Goddy Ikeh

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana says that the new Jamestown Fishing Harbour will create jobs and empower the domestic economy.

Nigeria’s Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the harassment of the leader of a citizens group by the Department of State Services (DSS) for exercising their fundamental right to request information from the government under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011, describing the act of intimidation as unlawful and aimed at undermining the very principles of transparency and accountability that the Act is designed to uphold.

The Director General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Mr. Segun Ajayi-Kadir, has faulted the proposed nationwide ban on single-use plastics, warning the ban portends doom for many small businesses.

The Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) has said that the Nigerian sector is facing serious challenges that have resulted to the closure of some companies and exit of some multinational companies from Nigeria.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has raised the pump price of petrol across the country after it commenced loading of petrol from the Dangote Refinery in Lagos yesterday.

Following the devastating severe flash flooding that displaced thousands of people and caused significant damage across several communities in Maiduguri, Borno State Capital, the World Health Organisation Respentative in Nigeria, Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo, has pledged the organisation’s unwavering support to the affected people.

The Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. ABIKE Dabiri-Erewa, says that a Nigerian man, Emmanuel Ihejirika, who had been sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Indonesia has been freed, after several years in prison.

The UN humanitarians are rushing to assist scores of newly displaced people in northeast Nigeria, after torrential rains caused a dam to collapse and flood the area, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

ITC works with coffee growers and processors in West Africa, helping them reach new markets and grow their operations. In Ghana, coffee producer Asili Coffee is spearheading collective action to boost national coffee production and consumption.

The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange this week with 1.707 billion shares valued at N26.989 billion traded in 19,277 deals.