Ben Eguzozie
Ben
Ben Eguzozie is business a.m. regional lead based in Port Harcourt, providing regional and national coverage for economy, business and finance
You can contact him on ben.eguzozie@businessamlive.com with stories and commentary.
Delta’s STEP, YAGEP ramp up job schemes for 4,253 youths
Ben EguzozieFebruary 5, 2019
state’s akwaocha fabric trends in foreign fashion shows Delta State’s two economic empowerment agencies, the Skills Training
Onne Ports trains 20 indigenes from host communities in artisanship
Ben EguzozieFebruary 5, 2019
Onne Ports, a major component of the Eastern Ports, has embarked on corporate social initiatives in its host communities, to stave off
Wike alleges NSA plans to use ISPs to shutdown internet access during elections
Ben EguzozieFebruary 1, 2019
103.67mn active users may be affected Nyesom Wike, governor of Nigeria’s sub-national oil-rich Rivers State has accused the Federal
Nigerian government begins refund of N1.3trn owed regional intervention quango, NDDC
Ben EguzozieJanuary 30, 2019
Nigeria’s oil region’s interventionist agency, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) said the Federal Government has begun the
Wike says FG’s refusal to pay N60bn cause of Bonny-Bodo road delay
Ben EguzozieJanuary 30, 2019
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said failure by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to pay the Federal Government’s
Funding for polio fight down 50% to $153m as WHO awaits Nigeria report to declare Africa disease free
Ben EguzozieJanuary 28, 2019
Global funds for the fight against the once dreaded polio disease have dropped by more than 50 percent in the three years to 2019. The
Rivers governor, Wike, challenges federal government to withdraw $500m from ECA for Ogoni clean-up as it did $1bn for insurgency in northeast
Ben EguzozieJanuary 23, 2019
Nyesom Wike, the governor of Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State, has asked the country’s central government, through its
Wike signs Rivers’ N480.411bn 2019 appropriation bill into law
Ben EguzozieJanuary 21, 2019
…as 2018 budget achieved 79% performance Nyesom Wike, governor of oil-rich sub-national Rivers state, has signed the state’s
Enugu pledges to improve its sub-national ease-of-doing business
Ben EguzozieJanuary 17, 2019
…as Ugwuanyi inaugurates neurosurgical health facility Enugu, Nigeria’s south-eastern sub-national state, with an estimated gross
Rivers to spend N480bn in 2019
Ben EguzozieDecember 29, 2018
Nigeria’s oil-rich sub-national to spend N480.411 billion for the 2019 fiscal year, which is only 5.43 percent of Nigeria’s N8.83