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Focus on Meat & Coconut

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture and Food Systems, has called for increased private sector investment in the red meat and coconut value chains to strengthen food security, create jobs, and drive economic growth....
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Venezuela oil blockade pushes crude prices above $60

Oil prices rebounded on Wednesday as markets weighed an escalation in US action against Venezuela against persistent bearish pressures from Russia-Ukraine peace talks and weak Chinese economic data. On Wednesday, oil prices rose more than 2.4 per cent after US President Donald Trump ordered what he described as a “total and complete blockade” of all...
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Heirs Energies Doubles Output With Brownfield Excellence

Heirs Energies has revealed how it doubled production at OML 17 by reviving previously inactive and underperforming wells, without drilling new ones, a strategy the company describes as “brownfield excellence.” Speaking recently at a Lagos event marking the signing of gas offtake agreements, the Chief Executive Officer of Heirs Energies, Osa Igiehon, said the company...
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Nigeria Customs Deepens Ties for Trade Facilitation

The Nigeria Customs Service has agreed to deepen structured engagements with the American Business Council aimed at improving trade facilitation and strengthening investor confidence. According to a statement on Monday by the National Public Relations Officer of the Service, Abdullahi Maiwada, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, stated this when he received...
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Polaris Bank promotes girls’ hygiene in Lagos schools

Polaris Bank has continued its commitment to empowering the Nigerian girl-child through health education and essential support, as it distributed hygiene essentials to female students of Kuramo and Victoria Island Junior and Senior Secondary Schools, Lagos. According to the bank, the initiative stems from Polaris Bank’s 2025 International Women’s Day celebration and forms part of...
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Aurora Tech Awards unveils Top 100 female founders

The Aurora Tech Award has unveiled its Top 100 founders to watch for 2026. In a statement made available to The PUNCH, the company noted that this year, a record 3,400 applications were submitted from 127 countries, reflecting unprecedented growth from last year’s 2,018 submissions across 116 nations. The Aurora Tech Award is a global...
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VIPs & hotels fuel electricity theft in Nigeria, says DisCo

The Chief Executive Officer of Eko Electricity Distribution Company, Rekhiat Momoh, has raised serious concerns over widespread electricity theft by high-income residents and hotels, describing the practice as one of the biggest contributors to the worsening financial and operational crisis in Nigeria’s power sector. Speaking at a PwC power roundtable in Lagos recently, the EKEDC...
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Investors Push for Lagos-Calabar Highway Concession

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, on Wednesday said the Federal Government’s Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project has begun attracting strong interest from international investors, with at least four companies offering to refund the entire cost of Section One in exchange for operating and tolling the road. Umahi disclosed this while speaking at a press briefing...
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Nigeria Textile Imports Soar to N814bn Despite Promises

Nigeria’s textile imports rose to N814.27bn in the first nine months of 2025, despite repeated claims by the Federal Government that it is reviving the sector. Stakeholders noted that the rising importation signalled a weaker local industry and a deepening dependence on foreign fabrics. Findings from the National Bureau of Statistics’ trade data showed that...
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TotalEnergies Launches New Mobility Card for Secure Payments

TotalEnergies Marketing Nigeria Plc has launched the TotalEnergies Mobility Card Plus, positioning it as a technology-driven upgrade designed to deliver stronger security, real-time control and greater convenience for individual users and businesses across the country. Unveiling the card on Tuesday in Lagos, the company said TEMC+ sets a new standard for mobility and secure payments...
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