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- 25 Mar 2022
MainOne Launches Fiber Infrastructure @ the Lagos Free Zone
MainOne, West Africa’s connectivity and data center solutions provider, has announced the expansion of its fiber optic network infrastructure to the Lagos Free Zone in Lekki. Being the first private…
- 24 Nov 2020
Investors Commit to Lagos Free Zone
Lagos Free Zone, the first privately owned special economic zone in Nigeria with an integrated deep sea port, is home to several reputable global brands. Located 65kms east of Lagos, in the immediate…
- 7 Feb 2025
IFC Invests in Lagos Free Zone to Support Industrial Growth and Economic Diversification
IFC has announced an equity investment of up to $50 million in Lagos Free Zone Company to support the development and expansion of Nigeria’s first deep-sea port-based, private special economic zone,…
- 4 Jul 2024
Tolaram Taps Adesuwa Ladoja as MD/CEO of Lagos Free Zone
Board of Directors of Tolaram, one of Nigeria’s leading conglomerates, has appointed Adesuwa Ladoja as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos Free Zone (LFZ) Company, one of its…
- 15 Dec 2008
Oil, Gas Free Zone Rakes in $5 Bn FDI - FG
The federal government disclosed last week that the Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA) has recorded up to $5 billion (about N585 billion) in private Foreign Direct Investment, just as it has…
- 22 Jan 2015
FG Targets $68.1Bn Fresh Foreign Direct Investment
Mr Oluwagbemiga Kuye, managing director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), said on yesterday that the Federal Government targets $68.1bn in Foreign Direct Investment from the…
- 21 May 2015
Fashola to Commission Candel’s Agrochemicals Manufacturing Plant
The Candel Company Limited, Nigeria’s leading agricultural inputs development and Distribution Company has announced that its integrated manufacturing facility for crop protection chemicals and…
- 11 Apr 2013
NCS Mulls IT Park on 10 Hectares of Land in Lagos
Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) said it is about to acquire 10 hectares of land around the free trade zone of Lekki, along the Lekki Epe Road, Lagos for the purpose of establishing an Information…
- 1 Apr 2013
Kaztec Engineering Begins Fabrication @ Lagos Yard
Kaztec Engineering Ltd., a 100 percent indigenous leader in the fabrication of drilling and production platforms and other specialized structures for the oil and gas industry, has outlined plans for…
- 15 Oct 2018
NCDMB Partners Dangote Refinery on Local Content Implementation
Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has praised the management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Free Trade Zone Enterprises (DPRP) over its adherence to the local…
- 29 May 2014
NAHCO Targets $500m Investment FTZ
National Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Plc, said that it targets nothing less than $500 Million investment to the nation’s economy within five years through the establishment of Free Trading Zone…
- 9 Sept 2014
AfDB Approves $150m Investments in Lekki Tolaram Port
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a combined US $256 million for the financing of investments in Nigeria and Ethiopia as well as a multinational…
- 23 Oct 2023
NASENI Inks $2bn Investment Deals with Chinese Firms
National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and three Chinese partners have signed a Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) for new projects valued at $2 billion. This is just as…
- 13 Sept 2021
NAICOM Seeks Active Role for Insurers in AfCFTA
The Commissioner for Insurance, Mr Sunday Thomas, has urged African leaders to create an enabling environment for insurers to play more relevant roles in the continent’s free trade zone. Thomas spoke…
- 30 Mar 2015
NAHCO Rewards Shareholders with 20k Dividend, Bonus Shares
Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO Aviance Plc) has rewarded its shareholders following the declaration of a cash dividend of 20 kobo and a bonus of one new share for every 10 shares…
- 27 Sept 2021
MultiChoice Gets Breather in FIRS ‘s N1.8 Trillion Tax Claims
Lagos zone of the Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) hearing the N1.8 trillion tax dispute between the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and MultiChoice Nigeria has announced October 20 as the date for…
- 16 Mar 2020
TJI Says Nigeria Squanders $2.6Bn on Corporate Tax Incentives
Tax Justice Network (TJN), a nongovernmental organization has said that Nigeria squandered some $2.6 billion on corporate tax incentives in one year, making the country to suffer a downgrade to 34th…
- 12 Aug 2014
Enugu Woos NAGAFF to FTZ, Transshipment Hub For W/Africa Plan
Plans are underway for free trade zone, transshipment hub For West Africa at Akanu Ibiam International Airport. The Planned economic development comes under the partnership between the Federal…
- 12 Feb 2019
Ecobank Launches EcobankPay Zone @ Alaba Int. Market
Patrick Akinwuntan, managing director, Ecobank Nigeria, has launched EcobankPay zone at Alaba International Market, Lagos, and expressed the bank’s commitment to continue innovating more payment and…
- 27 Sept 2024
AFC Partners Itana for the Creation of Africa’s First Digital Economic Zone
Itana, Nigeria’s first licensed digital economic zone management company, and Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, have agreed to jointly…
- 29 Jun 2022
Nerds Unite 2022 Highlights the Power of Global Interconnection for Businesses in West Africa
The critical role of infrastructure for the global interconnection of West African enterprises to achieve borderless growth’ was the main theme of the keynote address at MainOne’s Nerds Unite 2022.…
- 5 Jun 2025
AFC Proffers Action Plans for Nigeria, Africa to Unlock $4trn from Investors to Grow Economy
Nigeria and other African nations can tap up to $4 trillion in capital from institutional investors, an amount that could be used to fund the continent’s infrastructural gaps and engineer much-needed…
- 13 Jun 2022
Nerds Unite 2022 to Highlight Limitless Possibilities with Connection to Global Digital Infrastructure
MainOne, an Equinix Company, the leading provider of wholesale connectivity and data center services in West Africa is set to host the 7th edition of its flagship event, Nerds Unite. The highly…
- 24 May 2021
Coca-Cola’s RESWAYE Project Ends With 159,000kg of Plastic Waste Recovered
The Recycling Scheme for Women and Youth Empowerment (RESWAYE), an environmental sustainability and women empowerment initiative, sponsored by The Coca-Cola Foundation, has come to an end. The…
- 16 Apr 2016
Buhari Returns from China with Billions of Dollars
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed satisfaction with the outcome of his working visit to China which he said yielded additional investments to Nigeria exceeding six billion dollars. In a…
- 16 Sept 2018
Samsung Heavy In Talks to Resolve Dispute with LADOL
The Nigerian arm of Samsung Heavy Industries is in talks to resolve a court action launched by Lagos Deep-sea Offshore Logistics (LADOL) base where the company has been building a floating oil…
- 30 Mar 2017
NELEX Supports TheMap.online E-Commerce Empowerment Initiative
In continuation of their support to help grow young people capable of taking advantage of the digital economy, the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, through its department- National…
- 1 Oct 2015
NAGAFF to Develop Cargo Village In Enugu State
The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) is to develop a cargo village within the proposed East – Gate Enugu Airport City Development project to be anchored by NECI…
- 2 Nov 2022
Lagos Digital Summit to Focus on Digital Technology as a Priority in Scaling Businesses
The Lagos Digital Summit, a gathering of digital communication adopters, professionals and enthusiasts for the accelerated development of their businesses and the attainment of consistent value-add…
- 12 Jun 2020
Op-ed: NCC: Giving Digital Boost to President Muhammadu Buhari’s Next Level Agenda
On June 12, Nigeria will be celebrating “Democracy Day” and Twenty-one (21) years of uninterrupted democratic rule. And the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) riding on its mandate to connect…