Osinbajo, Elumelu, Abdulsamad Rabiu to Attend 2021 IoD Nigeria Annual Directors Conference

Serial entrepreneur, youth mobiliser, consummate banker, and one of Africa's shining stars in governance, Mr. Tony Elumelu, CON, the Chairman of Heirs Holding will be the Keynote Speaker at the 2021 Annual Director's Conference of the Institute of Directors Nigeria holding from 23 to 24 November 2021 at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. The conference with the theme…..

Importers Decry Customs Arbitrary Charges, Increased Exchange Rate for Payment of Duty



Importers and clearing agents in Nigeria have continued to express worries over the continuous arbitrary increase in the exchange rate for the payment of import duty by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The increase, according to some importers who spoke to THISDAY anonymously over the weekend, has not only distorted their business plans…



Concerns as FG insists on implementation of IFRS 17



The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has insisted that there is no going back on the implementation of the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 17 in 2023 as stakeholders raised concerns over loopholes in Nigeria’s approach. Stakeholders, who gathered at a Thought Leadership Breakfast….



Nigeria, Africa account for 2% of global trade, as continent’s infrastructure deficit hits $100b



Africa’s share of global trade remains low at two per cent, Secretary General, African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Wamkele Mene, has said. Besides, a total of $36 billion transactions were sealed at the end of the 2021 Intra African Trade Fair (IATF). Speaking at the closing ceremony of the event in Durban, South Africa, Mene said the continent might not record meaningful growth if it remains overly dependent on export of raw commodities…..