieDecember 2, 2019
Ibifiri Bobmanuel, the chief executive officer of Bobmanuel Tractor Limited and president of Rivers Entrepreneurs and Investors Forum
Border closure casts dark clouds on Port Harcourt’s 15th trade fair
Ben EguzozieNovember 18, 2019
ECOWAS neighbours decline participation Buyers shouldn’t expect low priced goods at fair The Federal Government’s continued
OML 11 divides Ogoni, as EjamahEbubu, one of host communities, approves Rivers’ acquisition of oilfield
Ben EguzozieNovember 18, 2019
Rejected Shell’s N7bn largesse Governor Wike says he’s out to protect locals’ interests Ogonis appear clearly
Greenwell, Akwa Ibom based fertilizer plant, sees upswing in sales but energy costs weigh
Ben EguzozieNovember 15, 2019
Greenwell Technologies, a fertilizer blending plant located at Abak, the outskirts of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, said it is
Nigerian Railway loses N1.04bn in 5yrs on eastern rail operations
Ben EguzozieNovember 15, 2019
N208mn lost annually for non-operation The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has been losing at least N208 million each year
Nigeria could learn lessons on clean energy, grid sustenance from Egypt’s 390 MW Benban solar plant
Ben EguzozieOctober 30, 2019
…plant contributes to avoiding 350,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year Egypt last weekend announced the completion of its 390 MW