Bizi Mobile CEO clarifies report on PoS in Kano, says they are to collect tax, register business places

October 7, 2019

Aminu Aminu Bizi, the chairman and chief executive of famous northern  Nigeria mobile cashless consultancy, Bizi Mobile Cashless Consultant Limited, has clarified an earlier report attributed to him suggesting that all Point of Sales (PoS) operators in Kano State are to seek government approval licence before being allowed to operate in the state, saying he never granted an interview that […]

Owerri’s Paris Heritage Hotel stands out among peers, boasts Benson

October 7, 2019

FIDEL BENSON is the financial secretary of Imo State  Hoteliers Association (ISHA) and the general manager, Paris Heritage Hotel Limited. In this interview with business a.m.’s DIKACHI FRANKLIN he shares features and services that place Paris Heritage Hotel above its peers.   When one mentions one of the leading hotels in Owerri, Paris Heritage Hotel, […]

$129m IFAD, NDDC agric programme to create 38,250 jobs

October 7, 2019

By Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt     Akwagaga Enyia, the acting managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says the ongoing Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises Programme in the Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) at the cost of $129.17 million, being driven by it (NDDC), in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is […]

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 FAAC, says it is using the recently inaugurated 500 metric tonnes flour mill factory in Onna to signpost the building of five brand new high-ticket industrial concerns in the state in the next three and-a-half years. The […]

Sokoto State keys into World Bank, AfDB, FDA $500m Nigeria facility with N1.1bn investment in 500km new rural roads

September 25, 2019

Jacob Ajakaiye, in Sokoto The administration of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal in Sokoto has scaled up its rural areas transformation initiative that would translate to the construction of 500 kilometers brand new rural roads across the state. The administration is leveraging on the $500 million facility made available to Nigerian Government by the World Bank […]

NEPC says Cross River has comparative advantage to export cocoa, rice

Businessam StaffSeptember 16, 2019

…as dearth of storage, processing facilities hamper growth The Nigeran Export Promotion Council (NEPC), the leading Federal Government agency charged with the responsibility of promoting non-oil exports as the key driver of the Nigerian economy, by working to get Nigerian private sector to engage in product exports, says Cross River State has capacity to engage […]

NERC orders PHED to remove killer high tension pole in Calabar

Ben EguzozieSeptember 16, 2019

NERC

…as Disco is swamped by customer-related grievances The Nigerian Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC) has ordered the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) to decommission its precariously positioned high-tension electricity supply pole in Nyang Asang, a densely populated settlement in Calabar Municipality council, which snapped five years ago killing tens of football fans at a viewing […]

DFID`s funded Mafita initiate ‘crowdfunding’ window for northern youths

Businessam StaffSeptember 11, 2019

Jacob Ajakaiye, in Kano The management of Mafita has initiated a multi-million naira funding window tagged “crowdfunding”, as a way of sustaining the youth empowerment programmes it is implementing in northern Nigeria. Under the crowdfunding scheme, the beneficiaries of the Mafita programme, which is currently being funded by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development […]

$95m Agro-Pastoral development project to open in Kano in December

September 11, 2019

Budget

Jacob Ajakaiye, in Kano The Kano state Agro–Pastoral Development Project, a $95 million venture largely supported by the Islamic Development Bank, will be formally unveiled next December, at the project’s start-ups and stakeholders workshop in Kano, the state capital. The Islamic Development Bank is contributing $90 million while the Kano State government will put in […]