Category: Business
Sales of Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) and cost cuts helped Volkswagen (VW) shrug off a 1 billion euro legal charge and meet first-quarter operating profit forecasts on Thursday, sending its shares 3.3 per cent higher. ...
Royal Dutch Shell reported on Thursday a small drop in first quarter profit to 5.4 billion dollars, but still easily beat forecasts, helped by stronger trading and liquefied natural gas earnings. Shell’s results outshone those ...
Autograph Collection Hotels, Marriott International’s distinctive collection of passionately independent hotels, today welcomed Sankara Nairobi to its diverse and distinguished portfolio of over 171 hotels around the world, marking the debut for the brand in Kenya. ...
Senior Nigerian government officials and key investors have endorsed the African Development Bank’s Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) initiative, describing it as a pathway to Africa’s agricultural revolution. SAPZs are designed to concentrate agro-processing activities ...
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) says it would train farmers on good agronomic practices for yam production under its Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa (YIIFSWA) project. Ms Oiwoja ...
A 33-year-old entrepreneur, Miss Rachael Ogungbesan, on Wednesday in Abuja, advised unemployed youths to go into liquid soap making business, as it was easy to learn, lucrative and very rewarding. Ogungbesan, who told the News ...
Nigerian carrier, Air Peace says flight operations to Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, and other international flights will commence in the next few days. The airline made this known in a statement signed on Wednesday by ...
The Acting Managing Director of Nigerian Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank, Bala Bello, says the bank’s balance sheet size for 2019 is N190.30 billion. Bello made this known in Abuja on Tuesday when he appeared before the ...
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) said on Tuesday that the calibration of products and services would boost local and international trade meant to facilitate diversification of the economy. The Director-General of SON, Mr Osita ...
Facebook Inc on Tuesday unveiled a redesigned app and rolled out its dating feature to 14 more countries as it tries to boost user-engagement on its social network. The revamped app makes it easier for ...
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