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N631.5bn Drop in African Trade

Stakeholders are banking on the continued growth of non-oil trade to drive Nigeria’s exports to African countries, despite earnings crashing by 631.52 bn to N1.85 tn since the last peak of N2.49 tn in the third quarter of 2024. Nigeria’s exports to African countries have dropped in two consecutive quarters. It dropped by 9.19 per...
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Ministers to Speak at NOG Energy Week

Ministers, regulators, and executives across Africa’s energy sector are set to headline the 24th edition of NOG Energy Week, scheduled to take place from 29 June to 3 July 2025 at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja. Organisers said in a statement on Thursday that this year’s conference, themed ‘Accelerating Global Energy Progress...
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Julius Berger Wins Excellence Award for Construction

Julius Berger Nigeria Plc has received recognition as it got the Quality Assured Construction Company of the Year Award for its engineering and construction activities. According to a statement, Julius Berger received the award at the 11th Nigeria Transport Lecture and Awards held recently in Lagos. The Editor-in-Chief of Transport Day Newspaper, Frank Kintum, while...
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NGX Investment Surges 88% to N118.9bn

Foreign portfolio investment on the Nigerian Exchange Limited rose in May, climbing by 88.54 per cent to N118.91bn from N63.07bn recorded in April 2025. This is according to the latest Domestic and Foreign Portfolio Investment Report published by Nigerian Exchange Limited, which showed that both foreign inflows and outflows increased during the period under review....
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Pepsodent’s Oral Health Campaign: 2.7M Pupils Targeted

Pepsodent has reaffirmed its commitment to promoting children’s oral health with the launch of its 2025 Brush Day and Night campaign, targeting 2.7 million primary school pupils across Nigeria. The initiative, part of the Pepsodent School Programme, kicked off this term in Lagos, Abuja, and Kano and will extend to Enugu, Owerri, and Port Harcourt...
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Nigeria’s Development: Governance Failures Threaten Finance

Persistent governance failures are frustrating Nigeria’s efforts to mobilise development finance despite recent economic reforms, according to the 2025 Nigeria Country Focus Report, newly released by the African Development Bank. The report, launched in Abuja on Thursday and titled “Making Nigeria’s Capital Work Better for Its Development”, paints a bleak picture of Nigeria’s ability to...
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Dangote Refinery Listing on NGX? Chairman’s Request

The Group Chairman of Nigerian Exchange Group, Umaru Kwairanga, has asked the President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, to list the Dangote Petroleum Refinery on the stock market. He made this request during a courtesy visit to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals and Dangote Fertiliser Limited by capital market stakeholders. According to a...
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UN, Sterling One Tackle Climate Crisis in Africa

The United Nations in Nigeria and the Sterling One Foundation have expressed strong support for local solutions to climate change. In a statement on Wednesday, the co-conveners of the annual Africa Social Impact Summit outlined their expectations for the upcoming summit. They reflected on Africa’s role in defining local responses to global challenges. Since its...
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Nigeria Calls for Stronger Policies

The Nigerian Ports Authority and other stakeholders in the maritime sector have called for a strengthened national policy framework to tackle marine debris and safeguard the future of Nigerian oceans. They made this call on Thursday in Lagos during the 2025 summit of the Shipping Correspondents Association of Nigeria. They lamented that the marine debris...
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