DBN Disburses N1trn to MSMEs, Facitates 1.2m Jobs
The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) has disbursed over N1 trillion to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and facilitated the creation of over 1.2 million jobs in the country.…
Category: Business and Economy
Two Years of President Tinubu: A Business Perspective
By Abdul Samad Rabiu As Nigeria marks two years under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, I believe it is important to reflect, not from the lens of politics,…
Nigeria sliding into debt slavery under Tinubu, Atiku warns
Isaac Samuel Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has raised the alarm over Nigeria’s growing debt profile under the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Atiku, who was the presidential candidate…
NACCIMA Tasks FG on Unlocking Nigeria’s Untapped Economic Sectors
The National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Mr. Dele Kelvin Oye, has tasked the federal government on overhauling and strengthening Nigeria’s…
MAN Frowns at the Untoward Practices of Commercial Banks Regarding Unmet Forex Forward Obligations
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has expressed deep concerns regarding the unwholesome treatment of its members by some commercial banks in Nigeria regarding unmet foreign exchange (Forex) forward obligations.…
MAN Expresses Worry over CBN Continued High MPR
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has expressed deeply felt concern and worry about the continued decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to maintain the Monetary Policy Rate…
FG: Revised National Employment Policy Will Engender Productive, Employment Intensive Growth
The federal government has declared that the revised National Employment Policy (NEP) would create an enabling environment for productive and employment intensive growth in Nigeria. This was made known in…
First Quarter Cadbury profit jumps by 182%
Cadbury Nigeria Plc has announced a profit of N5.98 billion for the first quarter of 2025, following the approval of the unaudited financial statements of the Company by its Board…
Afreximbank Projects Sustained High Cocoa Price in 2025
The African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) has projected that the price of cocoa in the international commodity market would remain high in 2025. This projection is contained in “Afreximbank Research…
Afreximbank Projects Sustained High Cocoa Price in 2025
The African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) has projected that the price of cocoa in the international commodity market would remain high in 2025. This projection is contained in “Afreximbank Research…
Report: Power Supply, High Cost of Commercial Leases are Key Challenges to Business Expansion
The NESG-Stanbic IBTC Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) for the month of April 2025 has identified power shortages, high commercial lease and limited access to finance as major challenges to business…
ESG Report: MTN Nigeria Targets 2040 for Zero Emission, Achieves 11% Emission Reduction in 2024
The MTN Nigeria has declared its commitment “to protecting our planet by achieving net zero emissions by 2040,” adding that it attained 11 per cent reduction in fuel consumption in…
MAN: FG’s “Nigeria First” Procurement Policy Directive Will Boost GDP by 56%, Reduce unemployment by 37%
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has commended the Federal Government of Nigeria’s new public procurement policy directive that emphasised patronage of Made-in-Nigeria goods and services. MAN also said that…
Agribusiness: Experts Call for Unlocking Capital Market for Sustainable Long Term Funding
Financial experts and stakeholders in the Nigerian agribusiness value chain have called for financial products that would attract long term funding from the capital market for the Nigerian agricultural value…
PMI Report: Productivity Declined Marginally as Business Activity Maintain Positive Momentum
…Says Naira depreciation, higher energy costs driving inflation The productivity of the Nigerian private sector dropped marginally by -0.1 in April 2025 although business activity maintained its positive momentum into…
MAN Decries Re-introducing 4% Free-on-Board Levy, Warns Against De-industrialisation
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has decried the reported plans by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to re-introduce the 4.0 per cent Free-on-Board Levy (FOB). It said that such…
Lafarge Africa Celebrates Remarkable 2024 Financial Performance
Lafarge Africa Plc, a manufacturer of a range of cement brands, held its 66th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos on Friday. The AGM, attended by shareholders, board members, and…
FG to Establish Textile Development Board, Approves $90bn Agribusiness, Livestock’s Development Plan
The National Economic Council (NEC) has approved the establishment of a Cotton, Textile and Garment Development Board (CTGDB) to regulate activities in the sector. The CTGDB would be domiciled in…
World Bank appoints Aliko Dangote to Elite Group
…Tasks him to drive Investment and job creations in emerging economies The President and Chief Executive of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has been appointed to the World Bank’s Private…
LCCI: Drastic action needed to reduce Nigeria’s value, cost of public borrowing
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has called for drastic actions to reduce Nigeria’s value and cost of public borrowing. The LCCI stated these yesterday in a public…
IMF Warns Countries to Guard Against Rising Public Debts
The IMF has sounded a warning to all countries over the surging public debts. This warning was issued on Wednesday by the Director, IMF Fiscal Affairs Department, Mr. Victor Gaspar.…
Africa: IMF Fears Reversal of Strong Policy Actions
