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Shettima To Open Expanded National MSMEs Business Clinics In Ogun State

… To Inaugurate Fashion Hub, Adire Shared Facility in Ogun The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, will on Tuesday declare open the Expanded National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Business Clinics in Abeokuta, Ogun State, as part of the activities lined up for his one-day visit to the state. The Expanded National MSMEs Business Clinic […]

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FG, Agencies To Support 1.3Mn MSMEs In 17 States, FCT

The Federal Government, in collaboration with key MSME-focused agencies and development finance institutions, has unveiled plans to introduce some interventions targeted at 1.3 million MSMEs in 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCTI in its drive towards job creation and improving the performance of the non-oil sector of the economy. The proposed initiative, which […]

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Nigeria Could Save Over $2.47Bn On Fluorescent Lighting Phase-Out

The Centre for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) has estimated that if Nigeria complies with the United Nations Convention to eliminate mercury from products and processes, the country could save over $2.47 billion in fluorescent lighting phase-out by 2025. The organization’s Senior Manager, Climate, Colin Taylor, made this projection at an inception workshop with the ‘Minimum […]

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SEC Engaging Stakeholders On Unclaimed Dividends’ Identity Mgt Issues – DG

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday told the House of Representatives Committee on Capital Markets and Institutions that the Commission was engaging relevant stakeholders in a bid to resolve issues of identity management relating to the rising unclaimed dividends in the capital market as well as other issues. Identity theft is a fraudulent […]

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Commodities Exchanges Will Create Jobs, Facilitate Devt – Yuguda

The Director General of Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr. Lamido Yiguda, on Thursday stressed that Commodities Exchanges remained critical to enabling investment diversification, risk management, price discovery and transactional efficiency in job creation and sustainable economic development of the country. Yiguda made this remark at a one day stakeholders’ sensitisation workshop on commodities […]

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During A Meeting Between Management Of The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) And Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) In Abuja

L-R, Director General, Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON), Mallam Farouk Salim, Executive Commissioner Operations, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr. Dayo Obisan and Director General SEC, Mr. Lamido Yuguda, during a meeting between managements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in Abuja

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SON, Others Chart Roadmap To Paper Industry’s Revitalisation

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and relevant stakeholders have reviewed standards to revive the nation’s paper industry with a charge to investors to deploy new technologies that are critical to improving their operations and market competitiveness in the years ahead. The SON’s Director General, Osita Aboloma, who gave this hint at a technical committee […]