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April 10, 2025 No Responses

Okonjo-Iweala: Tariff War Could Cut US-China Goods Trade By 80%

Director General, World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said Wednesday the US-China tariff war could reduce trade in goods between the two economic giants by 80 percent, pulling down the rest of the world economy. President Donald Trump raised...

April 10, 2025 No Responses

Customs Boss Bags ‘Public Service Person Of The Year‘ Award

The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, was presented with the “Public Service Person of the Year 2024” award at the 17th edition of the Leadership Conference and Awards in Abuja. The award recognises his performance as Cust...

April 9, 2025 No Responses

NDDC To Establish Sports Institute In Niger Delta

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission. NDDC, is to establish a sports institute to coinsolidate the gains of the Niger Delta Sports Festival and enhance sports development in the Niger Delta region. Ogbuku announced this during the...

April 8, 2025 No Responses

FCT Declares Free Health Insurance, Caesarean Section For Pregnant Women

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration has declared a free health insurance scheme and caesarean section for all pregnant women living in the area. The FCTA’s Mandate Secretary for Health, Adedolapo Fasewa, disclosed this on Monday while co...

April 5, 2025 No Responses

NNPCL Appoints New Senior Management Team

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has announced the appointment of a new eight-man Senior Management Team. The recent announcement followed the appointment of the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) and Board of Directors. Disclosing thi...

April 4, 2025 No Responses

Seplat Energy Joins EITI As Supporting Company

Nigeria’s leading indigenous energy company, Seplat Energy Plc, in 2024, became a registered EITI Supporting Company, reinforcing the Company’s commitment to transparency, accountability, and global best practices. This milestone was recognized on th...

April 3, 2025 No Responses

CBN Explains $23b Net Reserve

Nigeria’s Net Foreign Exchange Reserve (NFER) hits $23.11 billion at the end of 2024, the highest level in over three years, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), disclosed on Wednesday. According to CBN, the development reflects a substantial improvement in...

April 3, 2025 No Responses

US Slams 14% Tariff On Nigerian Exports

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 ...

April 2, 2025 No Responses

ISA 2025: Ponzi Operators Risk 10 Year Jail Term, N20m Fine

Promoters and operators of any entity engaged in a prohibited scheme commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a penalty of not less than N20 million or imprisonment to a term of 10 years or both. This is one...

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...

March 30, 2025 No Responses

Anxiety Over Meningitis Outbreak In Nigeria

Since early March, meningitis has been spreading rapidly throughout several states across Northwest Nigeria, mainly in Kebbi and Sokoto States, an international non-governmental organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières, also known as Doctors Without Borders, h...