|Economy|
Nigerian-British chamber targets £20bn bilateral trade in 2020: The Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) has said that the current trade between Nigeria and Britain, which grew to £8 billion from £4 billion, could reach as high as £20 billion if the governments of the two countries continue to encourage businesses and remain proactive. The President of the chamber and chairman of the council, Adeyemi Adefulu, explained that with the right policies in place, products and services should be moving daily between the two countries. Source: Businessday

Contributory pension assets rise to N4.4tn: The total pension assets under the Contributory Pension Scheme rose to N4.4tn at the end of June, with 6.12 million workers registered under the plan. Figures obtained from the National Pension Commission showed that N637.8bn and N55.8bn, or 14.4 percent and 1.2 percent of the total assets, were invested in domestic ordinary shares and foreign ordinary shares, respectively. Source: Punch

|Banking|
Access Bank Targets 20% Loan Growth in 2014: Access Bank Plc has disclosed that  it expects its loan book to grow by 20 percent in 2014, after a 17 percent rise in the first half of the year. This is expected to be driven by increased lending to its corporate and investment banking customers. Access Bank's loan book stood at N811 billion in 2013, up by 33 percent from 2012. Source: Thisday

|Corporate|
Ford gives conditions for establishing factory in Nigeria: Ford Motor Corporation says it has not foreclosed the establishment of an automobile assembly plant in Nigeria, but insists that the conditions must be right for it to do so. One of the conditions, is for the country to have a free-trade agreement with its neighboring nations to ensure free movement and unhindered market for all locally produced vehicles and other goods within the West African region. Source: Punch