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Sunday, 12 July 2026

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2026 12 LAMATA Partners CCECC On Railway Training Centre

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2026 12 Lagos, IFC, NGX Group, Launch Nigeria Gender Country Programme

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2026 12 Bellingham Inspires England Past Norway Into World Cup Semi-finals

Aviation

FAAN Defends Airport Cab Upgrade Policy, Tariff Review

Auto

NADDC Engages ALCMAN, Chinese Partners On National Auto Parts Digital Platform

Metro

EFCC Arraigns Group Managing Director For Alleged $600,000 Fraud

Sports

Bellingham Inspires England Past Norway Into World Cup Semi-finals

LAMATA Partners CCECC On Railway Training Centre

The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) has signed agreement with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) to establish a state-of-the-art Railway Training...

Lagos, IFC, NGX Group, Launch Nigeria Gender Country...

By ebosele@hotmail.com – The Lagos State Government, in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) and the...

Photo News

R-L: Publisher, City Business News Online, Moses Ebosele, Founder of ABC Transport Plc, Mr Frank Nneji, former Corps Marshall, Federal Road Safety Corps...

July 12, 2026 No Responses

LAMATA Partners CCECC On Railway Training Centre

The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) has signed agreement with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) to establish a state-of-the-art Railway Training Centre, a strategic plan aimed ...

July 12, 2026 No Responses

Lagos, IFC, NGX Group, Launch Nigeria Gender Country Programme

By ebosele@hotmail.com – The Lagos State Government, in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), h...

July 11, 2026 No Responses

Customs, Printing Industry Strengthen Partnership On Tariff, Trade Facilitation

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the growth of Nigeria’s printing industry through improved stakeholder engagement, tariff advocacy and enhanced trade facilitation durin...

July 10, 2026 No Responses

FRSC Invests Ododo As Kogi Special Marshals Patron, Receives 10...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has recorded another milestone in its campaign to strengthen road safety governance across Nigeria with the investiture of the Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, as the...

July 10, 2026 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Ex-Access Bank Staff For Alleged N294.5m Theft

‎The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, July 9, 2026 arraigned a former staff of a new generation bank, Chinonso Akujobi, for an alleged N294,595,992 theft bef...

July 8, 2026 No Responses

Tinubu Tasks Afreximbank On Africa’s Industrialisation

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday tasked the leadership of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to intensify efforts to mobilise and deploy the continent’s vast human, financial and natural resources f...

July 6, 2026 No Responses

My Farewell From UBA, By Tony Elumelu

Why create an institution? To ensure that an institution can live long, grow ever stronger and deliver a vision.I have never been able to look at Africa and see only borders. Where many see fifty-four separate markets, I...

July 5, 2026 No Responses

Customs, UBA Deepen Trade Facilitation Partnership

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the United Bank for Africa (UBA) have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening collaboration to advance trade facilitation and support key digital transformation initiatives, fol...

July 5, 2026 No Responses

Customs, Afreximbank Deepen Trade Facilitation Partnership

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has again reaffirmed its commitment to advancing intra-African trade by deepening its partnership with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to strengthen trade facilitation, enha...

July 3, 2026 No Responses

Dangote Cement Shareholders Get N753.8b Dividend For 2025

By ebosele@hotmail.com – For the year 2025, Shareholders of Dangote Cement Plc has approved a 50 per cent increase in dividend payout, raising the dividend from N30 per share to N45 per share, which translates to a...

July 8, 2026 No Responses

National Shipping Line: Beyond Oyetola’s Promises

By Okey IBEKE At the 2026 Day of the Seafarer celebration held in Lagos on Thursday, June 25, the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, once again reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to es...

July 7, 2026 No Responses

At IMO, Shagari, NIWA Board Chair Seeks Global Expertise For...

The Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Mukhtar Shehu Shagari, has intensified efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s inland waterways sector through international collaboration ...

July 7, 2026 No Responses

FG Rallies Support For Dangote Deep Seaport, Industrial Project

By ebosele@hotmail.com – The Federal Government has urged host communities in Ogun and Ondo states to fully support the proposed Dangote Industrial City and Deep Seaport project, describing it as a transformative i...

July 5, 2026 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Boss: Renewed Hope Agenda Driving Port Reforms, Greater...

The Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Dr. Akutah Pius, MON, has said that the Council’s ongoing reforms in the maritime sector are firmly aligned with the Re...

July 5, 2026 No Responses

Customs, UBA Deepen Trade Facilitation Partnership

July 11, 2026 No Responses

NADDC Engages ALCMAN, Chinese Partners On National Auto Parts Digital...

The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) has advanced efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s automotive industry through a strategic engagement with the Automotive Local Content Manufacturers Associa...

July 10, 2026 No Responses

TSS Unveils Locally Assembled Forland T5 Mini Truck To Cut...

Transit Support Services Ltd. (TSS Motors), one of Nigeria’s reputable commercial vehicle assemblers and marketers, has rolled out Forland T5 – a new mini truck range designed to bring tremendous relief to the la...

July 9, 2026 No Responses

NADDC Unveils National Automotive Repository Portal

The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) on Wednesday officially launched the National Automotive Repository Portal (NARP), a landmark digital platform designed to strengthen regulation, improve dat...

