Nigeria

05/03/2015

ABUJA: For possessing several warehouses where counterfeit medicines are stored and for counterfeiting medicines, the National Agency for Food and...

Comptroller General NCS restates ban on roadblock in Hinterland

05/03/2015

ABUJA: The Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Dikko Adullahi, said the ban on roadblocks and checkpoints by customs personnel...

Decline income from oil: Nigeria targets US$2 Billion from cashew nuts export

04/03/2015

LAGOS: The declining revenue profile from crude oil, Nigeria may be exploring new initiatives under the non-oil export arrangement, as...

Nigeria’s trade to rise 9.66% to reach N2.43tn: National Bureau of Statistics

04/03/2015

LAGOS: The country’s total merchandise trade is expected to rise by N2.43tn from the estimated figure of N25.17tn in December...

NSC unveils 40% cost efficient policy for Nigerian ports

04/03/2015

ABUJA: The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has announced strategic measures for a new port order that will reduce the cost...

Nigerian arrested for smuggling 460grams heroin courier to UK

03/03/2015

New Delhi: Anti-narcotics sleuths have arrested a Nigerian man for allegedly smuggling a drug-filled courier, concealed inside a painting, from...

Nigerian Seaports, Land Borders revenue generation to drop as N198 million in February

03/03/2015

ABUJA: Revenue generation from the seaports, airports and land borders is projected to drop significantly in March following uncertainty pervading...

Nigeria national petroleum corporation to import over 1 billion litres of petrol in March

03/03/2015

ABUJA: The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) began fresh measures to halt what it described as artificially...

Nigerian Port Authority threatens N100bn fishing investment

01/03/2015

LAGOS: The Nigerian Trawler Owners Association has said its members’ N100bn businessess, which is located at the Kirikiri Lighter Terminal...

Spain imports N1.49tn crude oil from Nigeria in 2014

ABUJA: The Head of Economic and Commerce of the Spanish Embassy in Nigeria, Mr. Pablo Segrelles, has said that €6.5bn...

Nigeria customs officers cause death of 3 travelers during operation against smuggling

ABUJA: Officials of the Nigerian Customs Service allegedly killed a woman in the Sango area of Ogun State, western Nigeria...

FG to publish fake products, importers in Nigeria: DG

LAGOS: The Nigerian Federal Government has said a detailed list of notorious importers, dealers and manufacturers of bad wares is...

Nigerian customs service generates N20.9b in Tin Can Island Port in january

LAGOS: Not less than N20.9 billion was generated as revenue by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Nigeria’s second busiest...

Nigeria: NDLEA Kano commander arrests two Ex-convicts for drug smuggling

LAGOS: National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano State Command has apprehended two ex-convicts for allegedly smuggling dried weeds that...

Nigeria exports N1.49tn crude oil to Spain in 2014

ABUJA: The Economic and Commerce head of the Spanish Embassy in Nigeria, Mr. Pablo Segrelles, has said that €6.5bn (N1.49tn)...

Nigerian revenue drops N80.248b in January

LAGOS: The implementation of the yet to be passed 2015 Federal Government Budget may have run into a hitch as...

Nigeria loses N1 billion daily to Rice importation: Federal Government

ABUJA: Nigeria loses about N1 billion everyday from importation of rice, even as it assured that Nigeria will soon stop...

Nigeria to open inland ports to reduce pressure in Lagos

ABUJA: The Nigerian government is poised to open more inland ports to help decongest the country’s overwhelmed terminals in Lagos....

Nigerian NAGAFF urges customs to council for CREFN to control fraudulent importers

ABUJA: The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has again urged the Nigeria Customs Service to synergise with...

Nigerian pre-tax profit fall 6.1% as 24.44 billion in FY 2014