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed fear that the strong policy actions that have been taken by governments in Africa to bring down inflation, stabilize public debt, and reduce…
Expert: Trump Wants to Dismantle WTO
A Professor of Economics and former Member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Professor Mike Idi Obadan, has stated that the current tariff war, which…
Report: Manufacturing Investment Fell by 35. Percent in 2024
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) in its “MAN Economic Review Second Half 2024,” has said that real manufacturing investment fell by 35.3 percent year-on-year to N658.81 billion in 2024.…
CPPE Kicks Against RMRDC’s Bill on 30% Processing of Local Raw Materials Before Export
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has kicked against the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) Bill currently before the National Assembly, which proposed that no…
NIIA Report: U S. Tariff Hike to Disadvantage SME Exporters, Hit Nigeria’s Macro-Economic Stability
A report by the Nigerian Institute of International Affair (NIIA) has declared that the hike in tariffs by the United States of America would hit Nigerian agricultural and manufacturing SMEs…
LCCI: U.S. Tariff War Threatens Nigeria’s N323.96 billon non-oil, non-energy exports to USA
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has said that the ongoing trade war between the United States of America and the rest of threat to Nigeria’s N323.96 billion…
Nigeria Charts Path to Transitioning to Less Carbon Economy
Nigeria is demonstrating commitment to addressing climate change, promoting sustainable economic growth by encouraging the development of a Just Transition Guidelines for the country in line with Paris Agreement. This…
MAN: U.S. Tariff Hike Will Undermine Nigeria’s Industrialisation, Wipe Out N2trn from Nigeria’ Agricultural Exports
… Wipe Out N2trn from Nigeria’ Agricultural Exports The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has stated that the 14 per cent tariff imposed on Nigerian exports to the United States…
Nigeria Signs ECOWAS Tariff Offer to Advance AfCFTA’s Implementation
Nigeria has officially gazetted and transmitted to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) Schedule of Tariff Offers for Trade in Goods…
FG Partners BoI to Revive Nigerian Cotton, Textile, Garment Sector
The Minister of State for Industry, Senator John Enoh, announced on Wednesday that the federal government is partnering with the Bank of Industry (BoI) and other stakeholders to revive the…
Dozie was Passionate about Private Sector’s Role in Economic Development
The Chief Executive Officer of BIC Consultancy Limited, Dr. Boniface Chizea, has remembered Dr. Paschal Dozie, who passed away yesterday as a Nigerian who was passionate about the role of…
IMF: United States Tariffs Represents Significant Risk to Global Economic Outlook
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, has described the tariffs announced by President Donald Trump of the United States of America as posing significant…
Trump’s new tariff on Nigerian exports will disrupt trade relations, says FG
From Isaac Samuel The Federal Government has expressed concern over the newly imposed 14 per cent tariff by US President Donald Trump on Nigerian exports, warning that the move could…
CPPE: Trump’s Trade War May Cause Slump in Oil Price, Harm Nigeria’s External Reserves
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has stated that the ongoing trade war being championed by President Donald Trump of the United States of America, might cause…
What the new U.S.14% tariff on Nigerian exports means
By Isaac Samuel On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 14 per cent tariff on exports from Nigeria to the United States as part of a larger protectionist trade…
NB Plc Records N1.1trn Revenue, Grew Operating Profit by 59% in 2024
The Nigerian Breweries Plc recorded ahistoric N1.1 trillion group revenue in 2024 financial year, which is an outstanding 81 per cent year-on-year growth. The NB also grew its operating profit…
PMI Report: Private Sector Records Increase in Output, New Orders as Inflation Pressure Wanes
The Nigerian private sector recorded strengthened productivity in March as output, new orders and employment all increased to greater degrees than in February. This was disclosed by the Stanbic IBTC…
NECA Commends FG for Appointment of Substantive NHIA’s Chairman
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has commended the Federal Government for the appointment of a substantive Chairman for the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). Speaking in Lagos, the Director…
CPPE Warns against Plan to Ban Import of Solar Panel
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise [CPPE] has advised the federal government to shelve its plan to ban the importation of solar panel into Nigeria. The CPPE gave…
World Bank Loan: LCCI Tells FG to Address Electricity Supply, High Energy Cost
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has expressed concern over the recently approved 4500 million World Bank’s loan for Nigeria and told the federal government to focus on…
FX Gains, Infrastructure Boost NSIA’s Profit To N1.86trn
By Abubakar Y Ojima-Ojo The operating profit of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) increased to N1.86 trillion, according to the organisation’s 2024 financial results. Announcing its fiscal performance in…
Fuel Subsidy Removal Triggers Economic Shifts In Nigeria, Expert Says
By Abubakar Y. Ojima-Ojo The removal of fuel subsidies in Nigeria has unleashed profound economic consequences, both positive and negative, according to energy expert Dr Ayodele Oni. Speaking in an…
LAWMA MD: Circular Economy Offers Prospect of $2.5b Revenue to Lagos State
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, has revealed that a well-structured circular economy could fetch $2.5 billion annually for Lagos State Government.…