AfCFTA: NCDMB Advocates Database of Skills, Uniform Standards For Goods, Services

AfCFTA: NCDMB Advocates Database of Skills, Uniform Standards For Goods, Services

As plans to implement the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) continue to unfold, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has advocated the removal of visa restrictions among African nations, the creation of a database of available skills,...
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NPA Receives 22 Ships Laden With Petroleum Products, Frozen Fish, Others

NPA Receives 22 Ships Laden With Petroleum Products, Frozen Fish, Others

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says 22 ships at the Lagos ports are discharging bulk wheat, general cargo, frozen fish, container, bulk fertilizer, bulk sugar, automobile gasoline, bulk salt, and petrol.    NPA is also  expecting 1...
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Lagos Seaport Receives 17 Ships, Expects 24 Others Before Feb 15

Lagos Seaport Receives 17 Ships, Expects 24 Others Before Feb 15

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Thursday disclosed that 17 ships were discharging general cargo, bulk wheat, petrol, frozen fish, container bulk sugar, automobile gasoline and base oil at Lagos Seaports.  NPA is also expecting 24 others Ships l...
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SON Seeks Policy To Repatriate Substandard Goods

SON Seeks Policy To Repatriate Substandard Goods

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has urged the federal government to consider a policy aimed at returning substandard goods to countries of origin to boost consumers’ confidence and strengthen international trade. Mallam Farouk Salim, SON’s Dire...
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Customs impounds N250m contrabands in March, recovers N48.7m underpayments in Zone ‘C’

Customs impounds N250m contrabands in March, recovers N48.7m underpayments in Zone ‘C’

For the month of March 2017, the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone ‘C’ Owerri impounded 17 items with duty paid value of N112,617,700. The unit during its anti-smuggling operations in March also intercepted and detained a.....
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