6+ hour, 42+ min ago   (526+ words) The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, on Friday disclosed that 22 per cent of the Republic of Benin’s informal exports are destined for Nigeria. He also said women constitute about 70 per cent of informal cross-border trade. Adeniyi disclosed…...

2+ hour, 52+ min ago   (652+ words) The infractions ranged from irregular contract awards and violations of procurement due process to payments for jobs and contracts that were not executed or were not properly executed. The findings were contained in the Auditor-General for the Federation’s 2024 Annual Report…...

9+ hour, 46+ min ago   (328+ words) The Chief Executive Officer of Panama Hotel and Suites/Chairman of Nedu Logistics Solution, Kelvin Okechukwu, discusses the challenges confronting hotel owners in Nigeria and the way forward in this interview with ANOZIE EGOLE How has inflation affected Nigeria’s hospitality…...

8+ hour, 10+ min ago   (541+ words) The Minister of State for Industry, Senator John Enoh. The Federal Government and manufacturers have set plans in motion to reduce high lending costs and eliminate the financing conditions that make local production less attractive than importing goods. They committed…...

9+ hour, 51+ min ago   (423+ words) Road transport unions have welcomed the Federal Government’s plan to establish 500 Compressed Natural Gas filling stations across the country, saying the initiative will reduce transportation costs and ease inflation if properly implemented. Speaking on the development, the Deputy President of…...

6+ hour, 28+ min ago   (1194+ words) VERA ALKALI takes a look at some of Nigeria’s most successful business partnerships, exploring how friends, colleagues and visionaries joined forces to build companies that became household names and powerful business empires Babs Ogundeyi and Musty Mustapha Babs Ogundeyi and…...

8+ hour, 11+ min ago   (483+ words) At least three major banks have paid outstanding duties on aircraft in their possession, with one of the financial institutions recently making a payment of about N3bn. The development comes as efforts intensify to recover outstanding obligations related to aircraft financing,…...

9+ hour, 30+ min ago   (244+ words) Entrepreneur and creative executive, Mofoluwato Anidugbe, has ventured into agriculture with the launch of Daily Food Farms, a managed agricultural platform designed to make land ownership and food production more accessible to professionals and individuals. Anidugbe, who serves as Vice…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1015+ words) The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has announced plans to deploy between 50 and 70 smart, self-service filling stations across the country within the next six months. The company said the initiative was part of a broader plan to transform its conventional…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (716+ words) The Acting Area Controller, Kwara Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Najeem Ogundeyi. The Kwara Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted contraband with a combined Duty Paid Value of N604.33m and generated N7.98bn revenue for the Federal Government....