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IGP restores Emechebe Administration in ASPMDA after 45 days lock-out

After 45 days of lock-out of office, it was jubilation on Friday, March 1, 2024 at the largest auto market in Africa, the Auto Spare Parts and Machinery Dealers Association (ASPMDA), Lagos International Trade Fair complex as the Special envoy…

2023: Dangote Cement jumps shareholder’s dividend by 50%, to N30 per share

…sales from African subsidiaries rose by 12.7% Pursuant to the promise of Chairman, Dangote Cement, Aliko Dangote at the company’s 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM), of an enhanced return on Investments to all the shareholders and other stakeholders in Dangote…

Nigeria to be self-reliant in defence equipments production soon—Minister

The Minister of Defence, Muhammed Badaru Abubakar, has said that the new Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) bill signed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would stimulate the economy thereby making Nigeria to be self-reliance in the manufacturing…

Decline in BUA Cement’s EPS due to rising COGS ex-depreciation

BUA Cement Plc (BUACEMENT) released its 2023FY audited financials 29 February, reporting an EPS of NGN2.05 (2022FY: NGN2.98). The significant decline in the company’s EPS was due to rising COGS ex-depreciation (+42.1% y/y) and OPEX ex-depreciation (+12.8% y/y) amid further…

Dangote Cement Bags Environmental Sustainability Award

Leading cement solutions provider, Dangote Cement Plc has emerged winner of the 2023 NatureNews Environmental Sustainability Award. The award was conferred on the company Tuesday at the 3rd Anniversary Lecture of NatureNews and Presentation of the Hero of Environmental Actions…

Music Stakeholders Adopt ‘Nigerian Music Industry Collective’

The 2nd Emergency Meeting of the Nigerian Music Industry with the theme, ‘Identification of Internal and External Regulatory Mechanisms to Smoothen the Working Relationship among Various Stakeholders and Subgroups in the Music Industry,’ took place on Monday 12 February 2024,…

Konga Travels and Tours Deepen Services with Coronation Insurance Plc

In an effort to offer comprehensive travel insurance packages to Nigerians, Konga Travel and Tours, the leading travel service provider in Nigeria, has announced a strategic partnership with Coronation Insurance Plc, Africa’s top-tier insurance company. This collaboration aims to enhance…

Hardship: LASG cuts off 25% fares, directs workers to come trice weekly

Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has proposed a 25% discount on rates for government-owned transportation programmes. The governor also announced that civil servants from levels 1-14 will begin working three days a week as part of steps to alleviate…

WINBAFRICA To Empower Women, Scholarship for Girl-Child in Africa

In its 10th year of dedicating and promoting girl-child education and empowering women and young girls in critical thinking and leadership skills in secondary schools across Africa, African Women Foundation for Nation Building, WINBAFRICA, is set for this year’s edition…

WEF to Advance Improved Trade via Technology at MC13

The World Economic Forum will convene 300 ministers, business leaders, trade leaders and experts, as well as civil society, to examine the use of cutting-edge technologies in trade. The TradeTech Forum 2024 is the first-of-its-kind dedicated gathering on technologies for…