The report said that the sub-region has 13 percent of the world’s population, but 48 percent of the share of the global population without access to electricity
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According to him, Nigeria has over 17 million Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, which employ over 32 million people while contributing over 45 per cent to the Gross Domestic Product
According to online researcher, e-marketer, while e-commerce across the rest of the world is growing at 16.8 per cent, Africa’s e-commerce space is growing at a rate of 25.8 per cent, making it the fastest growing in the world
Over 20,000 African entrepreneurs from 52 countries applied to the programme, representing the creativity and potential on display across the continent
Juwah, who was represented by the NCC’s Director of Public Relations, Tony Ojobo, announced this in Enugu on Sunday at a forum during the ongoing 26th Enugu International Trade fair
Reacting on the issue, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Sunusi Amiru, said the police had already arrested some suspects in connection with the stolen machine
The training, which was sponsored by the Permanent Secretary of the Niger State Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Musa Ijah, was coordinated by the Arewa Transformation Empowerment Initiative, an NGO
Similarly, the Naira stood firm against the dollar at the black market as it gained 50 kobo to sell at N225.50 compared with N226 traded on March 17
These were disclosed at a media parley in Lagos by officials of Microsoft Nigeria, who noted there are more than four million youths that are out of school and jobless, hence the company wants to assist them using cloud technology to make them Microsoft cloud marketers, with support from Faith Foundation and Maramentors
It was followed by FCMB with a total of 21.21 million shares valued at N53.04 million traded in 100 deals, while Zenith Bank sold 19.24 million worth N378.94 million in 349 deals
This divestment is part of the strategic review of SPDC’s onshore portfolio and is in line with the Federal Government’s aim of developing Nigerian companies in the country’s upstream oil and gas business
Shobo said: “Beyond this, we recognize that Financial Literacy is a key enabler in our quest for Financial Inclusion and that we must begin by ensuring that our children are properly empowered with a sound financial education
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that market capitalisation opened trading at N9.822 trillion lost N64 billion, to close at N9.758 trillion, due to profit takings.
The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Yussuf Garba Tagwai, disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday in Minna at a post-State Executive Council briefing
Yuguda announced this in Abuja when he addressed newsmen on the outcome of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee meeting
O’ Keeffe has remarked on the import of the occasion: “Guinness Nigeria has been invited to beat the gong to signify the close of the day’s trade and we are pleased that the Nigerian Stock Exchange has deemed it fit to honour us in such a manner
On the privatization of the power sector, the Minister said Nigeria is now a model to copy as the Ghanaian Minister of Power, Kwabena Donkor, was in Nigeria last week to tap from the success achieved in Nigeria’s power privatization exercise
Under the agreement, the funds would be confiscated and returned to Nigeria, while the Federal Government would drop its case against the deceased dictator’s son, Abba Abacha
They included 60 winners of 32-inch LED Televisions, 60 winners of Samsung Galaxy Tab 3, 60 winners of Home Theatre Systems, 60 winners of N50,000 cash prize each and six winners of a brand new Hyundai Elantra and Toyota Corolla cars
The Committee stated in the report that the proceed will be used to construct key capital projects in priority sectors of the economy like the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Second Niger Bridge and the infrastructure of Abuja medical centre