Industry
Pulse: New Managing Director Appointed for Shell Nigeria
A
new Managing Director has been appointed for Shell Petroleum Development
Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), operator of the joint venture between the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Royal Dutch Shell.
Published
in ThisDay Newspaper on Monday, 26th January, 2015
Industry
Pulse: SEC Announces Exit of Oteh as Director - General
The Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) on Sunday announced the exit of Ms. Arunma Oteh as the commission’s
Director-General.
The commission made the disclosure in a
statement issued by its management and made available to the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper on Monday, 26th
January, 2015
Award:
CWG wins VMware Solution Provider Award
Computer
Warehouse Group Plc (CWG) has been recognised as the Solution Provider of the
Year and Renewals Partner for the Year in the entire West, East and Central
Africa (WECA) at the annual VMware Channels award ceremony recently held in
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Published
in ThisDay Newspaper on Monday, 26th January, 2015
Industry
Pulse: Chams Appoints New Director, CFO
Leading technology firm, Chams Plc, has announced the
appointment of Dr. Josephine Awosika (MFR) to its Board of Directors. The
company also named Mrs. Christianah Olaniyan as its new Chief Financial Officer
(CFO).
Published
in ThisDay Newspaper on Monday, 26th January, 2015
Award:
GTBank Bags ‘Best Corporate Governance, Africa’ Award
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, has been awarded
‘Best Corporate Governance, Africa’, for the Financial services category by the
Ethical Boardroom Magazine UK.
Published
in ThisDay Newspaper on Monday, 26th January, 2015
Technology: Schneider highlights
Limitations of Solar Energy
Schneider
Electrics last week said that even as solar energy is considered one of the
best options to the grid electricity generation, the problem with it was the
space.
Published
in The Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 27th January, 2015
Energy: Seplat sees 30% earnings from gas
by 2017 on Nigeria reforms
Seplat
Petroleum Development Co., Nigeria’s largest listed indigenous Exploration and
Production firm sees revenues from gas making up 30 percent of its earnings by
2017 on reforms that have moved prices to$2.50/1,000 Mcf from as low as 0.7
cents in 2007. Published in The Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 27th
January, 2015
Oil: Exploration stalls in Africa as Oil
Price Declines
The
dash for resources that saw explorers invest billions of dollars to tap promising
oil fields from Ghana on the West Coast to Tanzania on the East is stalling as
the global drop in crude prices pushes drillers to reconsider the high costs of
exploration on the continent.
Published
in The Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 27th January, 2015
Industrial
Development: Amaecom seeks government’s assistance over Industrial Development
The
Management of Amaecom Global Limited, an asset financing firm, has solicited
the assistance of the Akwa Ibom State government in its efforts to contribute toward
the industrial development of the state.
Published
in The Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 28th January, 2015
Power:
Egbin Power invests N50bn, targets 10,000MW
Egbin
Power Plc says it is targeting 10,000 megawatts even as it said to have
invested N50 billion to rehabilitate one of the six steam turbine units which
now has the capacity to generate 220MW.
Published
in The Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 28th January, 2015
Power:
NERC grants firm licence for 500mw Power Plant
The
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has granted an operating
licence to Trombay Limited for a 500 Megawatts.
Published
in The Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 28th January, 2015
SMEs
Development: BoI partners 10 Banks on SME Financing
Operators
of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country would soon heave a sigh
of relief as the problem of funding, which has retarded the growth of the
sub-sector, is being critically addressed.
Published
in The Guardian Newspaper on Thursday, 29th January, 2015
SMEs
Development: Entrepreneurs to tap from Germans experience on SME Development
Nigeria
is collaborating with the Federal Republic of Germany on a new strategy to
enhance trade facilitation and on the development of micro, small and medium
enterprises.
Published
in The Guardian Newspaper on Thursday, 29th January, 2015
Industry
Pulse: NOTAP expands, gets 1st substantive Directors, 35 years after
National Office for
Technology Acquisition and Promotion, NOTAP, has promoted six staff to the
position of substantive Directors to head six departments.
Published
in The Guardian Newspaper on Thursday, 29th January, 2015
Power: Presidency orders new
sources of Power Supply to Borno
The
Minister of State for Power, Alhaji Mohammed Wakil, on Thursday said the
presidency had directed the ministry to open two additional sources of power
transmission from the national grid to Borno State.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper on Friday, 30th January
2015
Industry Pulse: Ogbechie is
Diamond Bank’s New Chairman
Diamond Bank Plc, on Wednesday
announced the appointment of Dr. Chris Ogbechie as the new Chairman of the
Board of Directors following the retirement of Igwe Ugochukwu Nnaemeka Achebe
who has led the Board since January 1, 2007.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper on Friday, 30th January
2015
The National Bureau of
Statistics (NBS) expects economic growth this year to be 5.54 percent, down
from an estimated 6.23 percent for 2014, after the government trimmed its
expenditure following a slump in the price of oil.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper on Friday, 30th January
2015
Environment: Kebbi communities urged to plant trees against Flood
Kebbi communities
ravaged by flooding during the last rainy season have been called upon to plant
trees to prevent high level of devastation.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Friday, 30th January 2015
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