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Month: June 2019

AfCFTA: Poor number of local exhibitors in Lagos fair fuels dumping fear

What can be seen as a test case of how Nigeria will perform in the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) is now playing out at the ongoing Food and Beverage West Africa, the largest trade exhibition in West Africa,…

Ghana refinery decries continued imports of petroleum products

At a time Nigeria is decrying continued importation of petroleum products due to collapsed state of all four refineries, the case is different in Ghana as the only local refinery, the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) continues to cry for crude…

Rainoil implementing concurrent agenda to cover Nigeria in no time—Mgt

Leading downstream oil and gas sector, Rainoil Limited, has continued to drive its concurrent expansion of retail outlets roll-out nationwide. Giving momentary report on its social media handles, the company said its trending aggressive retail roll-out agenda is to deepen…

I had pleaded to complete PH Airport’s local terminal but FG refused—Wike

Rivers State Governor, Barr Nyesom Wike, has revealed that during his first term in office, he had begged the Federal Government to allow his government to intervene in the redevelopment of the Domestic Terminal of the Port Harcourt International Airport,…

Red Star Express begins cargo GSA services, seals deal with Aero, others coming

Leading logistics and cargo generating company, Red Star Express Plc, has expanded business offerings to the cargo General Sales Agent (GSA) services in Nigeria airports. In an interview with the Group Managing Director, Dr Olusola Obabori, he averred that the…

(Special Report) Is S’West articulate or divided on what it really wants from Buhari?

Recent fireworks of meetings, presidential courtesy visits and even citizens outbursts on happenstances in the region in recent times relative to insecurity propelled by serial criminalities in terms of banditry, highway kidnappings, farmers/herdsmen crisis and 2023 political calculations by leaders…

Just in: SFG to Business Hilights story: Technocrats-filled ministerial list getting ready

Less than 10 hours after Business Hilights published a research based story captioned; ‘Nigeria: Standstill As FG Misses Five FEC Meetings Since Inauguration,’ https://businesshilights.com.ng/nigeria-standstill-as-fg-misses-five-fec-meetings-since-inauguration/, the Secretary to the Federal Government (SFG), Mr. Boss Mustapha, has responded in a terse statement,…

Recapitalization may further squeeze lending regime to private sector—Expert

More reactions have continued to come from the unveiled five-year monetary roadmap for the economy by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. A development economist, Mr Johnson Adeoye, told Business Hilights in a telephone interview that “The…

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MTN Nigeria upgrades to superior customer experience with launch of 4G+

The as part of delivering premium experience to more people across the country, MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has launched 4G+ in Lagos, Abuja and Port-Harcourt. The company said MTN 4G+ runs on 4G LTE Advanced Technology using a combination of…

Innoson Appeals bench warrant against him, advises GTBank to pay up

Following the issuance of bench warrant against the chairman of Innoson Motors, Chief Innocent Chukwuma by the Federal High Court Ikoyi Lagos, on Monday, June 24th 2019, he has not only viewed it as an abuse of process taken too…