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UAE withdraws from US-led maritime coalition 

  The United Arab Emirates has withdrawn from a United States-led maritime coalition after an extensive evaluation of its security needs, its Ministry of Foreign Affairs says. “As a result…

Margaret Onyema-Orakwusi for burial June 14

  Former President, Nigerian Trawler Owners Association (NITOA), Barr. (Mrs) Margaret Onyema-Orakwusi, who died in Lagos last month, will be laid to rest on June 14. Onyema-Orakwusi, who also served…

NNPC confirms removal of fuel subsidy, releases new pump price

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) has confirmed an upward review of pump price of petrol. Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPCL, Garba Deen Muhammad, confirmed this in…

Customs initiates Fast Track 2.0 for compliant importers

  The Nigeria Customs Service in collaboration with the World Bank under the Accelerating Revenue Mobilization Reforms Program (ARMOR) has initiated the modalities for migration from Fast Track Regime to…

Tinubu vows to end multiple taxation, address anti-business inhibitions

  Nigeria’s new President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has assured investors and the business community of his administration’s commitment to addressing complaints of multiple taxation imposed on them by governments…

Tinubu: I’ll review Buhari’s naira redesign policy, unify exchange rates

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised to review the controversial naira redesign policy of his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, and unify the multiple exchange rates of the naira. Tinubu made…

APM Terminals Bahrain to become fully solar energy-powered this year

  APM Terminals Bahrain, the operator of Khalifa Bin Salman Port, will launch a ground-breaking solar power project worth approximately US$10 million, which aims to make the port energy self-sufficient…

Nigerian Navy releases Norwegian vessel, MT Heroic Idun convicted of oil theft

  The Nigerian Navy on Sunday returned a Norwegian-registered vessel, MT Heroic Idun, caught attempting to steal Nigeria’s crude oil in August 2022. The navy arrested the oil tanker and…

Customs officer opens fire on senior colleague in Jigawa

  An official of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) opened fire on a colleague at a checkpoint in Garki Local Government, Jigawa State. The incident happened on Friday when a…

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Hadiza Bala Usman’s book of 99 errors

  I finally found the time last week to read Hadiza Bala Usman’s polemic titled “STEPPING ON TOES: My Odyssey at the Nigerian Ports Authority”. It is a small book…

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Trade facilitation – Nigeria and the agenda for AfCFTA 

  By Princess Vicky Haastrup  The African Continental Free Trade Area, popularly known as AfCFTA is a free trade area founded in 2018, while its full implementation commenced in January 2021. AfCFTA…