Manufacturing Sector Leads $8.41bn Investment Announcements In Q1, 2021       The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) has reported $8.41 billion new investment announcements in Nigeria in the first quarter of 2021 (Q1 2021), with the manufacturing sector attracting 60 percent, reflecting the gradual return of investors’...

Apple Stakes $1bn For Nigerian App     An application developed by a young Nigerian has been bought by Apple for $1 billion, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami said yesterday. Pantami, who did not give details of the deal, however, expressed optimism that...

On World Creativity and Innovation Day, by Kashifu Inuwa     Thank you for coming. It is truly a pleasure and privilege to have you this afternoon. Today is a double celebration of NITDA’s 20th Anniversary and World Creativity and Innovation Day. It is an International Creativity...

DBN Appoints new Executive Director, Non-Executive Director. The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN), Nigeria’s primary wholesale development finance institution has announced the appointments of Mrs. Ijeoma Ozulumba and Mr. Kyari Abba Kyari as Executive Director and Independent Non-Executive Director respectively on the board of the...

Petrol Landing Cost Hits N216, Daily Subsidy Now N4.64bn The landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) imported into Nigeria has jumped to N216.31 per litre on the back of the recent increase in global oil prices and the depreciation of the naira against the...

Nigeria, Others Lose N380bn Annually To Gulf Of Guinea Piracy Nigeria and other countries in the Gulf of Guinea have lost N380 billion yearly to sea robbers and pirates between 2015 and 2019. Data presented at the Nigerian Admiralty Colloquium in Lagos also showed that...