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Abuja, Nigeria’s latest ‘city of refuge’ gets overstretched
Abuja, Nigeria’s seat of power is fast becoming the newest home of some sort for ‘executive refugees’. The population growth in Abuja - the Federal Capital Territory - is not just simply a…
Flour Mills to escrow N900m in acquisition of Honeywell
Flour Mills Nigeria plc (FMN) will press ahead with its N80 billion acquisition of the flour mills unit of Honeywell Group Limited (HGL) and may escrow N900 million of the proceeds,…
Is Flour Mills deal to acquire Honeywell made in heaven?
The expected combination of Flour Mills Nigeria (FMN) and the flour mills unit of Honeywell Flour Mills plc (HFMP) will form a formidable entity and an unassailable market leader in the…
The many legal battles of Ecobank and Honeywell
The lawyers for both Ecobank and Honeywell Group are pushing several cases against each other in connection with the dispute over the settlement of claims of N5 billion by the bank against…
In Ecobank’s case with Honeywell, bank’s lawyer is biggest victim so far
Kunle Ogunba is the counsel to Ecobank Nigeria in the dispute between it and Honeywell, but an April 7, 2016, petition by Honeywell means things are no longer the same for the founder of…
Nigerians’ bid to migrate abroad don’t match visas granted
The number of Nigerians applying to migrate to the UK, US and Canada is on the rise but not as many are granted visas, immigration data analysed by BusinessDay has shown.
The common…
Nigerian nurses joining UK workforce hit all-time high
The number of Nigerian nurses that joined the UK workforce in the six-month period from April to September 2021, is more than any time in history and this is despite a ban on ‘active…
Life in Canada, UK: Tales from two immigrants
The recent pictures on Ayomiposi’s instagram page were the first hint she had ‘Japa’, a term used to describe people leaving Nigeria in search of better opportunities.
BusinessDay had…
Slow take-off of livestock plan worsens woes of farmers, herders
Msughve Tsavsaa, a 35-year-old father of six, lost his home, his farmland and his leg after his community was attacked during the farmer/herder clash in 2018 in Benue state.
Since then,…
Peace-building law afoot as Benue moves to secure economy
Benue State government, under the leadership of governor Samuel Ortom, has set plans in motion to enact a law targeted at fostering peace between farmers and herders in the state in order to…