BUA Cement Target N112bn Export To Niger, Burkina Faso BUA Cement Company has disclosed that the company will increase its cement export to neighbouring Niger republic and Burkina Faso to improve its Foreign exchange earnings. Chairman of the Board of Directors of BUA Cement Plc, Abdul...

Nigeria Sells Idle Electricity To Four Countries The Chairman of the Executive Board of the West African Power Pool, Sule Abdulaziz, said Niger, Togo, Benin and Burkina Faso are collaborating to buy the unutilised power produced in Nigeria. Abdulaziz, who is also the acting Managing Director of...

COVID-19 Threatens African Countries’ IGR, Others       The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; has threatened African countries’ internally-generated revenues (IGR) thereby impeding their ability to fund essential services in education, health and infrastructure sectors of the economy. According to the 2019 Human Development Report, Africa will not be unable...

Airlines Resume, Seek Release Of N27bn Bailout         Local airlines, yesterday, resumed skeletal services following last week’s disruption by the EndSARS protests and the attendant curfew imposed by the Lagos State government. The demonstrations, which had forced some foreign operators to suspend flights, resulted in grounding of...