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Propak Summit Showcases Local Manufacturing & Plastics Innov

Propak West Africa has announced that its 12th edition will open next week at the Landmark Centre, Lagos, with a focus on innovative plastic manufacturing and locally made products. The three-day exhibition and conference, which will host over 5,500 industry professionals and more than 250 global brands, will feature live demonstrations of new packaging and...
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Mastercard, Circle Expand Stablecoin Settlement in EEMEA

Mastercard and Circle have deepened their longstanding partnership to enable stablecoin-like USDC and EURC settlement for acquirers in the Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa region. In a statement on Wednesday, MasterCard said the expanded effort marks the first time that the acquiring ecosystem in EEMEA will be able to settle transactions in stablecoins.  This...
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Abuja Illegal Gold Mining Site Shut Down by Minister

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has directed the deployment of mining marshals to seal off an illegal gold mining site in Gwagwalada, Federal Capital Territory, to mitigate potential environmental hazards. This move follows an earlier operation on August 16, 2025, where another site was successfully recovered and sealed in the District 2...
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Nigeria Revokes 50+ Expired Oil Licences

The Minister of Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has refused to approve the extension of over 50 expired oil licences currently on his table. Lokpobiri stated that over 60 licences were awarded in a marginal bid round that took place a few years ago. However, he regretted that fewer than six of them have invested...
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Air Peace to Build Aircraft Maintenance Facility in Lagos |

Nigeria’s largest airline, Air Peace, has announced plans to commence the construction of a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul facility in Lagos in September. The project, expected to be completed within 12 to 15 months, will significantly boost Nigeria’s aviation sector. Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, disclosed this on Wednesday upon his return from Brazil,...
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N13tn Financing Gap Cripples Busine

The President of the Association of Small Business Owners of Nigeria, Dr. Femi Egbesola, has warned that Nigeria’s ongoing economic reforms, though necessary, are crippling the country’s micro, small and medium enterprises, with millions of businesses already forced to shut down under rising costs and limited access to funding. Speaking at the half-year private sector...
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CAC Backs NAICOM on NIIRA 2025 Implementation

The Corporate Affairs Commission has pledged to support the National Insurance Commission as it implements the newly signed Nigeria Insurance Industry Reform Act 2025. The CAC made this pledge when the management of NAICOM, led by the Commissioner for Insurance, Olusegun Omosehin, paid a courtesy visit to the Registrar General of the body, Hussaini Magaji...
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China Donates $1M to Nigeria Flood Relief Efforts

The Federal Government’s flood relief efforts were boosted on Wednesday as the Chinese government donated $1m to support victims in the northern states. The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Bagudu, signed the exchange notes on the financial support with the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai, in Abuja. Bagudu, in a statement on...
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Kenyon Recovers 6,000 Barrels Daily from Stranded Well in Ni

Oilfield service company Kenyon International says it has successfully restored production of over 6,000 barrels of crude oil per day from a previously inaccessible well, underscoring the growing technical capacity of indigenous firms in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Victor Ekpenyong, disclosed this at the Africa Young Professionals Workshop during...
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