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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has described the Nigeria-China currency swap deal as a transformative policy instrument that could significantly reduce shipping costs, enhance trade efficiency, and ease foreign exchange pressure in Nigeria’s maritime industry. Speaking at a stakeholders’ breakfast meeting organized by the Maritime Reporters’ Association of Nigeria (MARAN) in Lagos on Tuesday, […]
…As CGC Adeniyi Assures of Addressing Recommendations Made The World Customs Organization – West and Central Africa (WCO-WCA) Regional Conference officially came to a close in grand style on Friday, 11 April 2025, at the Muhammadu Buhari Conference Centre in Abuja. The five-day event marked a highly successful gathering of customs experts, donors and stakeholders […]
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, has intercepted a large consignment of tramadol valued at over ₦8.6 billion at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja as part of its significant anti-smuggling effort. The seizure, made on Saturday, 5 April 2025, was unveiled during a press briefing on Monday, 7 April 2025, […]
The Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Olawale Edun, has commended the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for its outstanding performance. The minister made the commendation on Wednesday, 9 April 2025 while declaring open the 4th World Customs Organization (WCO) Donors’ Conference for the West and Central Africa (WCA) Region in […]
The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi MFR, has bagged the prestigious “Public Service Person of the Year 2024” award at the 17th edition of the Leadership Conference and Awards in Abuja. The award recognises his performance as Customs CG. The CGC was recognised alongside the richest man in Africa, Dr. Aliko Dangote, Minister […]
The federal government will launch an e-visa system and digital landing and exit cards to enhance national security, the Minister of Aviation, Mr. Festus Keyamo has said. Disclosing this on Wednesday in Abuja when he received a delegation led by the Interior Minister, Mr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Keyamo noted that the e-visa system will enable applicants […]
Oyo State has been listed among the Twenty-three beneficiaries of the European Investment Bank’s intervention in addressing the challenges of erosion and land degradation control in Nigeria. The intervention project is under the auspices of the European Investment Bank-assisted Nigeria Climate Adaptation Erosion and Watershed Project (NEWMAP-EIB). The National Project Coordinator of NEWMAP-EIB Engr. Anda […]
Russia has pledged to help military governments in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger acquire arms and training for a planned 5,000-strong force to deploy in the central Sahel region. The three West African nations are run by military juntas who took over power through coups have established an organization called the Alliance of Sahel States. […]
A former Governor of Oyo State in the Second Republic, Dr. Victor Omololu Olunloyo, is dead. He died a few days to his 90th birthday. The news of the former governor’s demise was announced in a statement issued in Ibadan this Sunday morning by Oladapo Ogunwusi, on behalf of the deceased’s family. Olunloyo was governor […]
The Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare, Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara mni, has commended the Katsina State Government for its commitment to reviving the century-old tradition of the Sallah Durbar in Katsina State. In a statement signed by his Media Aide and Sarkin Labarun Kanwan Katsina, Jamilu Hashimu Gora, and made available to newsmen in […]
