The Idiroko Border Re-Opening 'Saga' and Desperation of Smugglers, by Abdulsalam Mahmud   Smuggling of goods into the country did not start this year, last year or the penultimate year. It has always been perpetrated by criminal elements and economic saboteurs....

China-Africa Youth Forum Focuses on Innovation, Entrepreneurship   The All-China Youth Federation is set to work with youth organisations in Africa to build China-Africa youth innovation and entrepreneurship projects under the ‘Belt and Road’ initiative of the Chinese government, establish partnership,...

Tinubu Suspends 5% Excise Tax On Telecoms, Signs Executive Orders   President Bola Tinubu has signed four Executive Orders one of which is the suspension of the five per cent Excise Tax on telecommunication services as well as the Excise Duties...

CBN Expends $17.81bn To Strengthen Naira   The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) drew down Nigeria’s foreign reserves and expended $17.81billion to defend the nation’s weak currency, at the foreign exchange(forex) markets in 2022. According to the apex bank in its Annual...

'Trade Compliance Declined By 20% In Eight Years'   A maritime research group, Sea Empowerment and Research Centre has stated that trade compliance in Nigeria dropped by 20 per cent under the Col Hammed Ali (retd)-led administration of the Nigeria Customs...

Telecoms Investments In Nigeria Now $75.6bn – Danbatta   The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, yesterday disclosed that investment profile of the nation’s telecommunications sector, comprising foreign direct investment (FDI) and local...