The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday in Abuja, said a significant number of the outgoing members of the Federal Executive Council have been sufficiently equipped to aspire …
WEST AFRICA
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Naira hit a four month low on Thursday, depreciating 0.30 per cent against the U.S. dollar at the official market. The currency which opened trading at N416.50 closed at N420.00 to …
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FoodCo Nigeria Limited has been listed as one of Africa’s fastest growing companies in the 2022 inaugural FT Annual Africa Fastest Growing Companies’ ranking. According to the list compiled by …
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Business and EconomyWestern Africa
“Nigeria needs proper data accountability to achieve competitive tax system”, President of CITN, Adesina Adedayo says
For Nigeria to achieve a competitive tax system, the need to address issues on data, information and accountability has been emphasized. President and Chairman of Governing Council, Chartered Institute of …
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Cocoa has been Ghana’s main commercial crop for several decades and although the West African country is the second largest cocoa producer and exporter in the world, some are still …
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Business PoliciesWestern Africa
FIRS seeks collaboration within African countries to effectively tax digital businesses
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has called for improved collaboration among countries with the aim of exploring alternative rules that will enable market jurisdictions, particularly African countries to effectively tax …
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Banking, Finance & InvestmentWestern Africa
Polaris Bank to pay customer N500,000 over failed N61,000 POS transaction, Court orders
An Akwa Ibom State High Court has ordered Polaris Bank to pay a customer N500,000 as damages for the bank’s failure to reverse a failed Point of Sales (POS) transaction within …
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PoliticsWestern Africa
Nigeria’s President Buhari tells cabinet ministers with plans to run for election to resign
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that any cabinet minister seeking to run for 2023 elections should resign before May 16, the minister of information said on Wednesday. Nigerians will vote …
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CEO Fenty beauty, Robyn Rihanna Fenty has announced that her Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skin products will become available in eight African countries from the end of this month. In …
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PoliticsWestern Africa
Burkina Faso: Eight miners still trapped in zinc mine, authorities remain cautiously hopeful
Burkinabe authorities are still cautiously hopeful as the race to save 8 workers trapped in a zinc mine entered its third week, A government delegation travelled Thursday to the Canadian …