Okonjo-Iweala, Aisha Yesufu, Amina Mohammed, Ezekwesili lead pack of top 100 Nigeria women leaders
Goddey OdinMarch 6, 2021
…Biographical compendium profiles phenomenal Nigerian women ahead IWD Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who just resumed as director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and former minister of finance in Nigeria, Nigeria’s leading social crusader, Aisha Yesufu, the deputy secretary general of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, and the former minister […]
Kwik Delivery, Nigeria’s B2B delivery platform, expands service to 4-wheels vehicles
Goddey OdinMarch 6, 2021
…Becomes first full-stack last-mile delivery platform in Nigeria …Service currently covers Lagos, Abuja …Using app, customers request delivery vehicle track shipment in real time Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt Kwik Delivery, Nigeria’s business-to-business (B2B) delivery platform, has announced it is expanding its app-based breakthrough delivery service to 4-wheels delivery vehicles. This includes vehicles […]
NLNG’s $7bn Train 7 faces headwinds over alleged non-compliance with Bonny Kingdom, core host’s local content
Goddey OdinMarch 5, 2021
…BKLCCC accuses gas company of neglect of its contractors …But NLNG says it considers core host as trusted partner Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt Nigeria’s foremost gas liquefaction company’s (NLNG) incoming $7 billion Train 7, which is the country’s boldest effort in gas business in nearly a decade, faces headwinds over alleged non-compliance […]
Jack Dorsey’s Square set to take over Jay-Z’s music streaming platform Tidal in $297 million deal
Goddey OdinMarch 4, 2021
Wale Ameen Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey is set to take over rapper Jay-Z’s music streaming platform Tidal via Square, his payment platform in a landmark takeover deal. According to details of the deal, Square is set to pay $297 million in stock and cash for a majority stake in the music streaming app while […]
Nigeria bourse down 0.59% as investors lose N122.4bn on sell-offs in Nestle, Wapco, Flour Mills
Goddey OdinMarch 2, 2021
Charles Abuede Equities investors lost N122.4 billion in the secondary capital market on Tuesday following sell-offs in Nestle Plc (-6.9%), Wapco Plc (-7.1%) and Flour Mills Plc (-6.4%) and subpar levels of investor sentiments. As a result, the benchmark index fell 0.59 per cent to 39,697.62 points as the market year to date return […]
PHOTO NEWS: Nigeria receives first consignment of COVID-19 vaccine
Goddey OdinMarch 2, 2021
By Wale Ameen Nigeria this Tuesday, received its first consignment of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, thus making it the third West African country after Ghana and Ivory Coast to do so. The Covid-19 vaccine consignment with a total of 3.9 million doses was received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja by the Federal […]
MTN Nigeria leads pack of top-earning directors’ list for 2020 financial year
Goddey OdinMarch 2, 2021
By Wale Ameen Data obtained from the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) of the top-earning directors across industries shows an interesting lineup with MTN Nigeria, Nigerian Breweries, and Zenith Bank topping the chart of the top 5 highest earning directors in Nigeria. A review of top-earning directors of Nigerian companies for the outgone 2020 financial […]
Eastern railway rehabilitation begins next week, says FG
Goddey OdinMarch 2, 2021
With route extension to Abakaliki, Awka MIKE OCHONMA The Nigerian federal government has revealed that, the rehabilitation of the Eastern railway corridor linking Port Harcourt to Maiduguri will be flagged off on March 9, with a branch route to Abakaliki, Ebonyi and Awka in Anambra state. Rotimi Amaechi, Nigeria’s minister of transportation disclosed […]
Nigerian engineers to manage world’s largest single train refinery
Ben EguzozieMarch 1, 2021
$15bn complex to save Nigeria 41% importation cost – Emefiele Nigerian private sector set to push 850,000bpd refining capacity by 2024 CBN gives N100bn to DOR, arranging domestic refined crude sale in naira Fertilizers, petrochemicals to generate $2.5bn revenue annually – Dangote The management of Dangote Oil Refinery (DOR) says it is […]
NNPC, again, denies FG planning increase in fuel price this month
Ben EguzozieMarch 1, 2021
Cautions against hoarding, panic buying But PMS sells N170 in South-east, South-south The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the country’s national oil company, has come out again to deny any plans by the federal government to raise the pump price of petrol,the product the country consumes in excess of 52 million […]