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Tuesday, 14 July 2026

Senator, Ministers, NUPRC Team Visit Dangote Refinery

Senator, Ministers, NUPRC Team Visit Dangote Refinery

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Upstream, Senator Eteng Williams; the Minister of State of Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri; the Minister of...
Nigeria, Hong Kong Sign Agreement To Eliminate Double Taxation

Nigeria, Hong Kong Sign Agreement To Eliminate Double...

The Federal Government of Nigeria and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s to Republic of China have signed a landmark...
Apapa Customs Impounds ₦26.57b Cannabis

Apapa Customs Impounds ₦26.57b Cannabis

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has intercepted a massive consignment of Cannabis Indica with a Duty Paid Value...

Nigeria, Hong Kong Sign Agreement To Eliminate Double Taxation

The Federal Government of Nigeria and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s to Republic of China have signed a landmark Agreement for the Elimination of Double Taxation with respect to Taxes o...

Apapa Customs Impounds ₦26.57b Cannabis

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has intercepted a massive consignment of Cannabis Indica with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of ₦26.57 billion, reinforcing its commitment to comba...

Post Clearance Audit: Why The World Bank Technical Assistance Matters...

By Okey Ibeke – The recent Technical Assistance Mission on Post Clearance Audit (PCA) organised by the World Bank Group in collaboration with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) under the Accelerated Revenue Mobiliza...

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 ...

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...

Capital Market/Banking

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UBA Wins National Sustainability Award For ESG Leadership

THE United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has won the best financial services company award at the 2026 National Sustainability Achievements Awards.A statement by the bank on Monday explained that UBA received the award durin...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Maritime

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Apapa Customs Impounds ₦26.57b Cannabis

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has intercepted a massive consignment of Cannabis Indica with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of ₦26.57 billion, reinforcing its commitment to comba...

Taiwo Afolabi Maritime Conference Holds July 21

Momentum is building for the 10th edition of the Taiwo Afolabi Annual Maritime Conference (TAAM) as the Maritime Forum, University of Lagos, in partnership with SIFAX Group, prepare to host what has become West Africa&#8...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Energy

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Senator, Ministers, NUPRC Team Visit Dangote Refinery

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Upstream, Senator Eteng Williams; the Minister of State of Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt.Hon Ekperikpe Ek...

Renaissance Signs 16-Year Gas Supply Deal With Indorama

By ebosele@hotmail.com – Renaissance has signed a landmark Gas Sale Agreement (GSA) with Indorama Fertilizer FZE for the long-term supply of up to 60 million standard cubic feet per day (MMscf/d) of natural gas fro...

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...

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...

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...

Photo News

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Starzs At 40 Photo News:

L-R: Managing Director/CEO, Starzs Investments Company Limited (SICL), Ms. Iroghama Ogbeifun, General Manager, Corporate Communications, NCDMB, Dr. Obinna Ezoebi, Former Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development ...

Starzs At 40

Managing Director/CEO, SICL, Ms. Iroghama delivering her opening remarks during the company’s milestone 40th anniversary celebration and Gala Night themed Transforming Lives, 40 years on held in Port Harcourt, Rivers S...

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...

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 ...

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...

Security/Safety

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Customs Impounds 20,500 Litres Of Smuggled Petrol, Five Vehicles

Customs Impounds 20,500 Litres Of Smuggled Petrol, Five...

By ebosele@hotmail.com – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) through its Operation Whirlwind has intercepted a total of 20,500 liters of smuggled petroleum products...
FRSC Begins Training For Intelligence, Provost Officers

FRSC Begins Training For Intelligence, Provost Officers

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has commenced a specialized training programme for Intelligence and Provost Operatives at the Marshal Inspectorate Training School...
FRSC Invests Ododo As Kogi Special Marshals Patron, Receives 10 Electric Patrol Motorcycles

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...

Agriculture

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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...

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 ...

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...

Education

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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 ...

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...

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...