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M778, others champion innovation at World Product Day

21.05.2025
M778, a marketing communications firm, and Innovate Africa Fund have partnered to power World Product Day Lagos, a transformative one-day conference set for May 25, 2025. Themed ‘Bold Builders Wanted’, this event is a rallying cry for product professionals, startup founders, and ecosystem enablers to drive Africa’s product revolution. “We believe Africa’s future is built...
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World Bank supports Nigeria’s rainwater farming

21.05.2025
Nigeria’s government, in partnership with the World Bank, is intensifying efforts to combat food insecurity and land degradation through an ambitious expansion of rainwater harvesting under the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes programme. Environment Minister Balarabe Abbas Lawal, at a recent high-level retreat in Lagos, outlined plans to leverage rainwater harvesting to transform Nigeria’s agricultural...
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Blackout persists as 3,000MW govt plants remain dormant

21.05.2025
Nigerians have remained in darkness in many parts of the country as the power plants under the supervision of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company of Nigeria are still struggling to generate 1,000 megawatts of electricity despite having an installed capacity of over 4,000MW. According to a new report by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission,...
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Customs, Benin Republic partner to boost trade

21.05.2025
The Nigeria Customs Service and the Benin Republic Customs Administration have launched SIGMAT connectivity between both countries to digitalise and harmonise cross-border trade. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, announced this on Monday while addressing journalists at the Seme-Kraoke Joint Border Post. SIGMAT, which stands for “Système Interconnecté de Gestion des Marchandises en Transit” in...
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Stakeholders commend Customs over trade boost

21.05.2025
Stakeholders have lauded the Nigeria Customs Service over several initiatives introduced by the service to boost trade. The stakeholders spoke on Monday in Ikeja, during the 2025 NCS Trade Facilitation Stakeholders Consultative Forum, which also marked the first anniversary of the Advanced Ruling Programme introduced by the service. The event was themed ‘Trade facilitation measures...
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Upgraded Oyo airport begins operations 2026

21.05.2025
Local flights will, by the end of the year, resume operations at the upgraded Ladoke Akintola International Airport, Ibadan, Oyo State. This was announced in a statement released by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, in Ibadan, the state capital, on Monday. He explained that activities are in top gear to upgrade...
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FG urged to recognise Etete’s contributions to oil sector

21.05.2025
An Ijaw environmental activist, Bolouowei Kurokeme, has called on the Federal Government and stakeholders in the oil and gas industry to recognise the contributions of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dan Etete, to the oil and gas sector, describing him as the architect of Nigeria’s oil sovereignty and a champion of indigenous participation in...
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Nigeria, UAE allow ticket sale in foreign currencies

21.05.2025
The Federal Government and the Government of the United Arab Emirates have agreed to recognise the United States dollar and other freely convertible currencies as legal tender for airfares between Nigeria and the UAE. This development was revealed in the updated Bilateral Air Services Agreement between both nations, sighted by our correspondent. This agreement paved...
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PETROAN tackles NNPC over P’Harcourt refinery delay

21.05.2025
Six months after the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited promised to unveil the new 210,000 barrels per day at Port Harcourt refinery. The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to give it a timeline for the completion of the new 210,000 barrels per day Port...
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Marketers import N436bn petrol amid row with Dangote

21.05.2025
A fresh wave of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) importation into the country has made the row between oil marketers and the Dangote Petroleum Refinery to linger, amid signs of deepening tensions in Nigeria’s downstream oil sector. This row deepened after independent oil marketers resumed large-scale importation of petrol, as fresh data shows that over 496.17...
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