Dangote Cement Plc, Ibese Plant has launched multi-million naira corporate social responsibility projects for its host communities. The company disclosed that during an event tagged “2022 Host Community Day”, it unveiled various empowerment programmes including skill acquisition, scholarship, farming techniques training as well as empowerment of vulnerable women in its 17 host communities. It claimed…
In a bid to beat the December deadline, the shareholders of MTN Nigeria Plc have approved the cancellation of 7.5 billion unissued shares, the company has disclosed. In a public disclosure on the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Monday, the telecoms company’s shareholders also approved the cancellation of over 402 million preference shares of $0.005 each….
Renewvia Energy and its local partner, Incremental Energy Solutions Limited, have signed a long-term power supply contract with United Bank for Africa to supply their branches with clean energy generated from Renewvia’s cutting-edge microgrids. Under the contract, Renewvia will design, finance, own and operate solar microgrid systems to deliver clean, resilient, and affordable power supply…
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), says Nigerians will not have to deal with the challenge of multiple foreign exchange (FX) rates if he is elected president. Tinubu spoke at luncheon with business owners titled ‘business forward’ on Thursday in Lagos. Currently, Nigeria operates two foreign exchange (FX) markets: one…
…Governor takes first ride, announces January commissioning date …Rail line begins operations after test running, to move 250,000 passengers daily By Aypmide Otitoju Exactly 1:31pm on Wednesday, history was recorded in Lagos State. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu formally stepped into the coach of the newly completed Lagos Blue Line and took the first trip aboard the electric-powered…
By Ayomide Otitoju Marlborough, Mass., November 29, 2022 – ExaGrid®, the industry’s only Tiered Backup Storage solution, today announced that the company was honored with two awards at the 13th annual SDC Awards ceremony, Angel Business Communications’ premier IT awards – the Storage, Digitalisation + Cloud Awards, held in London on November 24, 2022. ExaGrid…
One of Nigeria’s leading airlines Dana Air has been awarded as the Best and Most Resilient Airline in Nigeria for the year 2022, by the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) at its Abuja chapter’s end of the year party in Abuja. The award which according to the association is well-deserved is in recognition…
By Ayomide Otitoju Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday inaugurated the State Technical Committee (STC) and State Expatriate Monitoring Committee (SEMC) on Engineering Regulations Monitoring (ERM).Governor Sanwo-Olu while inaugurating the committees at Lagos House, Ikeja, urged them to ensure that all infrastructure in the State meet the global standards of engineering practice.The Governor…
Chairwoman of the Nigeria Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI), Lagos chapter, Gertrude Akhimien, has stressed the need for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) to have access to unlimited grants for business growth and profitability.Ms Akhimien said this during a plenary session at the 2022 Maiden National Conference of MSMEs on Tuesday in Lagos….
