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27 Aug 2023
An indigenous company, the Starlink Global and Ideal Limited has decried the arbitrary taxes imposed on exporters from Nigeria, says, “We need to internalise our thinking by boosting our economy, develop the taste of what we produce”. Speaking at the weekend during the official commissioning of a Multi-Million Naira Warehouse Complex with 2,000 Metric Tonnes…
16 Aug 2023
As basic food commodities continue to rise and the country suffers from rapidly dwindling Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), stakeholders said all hope is not lost as some sectors of the industry still have massive growth, trade, and export potential to turn the economy around.
7 Aug 2023
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has begun compilation of export potential in the 774 local councils of the country. Executive Director of NEPC, Dr. Ezra Yakusak, stated, on Saturday, in Abuja at the NEPC Hiking Export for Survival Campaign....
5 Aug 2023
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) is looking forward to earning over $25 billion from non-oil export in the next three years as against the $4.8billion recorded in 2022 soon as there is improvement in export processing mechanism in the nation’s banking sector.
26 Jul 2023
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has empowered exporters in the value chain of honey production to leverage the European Union and emerging markets.
25 Jul 2023
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and the Federal Department of Fisheries have trained over 50 fish exporters, farmers and processors on the requisite skills to exploit in the export market. Speaking at a technical session for fish practitioners on compliance to importing countries requirements in Lagos, the Chief Executive Officer, NEPC, Dr Ezra Yakusak,…
9 May 2023
The Federal Government has concluded plans to establish the Export 774 programme as part of efforts to optimise the potential of the non-oil sector. The programme, which is championed by the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC)...
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President Bola Tinubu has called on the nation’s Judiciary to embark on reforms that will ensure functional justice system and support economic growth.
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Dr. Umar Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that the party would provide solutions to the challenges bedevilling the country. Ganduje stated this during the APC grand finale campaign and the presentation of party flags to the 11 local council chairmanship candidates, on Wednesday in Gombe. The News Agency…
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Nigerian chess master and founder, ‘Chess in Slums Africa’, Tunde Onakoya has returned to Nigeria after he broke the Guinness World Record for the longest time playing chess without losing a game. Onakoya broke the record of Norwegian players, Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad, who played for 56-hour, 9-minute in 2018. He made his…
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The Rivers Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Isaac Kamalu, resigned his appointment on Wednesday. He is the second commissioner to resign from the cabinet on Wednesday after Gov. Siminialaye Fubara, announced a slight cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday. The first to resign was Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice. In the cabinet reshuffle, the governor…
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In furtherance of efforts to sanitize the mining sector, the federal government has revoked 924 dormant licences spanning exploration, mining, small-scale mining, and quarrying Licenses, six months after revoking 1,663 licences. The revocation licences include 528 exploration licenses; 20 mining licences; 101 quarry licenses, and 273 Small Scale Mining Licenses (SSML). Minister of Solid Minerals…
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Donning hijabs and floor-length abaya gowns over shorts and tank tops, Chinese students at an e-commerce school perform into a smartphone camera as they learn how to sell the clothes to overseas TikTok users. It is the final day of a two-week course on selling products abroad via the short video app -- which despite…
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The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) said over 2.5 million Nigerian students have so far enrolled on its Tertiary Education, Research, Applications and Services (TERAS) platform. Executive Secretary of the Fund, Arc. Sonny Echono stated this on Wednesday in Abuja at the Second Registrar's workshop and 75th business meeting of the Association of Registrars of…
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Manchester City's Premier League title bid suffered a blow after Norway striker Erling Haaland was ruled out of Thursday's crucial clash at Brighton. Haaland missed City's 1-0 win over Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on Saturday due to a muscle injury sustained in the Champions League quarter-final exit against Real Madrid last…
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Palestinian militant group Hamas released on Wednesday a video of an Israeli-American man held hostage in Gaza and seen alive in the footage. Israeli media identified him as Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was abducted from the Nova music festival in southern Israel during the Hamas attack on October 7. "I went to hang out with my…