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31 Mar
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has slashed customs import duties on cargoes imported into the country at the nation’s seaports and airports seven times within the space of two weeks.
21 Feb
The Federal Government, yesterday, announced a plan to prioritize road repairs and explore solutions for reducing the cost of energy and import duties to crash the prices of cement across the country.
11 Feb
The pang of hunger ravaging the country is has been given a major boost by the spot rate adopted by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to calculate import duties.
18 Jan
President of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Gabriel Idahosa, has urged the federal government to remove the many obstacles that hinder the organised private sector (OPS) from investing
10 May 2023
Nigerians may have been paying with their blood for rising taxes and spiraling cost of operations as product standardisation continues to take the back seat with experts raising concerns about the negative impacts of the trend for the country.
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