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- 23 Feb 2026
Court Fines Lafarge Africa N2m for Using Ex-Employee’s Name, Details Online after Dismissal
National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Lagos has ordered Lafarge Africa Plc to pay N2 million in damages to a former employee after finding that the company unlawfully retained and continued using…
- 17 Apr 2024
Lafarge Africa Launches Girls-in-Tech Programme to Empower Women Innovators
Recognising the underrepresentation of women in the technology sector, Lafarge Africa Plc, has launched the Girls in Tech Program, a pioneering initiative aimed at empowering young women in…
- 3 Nov 2015
6 States Set for Lafarge National Literacy Competition
The second edition of Lafarge National Literacy Competition has reached its final stage as the grand finale holds in Lagos next week, after the successful completion of the regional contests in the…
- 16 Jan 2019
Lafarge Trains Entrepreneurs to Bridge Skills Gap
Lafarge Holcim has instituted a three-year training programme aimed at increasing local content of its operations in Nigeria in order to bridge skills gap in the cement industry. The programme is in…
- 18 Sept 2014
IFC, Lafarge sign Deal for 260MW Power Plant
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a subsidiary of the World Bank, and cement giant, Lafarge Nigeria Limited have signed a financing deal for the construction of a 260 Megawatts power plant…
- 18 Jul 2017
Holcim Winds Up Nigerian Company
Holcim Nigeria plans to pass a resolution next month to dissolve the company after its Swiss-based parent firm merged with French rival Lafarge two years ago, the cement maker said on Tuesday.…
- 16 Jun 2017
Viola Graham-Douglas Emerges Guinness Nigeria’s Corporate Relations Director
Guinness Nigeria Plc has announced the appointment of Viola Graham-Douglas as its Corporate Relations Director, effective June 1, 2017. Mrs. Graham-Douglas started her career in the banking industry…
- 17 Apr 2018
UBA Lists on NSE Premium Board
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has migrated the ordinary shares of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc to its Premium Board, in what capital market analysts describe as an attestation to the Bank’s…
- 13 Jun 2022
NGX Urges Corporates to Take Positive Actions Towards Sustainability Reporting
Mr. Temi Popoola, the Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), has called on businesses to adopt sustainable business practices and report sustainability performance to…
- 10 Aug 2020
2020 Edelman Trust Barometer Reveals Nigerians Still Distrust Government
The 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer has revealed that, of the four mainstream institutions of government, business, media and non-governmental organisations, government remains the least trusted with…
- 13 Jun 2019
Gbenga Sogbaike, CEO of Plaqad Limited to Speak at NIPR Week 2019
Gbenga Sogbaike, CEO of Plaqad.com has been announced as a speaker at this year’s edition of Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) Week, themed ‘Promoting Professional Excellence and…
- 16 Jun 2019
NSE Raises Red Flag on 34 Firms, Issues Caveat
Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has placed cautionary red alerts on 34 companies for their inability to meet listing requirements, implying underlying corporate governance weaknesses that investors…
- 15 Feb 2010
European Bank Loans $330 Million to 3 Nigerian Banks
European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a N240 million loan ($330 million) to three Nigerian banks for the development of infrastructural facilities in the country. The three banks that benefited…
- 8 Dec 2019
Obi Ozor, Kobo360 CEO Scoops Two Awards @ All Africa Business Leaders Awards
Obi Ozor, Co-founder and CEO of Kobo360, has been named ‘Young Business Leader of the Year’ and ‘Innovator of the Year’ at the 9th All Africa Business Leaders Awards in partnership with CNBC Africa…
- 16 Dec 2019
Agusto and Co Announces Retirement of Vivien Shobo Its Chief Executive Officer
Agusto & Co, Nigeria’s foremost Credit Rating Agency, has announced the retirement of its Chief Executive Officer - Vivien Shobo, effective 31 December 2019. Vivien Shobo Following over two…
