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Another look at Peter Obi’s comment on Dangote Refinery

Hereunder are Peter Obi’s comments on Dangote Refinery (unedited) “I honoured the invitation to the Commissioning of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals in Lagos. This is the World’s Largest Single Train Petroleum Refinery. “I congratulate Alhaji Aliko Dangote for…

Like Cement backward integration, Dangote Refinery won’t reduce fuel price—Onyekpere

For Nigerians thinking that the commissioning of Dangote Refinery would reduce the price of petroleum products especially petrol, they should better prepare their minds to pay more instead. Explaining why this will be so, the Director, Centre for Social Justice,…

LCCI Congratulates Dangote on Refinery commissioning today

More business-minded oragnisations have continued to felicitate with the rare effort of Aliko Dangote in completing a world class refinery within a record time in Nigeria. The latest is the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI). The Chamber in…

Man City crowned Premier League champions as Arsenal loss to N’Forest

Manchester City have been crowned Premier League champions following Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat away to Nottingham Forest on Saturday, moving Pep Guardiola’s side one step closer to completing a remarkable Treble. City are now just two finals away from becoming the…

Ezeala College of Nursing grows from 86 students in 2021 to over 400 today—Provost

Provost of the leading private College of Nursing, South of Nigeria, the Ezeala College of Nursing Sciences, Okwudor in Njaba LGA of Imo State, Dr. Mrs. Augustina Ogini has given insights on the reasons behind the unprecedented rise to stardom…

CBN likely to retain rates during next week’s MPC meeting

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is expected to hold its third meeting of the year on the 23rd and 24th of May next week. As in the past meetings this year, the Committee…

Stylist Piazza to revolutionize Nigeria’s Beauty Industry with High Profit Margin—Founder

Budding industrialist, Engr. Chima Obiaka, Founder/Chief Executive Officer of Stylist Piazza  (https://stylistpiazza.com/), a platform offering professional online services to service providers in the Beauty industry, has said that the brand is on a mission to make players in the beauty…

MAN plans total shutdown over high excise duty by outgoing govt.

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has said that the recent increase in excise duty for beverage and tobacco goods will force businesses to scale down operations, which will result in factory closures, job losses, a decline in exports among…

Again, Nigeria’s inflation jumps to all time high of 22.22%

Fresh details released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigeria’s headline inflation rose to a fresh 17-year high, increasing by 18bps to 22.22% y/y in April (March: 22.04% y/y). We attribute the price increases to the festive-induced demand and…

Embracing Unity And Best Practices For A Better Nigeria

By Evans Woherem, Ph.D   Africa, and in particular Nigeria, holds a lot of promise for development. Nigeria’s promise lies in its rapidly growing population of over 220 million people. Nigerians have what many refer to as an “unstoppable nature”….