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Nigeria’s Public Relations Audit Agency set to host quarterly EvaluatePR event.

Nigeria’s foremost media intelligence agency, P+ Measurement Services is set to host its quarterly edition of EvaluatePR as it welcomes all communications professionals around the globe to the 18th edition of this event. EvaluatePR is an informative event that will…

TD Africa official features in King Of Boys trending blockbuster

A staff of TD Africa, Peace Udochi Egege has again demonstrated that the company, Sub-Saharan Africa’s technology, lifestyle and solutions distribution giant, is filled with budding talents ready to take up any challenge and see them through with distinction, The…

VFD Group Kicks-off Graduate Trainee Program to Create Opportunities

In the fourth quarter of 2020, unemployment rate in Nigeria increased to 33.30 percent from 27.10 percent in the second quarter of 2020 according to the Bureau of Statistics. The rate of unemployment in Nigeria continues to increase at an…

Dangote’s $2bn Petrochemical Plant to deliver 77 Grades of Polypropylene

Dangote’s $2 billion Petrochemical Plant located in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, is designed to produce 77 different high-performance grades of polypropylene in the country. With a turnover of $1.2 billion, the 900,000 metric tonnes per annum capacity Dangote Petrochemical plant, situated…

Nigeria’s real GDP jumps by 5.01% y/y in Q2-21

The recently released Q2-21 GDP report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that Nigeria recorded the third consecutive quarter of growth as the low base effect from the prior year magnified the impact of the sustained reopening of…

Fulani herdsmen force N379bn debt on CBN’s ABP as farmers desert farms

The Central bank of Nigeria recorded a shortfall of N378.5bn in loan repayment by beneficiaries under the Anchor Borrower’s programme (ABP) in six years, data obtained from the findings apex bank have shown. Between November 2015, when the ABP scheme…

We’re repositioning NPA for efficiency, safety, accountability- MD

The acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello Koko has assured that the management under his watch is working towards repositioning the nation’s seaports and the authority for greater efficiency, safety and accountability. The Managing Director,…

Environmental violation: NESREA seals 8 Industries in Lagos

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) Tuesday sealed no fewer than eight factories for environmental pollution offences in Lagos State. NESREA is an agency under the Federal Ministry of Environment saddled with responsibility of enforcing all environmental…

NITDA, SON team up to deepen IT standards in Nigeria

A new dawn for IT standards is set to emerge with the readiness for synergy and cooperation between the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), and the Standard Organization of Nigeria, SON. This was disclosed by Director Generals of the…

CNN explores why Nigeria’s newest investors are turning to tech

In the latest episode of Marketplace Africa, CNN’s Larry Madowo takes a look at how financial technology companies in Nigeria are building their consumer base by helping budding investors buy into cryptocurrencies, stocks, and more. In recent years, young Nigerians…