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April 2, 2025 No Responses

Tinubu Reconstitutes NNPC Board, Appoints Ojulari Group CEO

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited board, removing the chairman, Chief Pius Akinyelure and the group chief executive officer, Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari. City Business News reports that the President...

April 1, 2025 No Responses

Minister Harps On Public-Private Collaboration To Foster Sustainable Art Industry

Hannatu Musa Musawa, the Minister of Art, Culture, and Creative Economy, has called for stronger collaboration between the private and public sectors to ensure the sustainability of Nigeria’s art industry. The Minister also lauded Ecobank Nigeria, ...

April 1, 2025 No Responses

Shippers’ Council: WACT Tariff Increment Within Industry Benchmark

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) on Monday, defended the proposed tariff increment by the West Africa Container Terminal (WACT), a subsidiary of APM Terminal. The Onne Port- based terminal operator had given its customers a notice to increase ...

April 1, 2025 No Responses

Tinubu Extends Nandap’s Tenure As Immigration CG

President Bola Tinubu has approved an extension of Mrs. Kemi Nanna Nandap’s tenure as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) through December 31, 2026. A statement issued on Monday by the Special Adviser to the President on In...

April 1, 2025 No Responses

Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Impose 0.5% Levy On Goods From Nigeria, Others

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods from Nigeria and other Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member-nations. The development comes as they seek to fund a new three-state union after leaving...

March 28, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria, EU Discuss €1.3b Trade Investments In Nigeria

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun and the European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria, Gautier Mignot, commenced high-level discussions on strengthening EU-Nigeria economic cooperation in Abuja. A statement issued by the...

March 22, 2025 No Responses

NDDC Empowers Rice Farmers

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has reaffirmed its commitment to agricultural empowerment by concluding the second batch of its Capacity Building Programme for Rice Farmers on Commercial Scale in Umuahia, Abia State. Speaking during the clo...

March 20, 2025 No Responses

Reps To Probe Conditional Cash Transfer

The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the conditional cash transfer programme of the Federal Government. Honourable Abass Adigun who moved the motion reminded the House that in order to ensure effective and efficient delivery of the programm...

March 19, 2025 No Responses

Oyetola Tasks Africa’s Maritime Stakeholders On Green Shipping

Nigeria’s Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola has called on Maritime stakeholders across Africa to leverage the continent’s renewable energy potential to become a global leader in green shipping. The Minister made the remark a...

March 18, 2025 No Responses

Apapa Customs Attains ₦18.9b Daily Collection

The Apapa Port Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Friday, March 14, 2024 attained daily revenue collection of ₦18.9billion, the highest in the history of the command. City Business News reports that the new record breaks the existing highest....

March 15, 2025 No Responses

Customs Impounds 34,470 Litres Of Petrol

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intensified its fight against fuel smuggling, leading to a major crackdown on smugglers of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, in Gembu and Kan-Iyaka border communities of Taraba State. Gembu, the headqua...

March 11, 2025 No Responses

Shippers’ Council: Utilization Of Barges Key In Lekki Deep Port’s Operation

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), has said that the role of barge operations is critical for cargo evacuation at the nation’s seaports. Director, Inland Transport Services, Mr. Mustapha Zubairu stated this at a meeting with the Barge Operators ...

March 8, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria Set For France Business Forum In Paris

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said, Nigeria will take full advantage of the upcoming France Business Forum in Paris to highlight the significant economic progress achieved under the administration of President Tinubu...

March 8, 2025 No Responses

NADDC Boss Harps On Innovation, Local Content, Entrepreneurial skills, Others

The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), on Thursday, at the University of Lagos, explained modalities for its 8-Seater Electric Campus Shuttle Bus Competition.The competition aims to encourage innovation, promote local content addition,...