July 8, 2026 No Responses

NADDC DG Briefs Tinubu On Automotive Sector’s Industrialisation Drive

The Director-General, National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Mr. Oluwemimo Joseph Osanipin, has briefed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the Council’s progress in advancing Nigeria’s automo...

July 7, 2026 No Responses

NAMA Warns Against Tariff Cut, Seeks Support For Local Auto...

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Nigerian Automotive Manufacturers Association (NAMA) has called on the Federal Government to complement its 2026 Fiscal Policy Measures with a comprehensive industrial support framework, warnin...

July 9, 2026 No Responses

NLNG Wins Operational Excellence Award At NOG Energy Week 2026

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has been honoured with the Energy Awards 2026 Operational Excellence Award at the 25th anniversary edition of NOG Energy Week, reaffirming the company’s commitment to safe, reliable and e...

July 9, 2026 No Responses

NUPRC Lauds ExxonMobil’s $1b Investment, Presents New Petroleum Prospecting Licences

By ebosele@hotmail.com – The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has applauded ExxonMobil and its partners for committing $1 billion to the on-block activities of the Usan Infill Project in OML 138, d...

July 8, 2026 No Responses

Expert Seeks Stronger Oil, Insurance Alliance To Deepen Local Content

Nigeria’s insurance and oil and gas industries have been urged to forge stronger strategic partnerships anchored on local content development and digital transformation to accelerate inclusive economic growth and s...

July 6, 2026 No Responses

Seplat Energy Ends Routine Gas Flaring In Onshore Operations, Expands...

Seplat Energy Plc has announced the successful elimination of routine gas flaring across all its onshore operations in Nigeria, marking a significant milestone in the company’s drive towards cleaner energy producti...

June 30, 2026 No Responses

NMDPRA Reaffirms Commitment to Regulatory Certainty, Investment Growth

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening regulatory certainty, transparency and stakeholder engagement as key drivers of investment and ...

July 12, 2026 No Responses

Photo News

R-L: Publisher, City Business News Online, Moses Ebosele, Founder of ABC Transport Plc, Mr Frank Nneji, former Corps Marshall, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and President, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transpor...

July 12, 2026 No Responses

City Business Photo News

Publisher, City Business News Online, Moses Ebosele (left), welcomes former Corps Marshall, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and President, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi to the ...

July 11, 2026 No Responses

Photo News

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso (Left), presents a souvenir to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, during the Minister’s working visit t...

July 9, 2026 No Responses

Photo News:

L-R: Mr. Rick Swart, Consul General, United States Consulate General, Lagos; Mr. Abiona Babarinde, General Manager, Marketing and Corporate Communications, Coscharis Group; Mr Ibrahim Aliyu, during the 250th USA Independ...

July 7, 2026 No Responses

Photo News

Sir Steve Adehi SAN (R), KSM, Supreme Knight, KCSS, with 4th Degree knights of St. Mulumba, VGC Sub Council, Sir Robert Dike, Sir Emmanuel Onyebadi, Sir Anthony Okocha Ojeah, and Sir Peter Iwegbu, during the 4th Degree A...

FRSC Invests Ododo As Kogi Special Marshals Patron,...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has recorded another milestone in its campaign to strengthen road safety governance across Nigeria with the investiture...

Lagos Security Trust Fund Donates Raincoats To FRSC

The Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF) has stressed the importance of road safety in strengthening security across the state, describing effective road...

Tinubu Inaugurates Presidential Working Group On National Policing...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday inaugurated the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill to prepare the legal framework for the...

June 19, 2026 No Responses

Nigeria’s Food Safety Challenge Rooted In Farmer Ignorance, Says Garuba

By Onyeka Ezike – The founder of Voice of the Farmers, Afeez Olumide Garuba, has identified inadequate farmer education and poor adherence to safe agricultural practices as major factors fueling the growi...

May 18, 2026 No Responses

Dangote Reaffirms Commitment To Africa’s Food Security Through Fertiliser Investments

President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has reaffirmed his commitment to boosting food security across Africa through large-scale fertiliser investments, declaring that the continent has the capacity to ...

April 20, 2026 No Responses

BoI, RMRDC Seal Pact To Boost Agriculture, Grow GDP

Bank of Industry (BoI) and the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) have sealed a strategic partnership agreement to strengthen Nigeria’s agricultural value-chain and boost country’s Gross...

July 3, 2026 No Responses

Educationist, Mayor Ojeifo Dies At 73

The education community in Edo North is mourning Mr. Mayor Tajudeen Ojeifo, a retired vice principal and respected teacher, who died on Saturday, June 27, 2026. He was 73.In a statement issued on behalf of the ...

June 19, 2026 No Responses

FRSC Conducts ICT-Driven Promotion Exercise For Over 10,000 Personnel

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Shehu Mohammed, has successfully overseen the conduct of the 2026 Promotion Exercise for more than 10,005 personnel nationwide, leveraging modern techn...

May 30, 2026 No Responses

Ikeja Electric Marks Children’s Day With Safety Education, Learning Support...

Ikeja Electric Plc (IE) has celebrated this year’s Children’s Day by carrying out an educational outreach programme in selected public primary schools within its franchise area, combining electricity safety...