- 11 Feb 2020
FBNQUEST Acts As Lead Issuing House, Book Runner on Listing of Interswitch N23B Bonds
FBNQuest, the investment banking and asset management subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc successfully led a consortium of 5 issuing houses on the recent listing of the Interswitch Limited’s bond on the…
- 17 Jul 2020
Chain Reactions to Unveil 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer Report Virtually
Chain Reactions Nigeria, one of Nigeria's leading Public Relations and Integrated Communications Consulting firms and the Exclusive Nigerian Affiliate and West Africa's Preferred Partner of Edelman,…
- 28 Jul 2020
NSE Loses N70Bn on Bears Grip
Nigerian Stock Exchange returned to negative territory on Tuesday with the market capitalisation shedding N70 billion due to losses by some blue chips. The market capitalisation was down 0.54 per…
- 6 Sept 2020
Ferdi Moolman, MTN CEO Wins Businessday’s Top CEO and Next Bulls Awards
Ferdi Moolman, the chief executive officer of MTN Nigeria has been named a Top CEO at the sixth edition of Businessday’s annual Top CEOs and Next Bulls awards. This year’s event, organized in…
- 15 Jul 2021
ARC-P Pledges to Protect Over 9m Unprotected Nigerian Children
The At-Risk Children Project (ARC-P) will offer protection to the over nine million unprotected children in the country who deal daily with violence, abuse, neglect, exploitation and exclusion, the…
- 6 Aug 2021
Nigerian Businesses Have Improved Gender Equality but More Efforts Needed, Says Report
Nigerian companies scored better than global averages for some aspects of women's participation in the workforce, but will need to further step up efforts to bridge the gaps that remain between women…
- 5 Jul 2022
Bluechip Technologies Launches Primo Academy to Upskill African Data Professionals
Bluechip Technologies, Nigeria’s provider of business application and data management solutions, has launched Primo Academy, a six-month programme designed to equip aspiring data professionals with…
- 8 Aug 2022
Bluechip Launches in Europe following Successful pan-African Expansion
Bluechip Technologies, Nigeria’s provider of business application and data management solutions, announces its European launch following growing demand for its products and services. The strategic…
- 27 Dec 2022
President Buhari Appoints Engineer Tukur Mohammed Lawal Funtua, as new Managing Director of NIGCOMSAT
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, has approved with immediate effect, the appointment of Engineer Tukur Mohammed Lawal Funtua, as the new Managing Director of Nigeria Communications…
- 30 Apr 2024
Bamgbose, BON Boss Faults FCCPC’sDdecision to Review DStv, GOtv Rates
Yemisi Bamgbose, executive secretary of the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), has faulted the decision of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to review DStv…
- 9 May 2024
Brands Jostle for CVA 2024 as Consumers Vote
Ongoing voting for brands on the Consumers Value Awards portals, consumers expressed brand satisfaction with their votes. Over 40 categories of brands are listed based on consumers' nominations on…
- 5 Feb 2025
IBM Exits Nigeria and Ghana, Transfers Operations to MIBB
IBM, the American multinational technology giant, has reportedly announced plans to exit Nigeria, Ghana, and other key African markets, transferring its regional operations to MIBB, a subsidiary of…
- 14 Aug 2019
e-Logistics Start-up Kobo360 Secures $30M Funding
Kobo360, the digital technology platform disrupting African third-party logistics, today announced the completion of a $20M Series A equity round led by Goldman Sachs, with participation from Asia…
- 6 Sept 2013
Airtel Elevates 81 Employees
Airtel Nigeria, leading Telecommunications Services Provider, has elevated 81 employees, across various business functions, in line with its corporate philosophy of remaining the employer of choice…
- 27 Dec 2013
NSE Market Indicators Up by 0.94%
Equity transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opened after the holiday on Friday in an upward trend with the market indices growing by 0.94 per cent. The All-Shares Index rose by…