·   Vision 2020 didn’t have a place for maritime transport – Usoro ·   Crude Affreightment: NNPC new clause prioritizes indigenous shipping companies By Kenneth Jukpor, Ayoola Olaitan & Yusuf Odejobi Despite the dearth of Nigerian flagged ships to grow various ...

Oluchi Okafor is the Managing Director of Multimix Academy. She was appointed Managing Director on January 1st, 2021. Oluchi has a Bsc. in Mass Communication from the prestigious Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria and a Masters in Business Administration (Supply Chain) ...

Aviation industry operators have stressed that one of the major factors making it difficult to replenish their depleting operating aircraft is the difficulty they face in remitting money to lessors due to forex scarcity. The operators also said that the ...

While most companies are grumbling and collapsing following the tough economic times occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic,  Elsewedy Electric  plans to commence full operation of the production of pre-paid meters by February ending, 2021. With the Lagos State Government  assured ...

A former Attorney General of Cross River, Joseph Abang, has been removed from all roll of legal practitioners in the country by the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC). The legal body gave the order after findings revealed that the former ...

CWR, Cowry Weekly Financial Market Review Outlook Friday, February 5, 2021

By Kenneth Jukpor, Ayoola Olaitan & Yusuf Odejobi  Chief Mrs. Chinwe Ezenwa is the founder of Le Look Nigeria Limited. She is also a former acting Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA). Ahead of her 70th birthday celebration, she granted ...

By Kenneth Jukpor & Yusuf Odejobi The recent announcement of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to start the long awaited electronic truck call-up system “Eto” as a lasting solution to the truck congestion around Apapa ports and its environs, has brought ...

Wealth creation is a marathon race, but many practice sprints. While a marathon focuses on the long run, a sprint focuses on the short run. Financial magnets like Warren Buffet and Carlos Slim have reaped the benefits from long term ...

‘Nigeria under Buhari is a moving corpse’ Rivers State Governor Neysom Wike has urged National leader of ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, to channel his energy to other profitable ventures, stating that presidency would be out of reach ...

Investors in the equities market lost N110bn on Thursday as 25 firms saw their share prices drop at the end of trading on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. The market fell for the fourth straight trading session as ...

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has said there is a need for the Central Bank of Nigeria to review its policy on the repatriation of export proceeds in order to encourage exports. The chamber also called for the ...

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), said on Thursday that his regime had achieved success in stemming corruption and sharp practices in the nation’s oil and gas industry. Buhari said when he was elected into office in 2015, the ...

The Lagos State Government says it plans to phase out yellow buses in accordance with its transportation masterplan of the state. Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said this in a virtual forum on Thursday, adding that the busses would ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission would be expanding the access of voters to polling units in subsequent elections. The commission said it would address the inadequacies of polling units in Nigeria and the challenges they pose to election management. INEC ...

• PPPRA to resume issuance of monthly pricing guide • We’ll respond soon, NLC, NUPENG declare • NIMASA, NPA to collect charges in naira, 50% reduction Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers ...

Nigeria needs to implement key reforms in order to get the economy out of the current doldrums and achieve sustainable inclusive growth, the World Bank and the Chairman of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, Dr Doyin Salami, have said. They ...

Manchester United equalled the biggest win in Premier League history as they crushed nine-man Southampton 9-0, while Arsenal had two players sent off in their defeat at Wolves on Tuesday. Rampant United scored four times in the first half after ...

• ExxonMobil posts first annual loss in 40 years The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, rose more than two per cent on Tuesday, hitting a 12-month high after major crude producers showed they were reining in output roughly in line ...

A former governor of Zamfara State Abdulaziz Yari, has appealed against the judgment of a Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja which ordered him to forfeit N248m to the Federal Government. The Media aide to the former governor, Mayowa Oluwabiyi, ...