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Nigeria to Add Excess Solar Power to National Grid

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said that plans are ongoing to implement a net metering arrangement that will enable the export of excess power back into the national grid for commercial value. This commission said the value of solar panels imported into Nigeria in the first quarter of 2025 was N125.3bn, saying this reflects...
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NRC Reorganization After Train Derailment in Nigeria

The Nigerian Railway Corporation has undergone a significant management reshuffle, barely 10 days after a train accident on the Kaduna-Abuja route injured 20 people. NRC’s Managing Director, Dr Kayode Opeifa, announced a sweeping reorganisation that includes the appointment, redeployment, and retention of district managers and senior officers across the corporation’s operational corridors, according to an...
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Tech Adoption Key to Agricultural Growth in Nigeria

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called on stakeholders in the agriculture sector to embrace technology and information technology to modernise practices and ensure growth. Industry leaders and policymakers stressed the need to transform farming into a viable, attractive, and profitable venture at the LCCI Agric Symposium 2025, held on Wednesday in Lagos....
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Marketing Execs Urged to Lead Growth in Nigeria

Marketing executives in Nigeria have been urged to go beyond their traditional role as brand custodians and reposition themselves as growth leaders by embracing generative artificial intelligence, governance, and new approaches to business transformation. The call was made at the Advertisers Association of Nigeria Chief Marketing Officers’ Forum held recently in Lagos, where industry leaders...
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Tochi Wigwe Champions SME Growth with 5-Year Initiative

Entrepreneur and Director of The HOW Foundation, Tochi Wigwe, has reaffirmed her commitment to strengthening small businesses in Lagos through the TW Entrepreneurship 2030 Agenda, a five-year initiative aimed at supporting over 5,000 small and medium entrepreneurs with structure and strategy for sustainable growth. According to a statement, Wigwe hosted the finale of the Town...
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CBN’s Dollar Push Boosts Naira Stability

The Central Bank of Nigeria’s recent measures have lifted dollar liquidity in the foreign exchange market, raising hopes of a more stable naira. These reforms, coupled with rising inflows, have provided short-term relief, but sustaining the trend will depend on deeper structural changes, SAMI TUNJI reports The naira has once again taken centre stage in...
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Dangote Refinery Buys N11bn Crude Oil from NNPC in July

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has disclosed that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery accounted for 32.33 per cent of its total crude oil sales in July, worth N34.64bn This was contained in an internal document submitted at the Federation Account Allocation Committee meeting in August and obtained by The PUNCH on Wednesday. According to the...
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Marketers Urge NNPC to Pay N25bn Equalisation Funds

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to pay the long-held petroleum equalisation funds owed to its members. The marketers also urged the NNPC Group Chief Executive Officer, Bayo Ojulari, to clear the loading tickets of its members by supplying them with the petroleum products they paid...
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Naira Stability Boosted by FX Reforms, Experts Say

The recent foreign exchange reforms of the Central Bank of Nigeria have been highlighted as being key to the stability of the naira, a development which analysts said has been helping in the exchange of naira for the Chinese yuan. This assertion followed claims by some FX traders that recent stability recorded in the FX...
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