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Nigeria Hosts Global Gas Investment Forum in October

Nigeria will host global gas investors and top industry leaders this October, as preparations heighten for the 2025 edition of the Gas Investment Forum. The two-day forum, scheduled for October in Lagos, will be headlined by President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Energy, Olu Verheijen, who is expected to deliver the keynote address and serve...
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AI Bias in African Migration Systems: Dons Urge Action

Researcher and consultant in academia, Dr Nduneche Ezurike, and other academics have called on African governments to confront the bias being created by the use of artificial intelligence in the profiling and treatment of migrants. They made this call at the just-concluded third International Conference of the College of Management and Social Sciences, Fountain University,...
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Ogun Airport Cleared for Commercial Flights by NCAA

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed that it has granted a commercial operational licence to the Gateway International Agro-Cargo Airport in Ogun State, officially signaling the commencement of commercial activities at the facility. The Director of Aerodrome and Airspace Standards, Balang Godwin, confirmed the development in a telephone conversation with our correspondent on Monday....
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Nigeria Generates N21tn Revenue in H1 2025, Amidst Borrowing

The Federal Government earned about N21.22tn as revenue from the activities of five revenue-generating agencies in the first six months of 2025, The PUNCH reports. This shows that the government intensified its drive to boost the nation’s income, rolling out aggressive collection strategies, tightening enforcement measures, and expanding its operational reach to capture more taxable...
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NEPZA & NDLEA Partner to Enhance Free Trade Zones Management

The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have agreed to strengthen collaboration in managing activities within the nation’s Free Trade Zones, in line with the Federal Government’s one-stop-shop policy framework. The understanding was reached during a phone conversation between the Managing Director of NEPZA, Dr Olufemi Ogunyemi, and the...
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PenCom Blacklists 7 Mortgage Banks Over Housing Loan Breach

The National Pension Commission has directed Pension Fund Administrators and Pension Fund Custodians to immediately stop accepting or processing equity contribution applications submitted by seven Primary Mortgage Banks over alleged non-compliance with its housing loan guidelines. In a circular dated August 11, 2025, signed by the Head of Benefits and Insurance Department, Obiora Ibeziako, and...
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Nigeria Removes Unregistered SIM Cards from Telecom Network

The Nigerian Communications Commission has said that it has successfully eliminated all unregistered subscriber identity modules from the country’s telecommunications network, describing the development as a major step towards strengthening national and cyber security. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Aminu Maida, disclosed this at a media briefing in Abuja on Monday, though he...
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Customs Sets 14-Day Deadline for 905 Overtime Cargoes

The Nigeria Customs Service has issued a two-week grace period to importers and agents of 905 cargoes, currently domiciled at various ports in Lagos, to clear them or risk forfeiture to the Federal Government, The PUNCH reports. The service, in a notice on Monday, explained that these overtime cargoes are domiciled at Apapa, Tincan Island,...
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Nigeria’s Electric Vehicle Adoption Faces Power Supply Hurdl

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has identified poor electricity supply as a major challenge stalling Nigeria’s electric mobility transition. The agency also pointed to high costs of electric vehicles and limited infrastructure as key barriers. Speaking at a webinar organised by the Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria on the theme ‘Accelerating...
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