Business Hilights

Tracking Nigeria's Headline Business News Online

Month: December 2021

ICT

Automation, Next Stage of Service Delivery in Public Sector – Danbatta

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has said leveraging the potential of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to automate service delivery should be the next frontier of excellent service delivery to Nigerians…

Heritage Bank registers farmers for N41bn wheat disbursement project

Heritage Bank Plc in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria has set up plans to disburse a whopping sum of N41billion to farmers from 14 states for the expansion of wheat production project. The Bank, however, will register the…

CIOTA has all it takes to drive Nigeria’s transport policy—Osibanjo

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has said the Federal Government holds the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIOTA) in high regard as a professional body the country can rely on for direction in transport policy planning and…

ICT

MTN to implement MTN Group vaccine mandate, calls for vaccine equity

As a follow to the MTN Group’s announcement of its intention to implement a vaccine mandate across its operations from January 2022, Karl Toriola, Chief Executive Officer, MTN Nigeria, has voiced support, and confirmed MTN Nigeria’s plan to implement it…

As Emirates resumes flights after ban in Nigeria

Emirates Monday, touched down in both Abuja and Lagos, marking the restart of daily services to Nigeria from Dubai. It received a spectacular water canon welcome at Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos. Both flights from Dubai, EK 785 to Abuja and…

Nigerian ports to be fully automated by 2025, says NPA MD

The Acting Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Mr. Mohammed Bello-Koko, has stated that deliberate measures and investments are being undertaken by the Authority, to create a fully digital ecosystem in all the country’s port locations by 2025. Giving a…

ICT

NCC, ALTON back 2021 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue

Nigerian telecommunications regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) have drummed support for the 2021 edition of the ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue scheduled at Adam’s Hall, Welcome Centre Hotels, International Airport Road,…

OPEC scribe, Barkindo to lead discussion at MSGBC Region’s Hydrocarbon Summit

Energy Capital & Power (ECP) is proud to announced that OPEC Secretary General, H.E. Mohammed Barkindo, has been confirmed as a speaker at the MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2021 Conference and Exhibition, taking place on 16-17 December at the…

ICT

Strike by Air Traffic controllers forced NCC to move 5G deadline

…Not because only MTN submitted bid, says regulator The attention of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been drawn to the front page headline of the BusinessDay newspaper of Thursday, December 2, 2021 with the title, “How NCC moved 5G…

Gas-fired thermal generation leads Nigeria’s power mix as renewables slows, says GlobalData

Thermal power will continue to make up the majority of Nigeria’s power mix in the next decade, rising from an 82.9% share in 2020 to 84.1% by 2030, according to GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company notes that the…