Tag: Nigeria Business Now

ILO, stakeholders develop engagement framework for int’l labour recruitment

ILO, stakeholders develop engagement framework for int’l labour recruitment   Stakeholders in the international labour recruitment arena are developing an engagement framework for the facilitation of fair international labour recruitment. Director, ILO Country Office for Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Liaison Office for ECOWAS, Vanessa Phala, who lauded the[Read More…]

Tinubu Appoints New PTDF Executive Secretary/CEO

Tinubu Appoints New PTDF Executive Secretary/CEO   President Bola Tinubu has appointed Ahmed Aminu as the Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF).   He is to serve for a term of four years in the first instance, presidential aide Ajuri Ngelale said in[Read More…]

Polaris Bank Partners Millwater on stable Power Delivery to Industrial Clusters

Polaris Bank Partners Millwater on stable Power Delivery to Industrial Clusters   Photo Caption: From:L-R; Lagos Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Vice President, Kashim Shettima; Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun; Executive Director Polaris Bank, Chinwe Iloghalu and Deputy Managing Director, Wema Bank, Wole Akinleye at the Agbara Business Roundtable,[Read More…]

Foreign investments into telecoms dropped by 77%

Foreign investments into telecoms dropped by 77% Foreign investments into Nigeria’s telecommunication sector fell by 77.35 per cent year-on-year in the first half of the year, despite the rollout of 5G services in the country. In the first six months of 2023, total capital importation into the telecoms sector was[Read More…]

NITDA opens application for N5m AI research grant for tech startups

NITDA opens application for N5m AI research grant for tech startups The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), with the support of the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovations and Digital Economy, has unveiled the Nigeria Artificial Intelligence Research Scheme, which provides up to N5 million in grants to tech startups[Read More…]