Category Business

FG begins duty-free import of food items

Bashir  Adeniyi

The Nigeria Customs Service has been directed to start the implementation of the zero per cent import duty and exemption of Value-Added Tax on basic food items, The PUNCH reports. This was after President Bola Tinubu approved the implementation of…

SEC approves extension of Access Holdings rights issue

Access Holdings

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the extension of the rights issue of Access Holdings Plc to August 23. A statement from the financial institution indicated that its N351bn rights issue, earlier scheduled for Wednesday, has been extended due…

CBN disputes Barbican’s FBNH shareholding claim

Yemi Cardoso

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that investment firm, Barbican Capital Limited, was only able to provide evidence to support its ownership of 3,110,400,619 units of shares representing 8.67 per cent of the shares of FBN Holdings. This was…

Ecobank grows profit to N311bn

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated has reported a profit after tax of N311bn for the first half of the year, marking a 196 per cent increase compared to the N105bn recorded in the same period last year. This was disclosed in Ecobank…

NASENI offers 50% discount for CNG conversion

CNG

The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, Mr Khalil Halilu, has disclosed that the agency would offer a 50 per cent discount to drivers who want to convert their vehicles using the…

700,000 manufacturers, MSMEs apply for FG N150bn loan

Doris Uzoka-Anite

About 700,000 manufacturers and micro, small and medium enterprises have expressed intention to become beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s N150bn loan to help businesses in Nigeria navigate the current economic crunch. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Aniete,…

Kwara partners feed firm on soybean production

AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq

The Kwara State Government has entered into a partnership with a poultry feed and concentrates producer, Amo Byng Nig Limited, to enhance local soybean production as part of efforts to address the shortage impacting poultry feed production in Nigeria. A…