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20,000 Trees Planted in Abuja by Firm & NCF Partnership

Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, in partnership with the Forest Research Institute of Nigeria, the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, and the Nigerian Conservation Foundation, last Friday successfully carried out a major tree-planting exercise at the Muhammadu Buhari Cantonment, Abuja. In a statement, it was noted that the initiative, which saw the planting of over 20,000...
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Parallex Bank Offers Lagos LGs ₦4bn Credit Facility

Parallex Bank Limited has announced an N4bn financial support programme designed to strengthen the capacity of all 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas in Lagos State. Speaking at the retreat organised for newly elected local government chairmen in Lagos, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Parallex Bank, Dr. Olufemi Bakre, represented...
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Lagos Warehouse Rents Soar Amidst Strong Demand

The demand for Grade A warehouse facilities in Lagos has continued to intensify, particularly in industrial clusters and specialised economic zones, such as the Lagos Free Trade Zone. Increased infrastructure spending by both public and private stakeholders has further spurred this demand, leaving supply struggling to catch up, JOSEPHINE OGUNDEJI writes With limited availability of...
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Nigeria & Japan Explore Mining Investment at TICAD9

Nigeria and Japan have taken significant steps towards strengthening collaboration in the mining sector. Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, and officials of the Japan Organisation for Metals and Energy Security have pledged to work out plans to encourage Japanese mining companies to invest in Nigeria’s vast solid minerals industry. The commitment emerged...
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OADC Launches New Data Center Interconnection Platform in Af

open Access Data Centres, one of Africa’s fastest-growing carrier-neutral data centre operators, has launched a new interconnection platform in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, part of an effort to dismantle the barriers that have kept Africa’s internet ecosystem expensive, patchy, and slow. The service, called Open Access Fabric (OAfabric), is now live in...
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Nigerian Stock Market Soars: NGX Gains N425 Billion

The Nigerian Exchange closed the week on a positive note as market capitalisation appreciated by N425bn on Friday, reversing the losses recorded earlier in the week. At the end of trading, the market capitalisation of listed equities stood at N89.2tn, compared to N88.8tn on Thursday. The benchmark All-Share Index climbed by 671.70 points, or 0.48...
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Nigeria’s Car Imports from US Hit $518M in H1 2025

Nigeria imported $518m worth of motor vehicles and parts from the United States between January and June 2025, according to official figures released by the US Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The data showed that passenger cars dominated the inflows, gulping $379m in the first half of the year. Vehicle parts followed...
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Ecobank’s Nigerian Art Exhibition: Celebrating Enduring Lega

ecobank Nigeria is set to host a landmark art exhibition, “Enduring Legacies, A Collector’s Tribute to Masters,” celebrating the timeless creativity and cultural impact of Nigeria’s most revered visual artists. The exhibition will run from Saturday, August 30 to Sunday, September 21, 2025, at the Ecobank Pan African Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, according to a...
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SEREC Rejects Maritime Agent License Fee Hike Proposal

A maritime research group under the auspices of the Sea Empowerment and Research Centre has stated that the proposed increase in customs agent licence fees would adversely affect small and medium-sized enterprises. This came as the group maintained that such an increase would be detrimental to the customs brokerage industry and the economy as a...
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NDPHC Reviving Dormant Power Plants Across Nigeria

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company, Jennifer Adighije, highlights her efforts to reposition the power company in her first year in office in this interview with DARE OLAWINExcerpts: How will you describe the journey in NDPHC since your appointment one year ago? As I mark my first anniversary as the...
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