Nigeria-Vietnam chamber champions climate smart solutions for development
Post AMUGE
April 9, 2024
To tackle food insecurity, youth unemployment Onome Amuge The Nigeria-Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NVCCI) has drawn attention to the importance of climate sustainability approaches in addressing food insecurity, youth unemployment, and environmental issues in Nigeria. The importance of climate sustainability was highlighted at the NVCCI’s quarterly business meeting, held recently in Lagos, Nigeria. […]
Enugu, Nigeria’s south-eastern city holds 32nd international trade fair
Ben Eguzozie in Port HarcourtMarch 18, 2021
…Said positive about economy as fulcrum of survival, despite Covid-19 Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt Enugu, the Nigerian south-eastern coal city, is kicking off with its 32nd edition of the Enugu international trade fair, an annual trade exhibition which first began in in the city in 1979. Apart from some international exhibitors, the fair […]
LCCI seeks resolution framework to address hostile relationship between NCS, business community
Onome AmugeMarch 15, 2021
Onome Amuge The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has called on the federal government to urgently initiate an independent resolution framework to address issues of valuation and Harmonised System (HS) classification between Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the business community to resuscitate depreciating confidence among investors. The Chamber made the call following reports […]
Manufacturers want harmonisation of taxes, levies for higher productivity
Businessam StaffMarch 27, 2019
Worried about the implications of additional tax burden on local producers, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has urged the Federal Government to harmonize taxes/levies/fees payable by businesses in the country so as to attract more investment that would translate to higher productivity and more tax revenue for the Government in the medium and long […]
LCCI wants FG to address bad roads, rising vehicle costs constraints for real sector
Businessam StaffFebruary 6, 2019
Citing the need to review its backward integration strategy, operators in the real sector have stated that lack of good road infrastructure and high cost of vehicles continue to take a toll on the economy, especially in the logistics sector. Specifically, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), and the Lagos Chamber of commerce and Industry […]
Pfizer, Merck KGaA’s Bavencio takes a hit with second ovarian cancer failure
Businessam StaffJanuary 2, 2019
Back in November, Pfizer and Merck KGaA reported that immuno-oncology drug Bavencio had failed a late-stage ovarian cancer trial. And now the companies can make it two. Friday, the partners said they’d scrapped a phase 3 study examining Bavencio in combination with and/or after chemo in previously untreated patients after the drug showed it couldn’t […]
International Chamber of Commerce Nigeria to hold annual meeting June 14
Businessam StaffJune 11, 2018
The International Chamber of Commerce Nigeria (ICCN) will hold its yearly general meeting and the induction ceremony for new members on June 14, 2018, in Lagos. Olubunmi Osuntuyi, the secretary-general of ICC Nigeria, in a statement, stressed that the traditional post-yearly meeting talk would be delivered by Adedokun Sulaimon, the chairman of Financial Reporting Council […]
NACCIMA calls on govt to provide infrastructure to entrench standards
Ajose SehindemiMarch 18, 2018
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has called on government across all levels in Nigeria to ensure that facilities, infrastructure, and structures required to entrench quality standards of products are provided and maintained in the country. NACCIMA said this will bring about significant improvement to all sectors of the economy, […]
Nigeria’s OPS awaits government’s promise to reduce interest rate in Q1 2018
Ajose SehindemiJanuary 18, 2018
Nigeria’s Organised Private Sector (OPS) has called on the Federal Government to fulfill its promise to reduce the high-interest rates charged manufacturers by banks in the first quarter of 2018. The interest rate, according to experts, which hovers around 17.86 percent for prime lending and 31.39 percent for maximum lending, continued to be detrimental to […]