Nigeria

LAHORE: Special Federal Court of Anti-Narcotics Lahore has canceled the bail of Nigerian national for not attending the court hearing...

9 ships laden with petrol, rice, palm oil arrive Lagos ports: NPA

LAGOS: Nine ships laden with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, are waiting to berth and discharge at...

CBN governor proposes sale of oil joint ventures

LAGOS: Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has proposed that the incoming government to be...

Nigerian president embarrasses customs, NSCDC boss

KATSINA: The President- elect, Muhammadu Buhari has warned top serving government officials who in recent times have been coming to...

Nigeria: Apapa port customs generate N74.1billion in first quarter of 2015

16/04/2015

ABUJA: The Nigeria’s Customs Service, Apapa Area 1 Command has generated revenue of N74.11bn in the first quarter of 2015....

Nigeria, Indonesia trade volume hits $2.8 billion in 2014

16/04/2015

LAGOS: The Indonesian ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. Harry Purwanto, said on Wednesday that trade volume between Nigeria and Indonesia stood...

9 ships laden with Premium Motor Spirit arrive in Lagos ports

16/04/2015

ABUJA: Nine ships laden with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, are waiting to berth and discharge at...

Nigeria customs nab 56 persons for contraband worth N501m

LAGOS: No fewer than 56 persons suspected to be smugglers are in the net of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)...

Brazil, Nigeria route notorious for cocaine smuggling: NDLEA

ABUJA: The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said that the Brazil-Nigeria route has become notorious for cocaine smuggling. In...

Debt servicing to gulp 35% of Nigeria’s Revenue: IMF

LAGOS: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised concerns over Nigeria’s rising debt portfolio, warning that the cost of servicing...

Nigeria’s cooking gas import from US rises by 440% to 764,000 barrels

LAGOS: Nigeria, Africa’s top oil producer and largest holder of natural gas reserves on the continent, imported 764,000 barrels of...

WB revises Africa’s 2015 growth projections to 4%

14/04/2015

ABUJA: The World Bank in its latest economic analysis report said that sub-Saharan Africa growth projections are expected to slow...

NCS seeks collaboration with Benin Counterpart

14/04/2015

ABUJA: The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reiterated its desire to seek collaboration with its Republic of Benin counterpart. The...

Nigeria rice import drops by 3.3% to 2.9m tones in 2015

13/04/2015

ABUJA: Nigeria’s rice import will drop by 3.3 per cent to 2.9 million tonnes this year, a report released on...

Nigeria customs generate N1.2 billion in Ogun January, February

12/04/2015

LAGOS: The Nigeria Customs Services, Ogun State Command on Thursday said it generated N1.2billion between January and February 2015. The...

Debt servicing to Gulp 35% of Nigeria’s Revenue: IMF

05/04/2015

ABUJA: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised concerns over Nigeria’s rising debt portfolio, warning that the cost of servicing...

Nigeria earned $77 billion from oil exports in 2014, lowest since 2011

ABUJA: According to the OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet, Nigeria’s real net oil export revenue dropped to its lowest since 2011....

India, China cut crude oil imports from Nigeria

LAGOS: India, which recently replaced the United States as Nigeria’s biggest oil market, cut its import of the country’s crude...

NCS seeks freight forwarders support for Port Regulation

ABUJA: The regulation of the nation’s seaports following its appointment as the interim port regulator, the Nigeria Shippers Council (NSC)...

NPA expands Tugboat fleet at Lagos Ports