By Miriam Humbe The Federal Government on Wednesday, launched the First Developed Nigeria Investment Policy 2023-2027 in Abuja. As part of its stakeholders’ engagements, the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, (FMITI) held a Stakeholders’ Sensitization Workshop on the First Developed Nigeria Investment Policy 2023-2027 with attendees from government and organised private sector. The event which took place at the premises of the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) in Abuja was formally declared open by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr. Evelyn N. Ngige. Representative of the Permanent Secretary, who is the Director, Policy Planning and Statistics, Babagana Alkali delivered…
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Aliko Dangote By Editor For the 12th year consecutively, President of the pan-African Conglomerate, the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has emerged the richest man in Africa. This is despite economic headwinds that affected the fortunes of half of the world’s reported billionaires. Dangote, whose business flagship, Dangote Cement Plc is the largest producer of cement in Africa, is the only Nigerian in the list of first 200 richest men in the world with an estimated net worth of $14.2 billion, up from last year’s $12.1 billion. In its latest ranking of world billionaires for 2023, Forbes reported that falling stocks,…
By Editor Kano State is set to witness a groundbreaking transformation in the digital landscape as Smile Communications, a renowned telecom provider, launches its SuperFast Internet Services in the region. This is following the success of its Voice services earlier this year. Smile is now poised to revolutionize the internet and data services sector with its comprehensive bouquet of products and services. The arrival of Smile in Kano comes at a time when the demand for reliable and high-speed internet services is on the rise, promising an exciting and unparalleled experience for the citizens of Kano State. With its launch…
By Miriam Humbe Companies that were unable to file their Companies Income Tax returns for the 2023 year of assessment (YOA) which fell due on the 30th of June 2023 have been given up to 31st August, 2023 to submit their returns to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Johannes Oluwatobi Wojuola, the Special Assistant to the Executive Chairman, FIRS (Media & Communication) revealed this in a statement on Monday. The FIRS in a Public Notice signed by its Executive Chairman, Mr. Muhammad Nami, and issued on Monday said that it had received numerous calls from companies requesting for the…
By Miriam Humbe Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund, (ITF), Sir Joseph Ari has said its Skills Training Centres (STC) located in Lagos, Kano, Kogi, Abuja and Plateau and the vocational wings attached to its Area Offices would be converted to hubs for innovation and entrepreneurship (e-Hubs). The Director General said this at the 3rd Annual Global Meeting of the Forum for Innovation in African Universities in Abuja on Friday. The event was themed: “Strengthening Africa’s higher education in a post Covid-19 world.” He said that with the conversion of the Skills Training Centres (STC) to hubs for innovation and…
FCCPC’s Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Babatunde Irukera By Miriam Humbe The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has said that its investigation of the fatal vehicular accident involving a superbike at the Lokogoma area of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) was centred on consumer protection. FCCPC’s Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Babatunde Irukera made the clarification in a statement signed on Friday. He said that the Commission’s investigation excluded any consideration or otherwise of the professional conduct of any licensed professional in the treatment or management value chain of the incident that was the subject of the investigation. The Commission…
By Miriam Humbe Stakeholders in the Cassava value chain in Nigeria have been told to take optimum advantage of the various initiatives being promoted under the auspices of the African Union Commission (AUC), the Pan African Quality Infrastructure (PAQI) and the African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) by given the vantage position of the country in the production of Cassava within the Continent. This was contained in a statement signed on Friday by ‘Bola R. Fashina, Chief of Staff to Chairman/CE of the National Quality Council (NQC). Chairman of the National Quality Council (NQC), Osita Aboloma gave the admonition while inaugurating…
The Association of Meter Manufacturers and Assemblers Nigeria (AMMON) has advised the Federal Government to halt attempts by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to allow foreign companies to bid for manufacturing of electricity meters in the country. AMMON Secretary, Durosola Omogbenigun at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, also advised the Federal Government not to use World Bank 155 million dollar loan for importation of the electricity meters into the country. The project was aimed at closing the metering gap in Nigeria. Omogbenigun, said that the evaluation criteria opening the bid to foreign manufacturers were designed to eliminate…
By Miriam Humbe Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Yusuf has said that the provision of safe functional sanitary facilities and services in every premises for the management of waste materials (hazardous & non-hazardous) was necessary for sustainable waste management. The Perm Sec said this on Thursday at the press briefing to mark the 2023 National Environment Sanitation Day He said this will go a long way in ensuring high level of behavioural change with respect to SDG 3, 6, and 7 on good health and well-being, access to clean water and sanitation as well as…
FCCPC’s Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Babatunde Irukera By Miriam Humbe The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has said that it received information from multiple (including credible media) channels that apparently emanates from what appears to be a collective otherwise identified as the Lagos Chapter of the Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria (AMMBAN). A statement signed on Wednesday by the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the FCCPC, Mr. Babatunde Irukera said the information was an announcement conveying a purported decision of AMMBAN on behalf of certain Point of Sale (PoS) operators which included setting uniform…
By Miriam Humbe Director General National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Mustapha Habib Ahmed on Tuesday, visited the Chief of Air Staff at the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) Headquarters Abuja. A statement from NEMA on Tuesday said that this was in a move to strengthen existing partnership between the Agency and Air Force in the areas of disaster management, including 2023 flood. Humsimedia gathered that the DG NEMA who led a team of some Directors of the Agency was received at the NAF headquarters by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Hassan Bala Abubakar along with some his management team.…
BY Prof. Mike Ozekhome SAN Ezomo Anthony Aleogho Ayaoghena Dokpesi loved the gazebo in his beautiful Abuja residence. It is made of big rafters and roofed with thatch. A gazebo like the one in Dokpesi’s vast compound is a small building in a house that affords a wide view of the surrounding areas. He ate suya, groundnut and roasted fish. He drank and relaxed there. He loved choice wines and champagne. The workaholic found great pleasure in unwinding at the gazebo by hosting family members, friends, associates and loved ones there. No one was left out. He would sing and…