Experts in management sciences in the country have identified multiple taxation as a major challenge bedeviling businesses and manufacturing industry in the country, especially, in the face of Nigeria’s current economic reforms. Speaking at the 2024 annual public lecture of the faculty of Management Sciences of the University of Ilorin, titled...
As the planned nationwide protest commenced in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, today, commercial and business activities were put on hold due to the fact that the protest forced residents to stay indoors. The Coalition of Civil Societies organisations during the protests gave the leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), 48 hours ultimatum t...
•Tinubu The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, and the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce Industry Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA, have blamed hastily implemented government policy shifts without corresponding plans to mitigate the negative effects of the inception of the Tin...
•The heavy downpour Business and commercial activities were grounded yesterday following a 10-hour downpour in many parts of Lagos and Ogun states. The resulting flooding brought down a two-storey building in the Mushin area of Lagos, grounded vehicular movement on the roads and overwhelmed thousands of residents while pupils could not attend ...
•Tinubu The business community in Kano State has appealed to the Tinubu-led federal government to redouble its support to their businesses with the view to enhancing the nation-‘s economy. The Chairman, Kano Business Community , Sabiu Bako, disclosed this, today during a Town Hall Meeting organised by the Minister of Information and National O...
Some residents of Gberigbe in the Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State, yesterday, narrated how their businesses were held to a standstill following the continuous flooding of the community road after heavy rains. This is as residents in the area are relocating in large numbers as a result of the dilapidated road, reports The […...
•Peter Obi National leader of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has called on President Bola Tinubu-led federal government to end the inconsistency in duty charges as it is affecting the general business atmosphere in the country. Obi, in a post yesterday via his verified X handle, opined “such arbitrary charges will obviously lead to […...
•Dikwa market Abubakar Adamu, a fruit seller in Abuja, has not sent even a dime to his family in Jigawa State in the last three weeks. Adamu lamented how inflation is crippling his business. The number of his customers has dropped, reports Daily Trust. “Inflation has affected my business. Businesses are not moving, including this […]...
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, and the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, have said government agencies, ministries, departments, MDAs, have become undertakers of businesses in the country. They also lamented that rising inflation, multiplicity of taxes and threats of strike and protests, among others, have cont...
•Border post Commercial activities in border communities of Katsina, Sokoto, Borno and Zamfara states have collapsed following the decision of the Federal Government to close all the country’s borders with the Niger Republic in the wake of the military takeover of power in the Francophone country on August 3. Checks on the border communities i...

