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By Adedapo Adesanya  The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced a collaboration with Allied Climate Partners (ACP) that will help create a pipeline of viable climate investments in emerging markets including Southeast Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Central America, and India. ACP’s new platform is backed by philanthropic capital and designed to mobilize investment in climate-related projects in emerging economies to create significant environmental, economic, and social impact. In a statement seen by Business Post, the parties said the collaboration with IFC will provide advisory and structuring support, technical assistance, and sustainability and impact-management support as needed to help bring

By Adedapo Adesanya  The Vice President,  Mr Kashim Shettima,  has said the private sector forms an integral half of the crucial foundation that holds the Nigerian government, noting that President Bola Tinubu is committed to creating an environment that fosters entrepreneurship and innovation. This, according to him, explains why the president’s vision for Nigeria is grounded in eight priority areas, including poverty eradication, economic growth, job creation, and equitable access to capital. The Vice President spoke on Thursday while commissioning some projects, including the Ijele 93.1 FM Radio Station, Phase Two of the Sir Emeka Offor Foundation (SEOF) Touch-a-Life Housing

By Bliss Okperan The Governor of Ogun State, Mr Dapo Abiodun, has asked Nigerians to give President Bola Tinubu more time, saying he has performed well in office since taking over on May 29, 2023, noting that he inherited an almost comatose economy from former President Muhammadu Buhari. “The President Tinubu-led administration has been very bold and audacious. They’ve taken the bull by the horns. They’ve done what no government has done in the history of Nigeria,” Mr Abiodun said during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics show. Recall that a few days ago on Channels TV, the Governor

By Adedapo Adesanya Global energy company, GE Vernova, has used a series of events during Compliance Week to emphasise the critical role of ethics and compliance in business growth and success. The week-long initiative, held across Nigeria with more than 100 attendees, involved employees, suppliers, legal experts, and customers, highlighting GE Vernova’s unwavering commitment to fostering a culture of integrity and transparency. Speaking on this, Mrs Ozim Ifeoma Ibeziako, Executive General Counsel for GE Vernova’s Gas Power business in Africa, said, “At GE Vernova, we believe that integrity is the cornerstone of any successful business. “Our Compliance Week is an

By Modupe Gbadeyanka On Sunday, March 26, 2023, The Voice Africa will air on free-to-air TV stations across 14 countries in Africa, where the main sponsor of the show, Airtel Africa, operates. This would excite fun-seekers on the continent as they would be glued to their television screens for 25 weeks. A statement from the firm said one show would be aired per week, with the first episodes being blind auditions based solely on the talents’ voices and not looks. It was stated that The Voice Africa would follow the format of the global show, starting out with blind auditions,

By Adedapo Adesanya Due to the adverse effect of the coronavirus pandemic in the haulage sector, operators at the Nigerian ports have agree to slash fares up to 30 percent. This was announced by the General Coordinator Council of Maritime Truck Unions and Association, Mr Stephen Okafor, at a stakeholders meeting with the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Mr Hassan Bello. Mr Okafor said his members heeded to call by the Shippers’ Council boss that the truck owners should lower the price to meet present realities. He said after the pandemic is over, all stakeholders must come together

By Aduragbemi Omiyale A multi-talented recording live performing artist, Mr Laolu Gbenjo, has promised to collaborate with Heritage Bank for the promotion of the lender’s digital product, Ynspyre. Ynspyre was designed by the financial institution to help cater and deepen support for professionals and amateurs for the creative and entertainment industry’s growth. It was created to train, nurture and arm young employees with the right skills needed to fast-track development and enable talents to flourish. At the Concert for Life Gratitude celebration held recently, Mr Gbenjo said he was willing to use his platform, Xplo-Sound, to promote Ynspyre because of

By Ahmed Rahma A few days after the death of the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, the prestigious tertiary institution has lost another professor, Mr Duro Ajeyalami, to COVID-19. The late Professor Ajeyalemi retired at the age of 70 from the university in November 2020. He was a former Dean of the institution’s Faculty of Education and the pioneer Registrar of the Joint Universities Preliminary Examination Board (JUPEB). The university’s deputy vice-chancellor in charge of development services, Ms Folasade Ogunsola, who confirmed the death of the scholar, said the institution’s management was “again shocked

By Dipo Olowookere Two persons accused of planning gày marriage in Sokoto State over the weekend have reportedly fled for fear of being arrested by authorities or attacked. At the moment, police in the state are combing everywhere to arrest the alleged planners of the wedding. Same sèx marriage or relationship is outlawed in Nigeria and anyone caught in the act risks being sentenced for 14 years. It is even worst in the northern part of Nigeria, where Islam is highly rooted and Sharia law is being practised. According to the BBC, spokesman of the police in Sokoto State disclosed

By Dipo Olowookere No fewer than 5,200 tea sellers in Kano State have been empowered by the Governor Abdullahi Ganduje-led administration with the sum of N208 million. The tea sellers, fondly called ‘Masu Shayi’ in the state, were each given N40,000 worth of empowerment package comprising milk, cocoa beverages, coffee, noodles, spaghetti, tea bags, cartons of eggs, bread and cooking oil. Speaking on Saturday during the launch of the empowerment programme at the Government House, Kano, Mr Ganduje explained that the initiative was aimed at improving their trade, facilitating better nutrition in the society and generally enhancing the local economy.

By Dipo Olowookere One of the leading brands in the nation’s Quick Service Restaurant sector, Tantalizers Plc, says its expansion program is fully on course as many towns in the country have been identified for new restaurant locations soon. In pursuance of this business resolve, Tantalizers has opened a new outlet in Ikare Akoko, Ondo State, bringing the brand’s number of outlets to over 60 across the country. Speaking during the official opening of the new outlet located within the Forte Oil Filling Station Complex along Ikare-Arigidi-Akoko road, Deputy Managing Director of Tantalizers Plc, Mr Gbolahan Labinjo, encouraged Nigerians to

By Investors Hub European stocks are mostly higher on Friday even as the dollar has resumed its slide despite President Donald Trump backing a strong currency. While the French CAC 40 Index has jumped by 1 percent, the U.K.?s FTSE 100 Index is up by 0.4 percent and the German DAX Index is up by 0.2 percent. In economic news, U.K. GDP grew 0.5 percent sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2017, faster than the 0.4 percent growth logged in the third quarter, official data showed. Economists had forecast growth of 0.4 percent. French consumer confidence unexpectedly declined at the