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.
Wike affirms Sahara Energy’s 70% loss of 541MW power plants remains
Ben EguzozieDecember 28, 2018
…as opposition party’s criticisms mount In apparent reaction to series of expected recriminations from his administration’s recent
Intra-African trade fair records $32.6bn in concluded deals
Ben EguzozieDecember 19, 2018
Deals valued at $32.6 billion were recorded at the inaugural Intra-African trade fair (IATF) which ended in Cairo Monday evening,
After initial bluff, Nigeria off with largest delegation to AfCFTA Intra-African trade fair in Egypt
Ben EguzozieNovember 29, 2018
exhibitor registrations surging offering access to $25bn in trade finance for deals After an initial bluff not to accent to the now
NDE to train 185,000 youths for access to agric loans
Ben EguzozieNovember 27, 2018
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) says it will soon begin a basic business refresher course for some 185,000 unemployed
1151 days after Kachikwu’s boast to fix refineries, PHRC stays dead
Ben EguzozieNovember 26, 2018
Down for several months Grappling with TAM, last done 18 years ago After several claims of a purported turn around maintenance (TAM)
Nigeria, among 40 African countries to benefit from EIB’s €200m jobs, climate action support
Ben EguzozieNovember 23, 2018
Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy by gross domestic product (GDP), is among 40 African countries that would benefit from a European
Let’s not play politics with pump price of fuel – Donald Duke warns
Ben EguzozieNovember 20, 2018
Donald Duke, Nigeria’s presidential candidate for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) warns that “the oil and gas sector are too
Ogonis renew compensation claim from Shell, as $1 bn clean-up money hangs
Ben EguzozieOctober 1, 2018
Whereas the Federal Government is yet to be afoot with the $1 billion required to carry out initial clean-up of their badly despoiled
The economics of injecting 7,000 professionals into civil service
Ben EguzozieSeptember 10, 2018
…with 14,000 teachers for education sector With Nigeria’s unemployment soaring higher at 18.8 per cent Q3 2017, with no sign of
Nigeria’s local content agency, NCDMB, mulls $14bn 10-year plan to create 300,000 jobs in Niger Delta
Ben EguzozieAugust 30, 2018
…as Nigeria needs simple business-friendly petroleum law The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has come