After trading the surgeon’s scrub for the boardroom, Dr. Ambrosie Bryant Chukwueloka (ABC) Orjiako has fitted seamlessly. Nurturing a business empire that spans construction, real estate, pharmaceuticals and shipping, he has taken to the business world like a fish to water. Little wonder he was inducted into the London Stock Exchange’s LSEG Africa…
Defying all odds, OPEC provisionally reached the much-hyped agreement to cut output in a bid to boost oil prices. According to an OPEC delegate quoted by Bloomberg News, the ministerial meeting in Vienna has just reached a deal to cut output by 1.2 million barrels per day to 32.5 million barrels per day. But…
Defying all odds, OPEC provisionally reached the much-hyped agreement to cut output in a bid to boost oil prices. According to an OPEC delegate quoted by Bloomberg News, the ministerial meeting in Vienna has just reached a deal to cut output by 1.2 million barrels per day to 32.5 million barrels per day. But…
Barely three months after Stuart Symington resumed office as US Ambassador to Nigeria, he has expressed his willingness to help lift the standard of living at the grassroots. Symington facilitated the recent $173,000 grants Nigeria got from the United States Embassy in Nigeria. The grants given to 30 local Non-governmental organisations, covering 19 states…
Nigeria and the Kingdom of Morocco have so far signed seven out of the eight listed bilateral agreements, Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity has disclosed. Adesina stated this while briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of the bilateral meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the Moroccan King, Mohammed VI,…
The U.S. President-elect, Donald Trump has selected a Nigerian, Adebayo Ogunlesi, the Chairman and Managing Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners, to be part of his economic advisory team. According to a press release by private-equity giant, Blackstone, “The Forum (President’s Strategic and Policy Forum), which is composed of some of America’s most highly respected and…
A Nigerian, Pastor Ernest Chigozie Mbanefo is the Man behind the suspected Ponzi scheme known as MMM Nigeria, Pageone report has revealed. The pastor, based in South Africa named Ernest Mbanefo reportedly registered the site MMM-Nigeria.net domain on June 7, this year. According to Pageone, Mbanefo, did a single year domain payment which means the domain…
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, has pledged to improve reserves and production capacity of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC). Baru who made the pledge through a statement by the NNPC Group Managing Director, Group Public Affairs Division Mr Ndu Ughamadu, in Abuja on Thursday, described…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the 2017 budget after missing the September target for the presentation of the 2017 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly. Briefing State House correspondents after Wednesday’s council meeting, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma said that the budget details would be revealed when…