Ben Eguzozie
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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.
Economists body, ICEN, praises Nigeria government signing of ASCL’s completion contract with Russian firm
Ben EguzozieOctober 29, 2019
…says plant can employ 510,000 workers Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria (ICEN) says the recent contract signed by the
CALCIMA says Cross River’s 200,000 mtpa palm oil primed for CBN’s N30bn expansion initiative
Ben EguzozieOctober 24, 2019
Eta Ndoma-Egba, the president of Calabar Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (CALCIMA), says Cross River State’s 2018
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SunTrust Bank opens shop in Uyo, promising wide range of products, services
Ben EguzozieOctober 24, 2019
Newly licensed regional deposit money financial institution, SunTrust Bank has opened a new branch in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State
Cross River to buy up excess agro produce to check post-harvest losses
Ben EguzozieOctober 24, 2019
. As Nigeria’s post-harvest losses hit N2.7trn annually Cross River State government is promising that going forward it would buy up
Lagos, Cairo, Kinshasa listed in top 30 largest cities of the world
Ben EguzozieOctober 24, 2019
. Lagos to move up to 9th from 17th by 2030 . Tokyo, world’s largest urban area, to maintain lead by 2030 . China, India with six,
$195m Afreximbank textile, cotton initiative to boost Nigeria’s textile industry
Ben EguzozieOctober 21, 2019
Nigeria, a once African cotton and textile behemoth, may soon bounce back to its former aggregates, perhaps marginal, if the recently
OML 11: Ogonis reject Gov. Wike’s acquisition
Ben EguzozieOctober 8, 2019
…says action done without free, prior, informed consent …non consultation with DPR, NNPC, NAPIMS Ogoni umbrella
Akwa Ibom governor plans LNG, refinery, petro-chem, fertilizer plants by 2023
Ben EguzozieOctober 6, 2019
…inaugurates 500-tonne flour mill factory Akwa Ibom, currently Nigeria’s richest oil state by revenue allocation from
Cross River’s multi-billion-naira tourism estate in Calabar suffers huge vandalization
Ben EguzozieSeptember 25, 2019
…other tourist sites suffer neglect and absence of patronage Summit Hills Estate, a flagship tourism estate, which sits on
World unprepared for next widespread epidemics, says Global Preparedness Monitoring Board
Ben EguzozieSeptember 19, 2019
…as Ebola pounds DRC, threatens west, central, east Africa …World Bank says poverty, fragility exacerbate disease