Timipre Sylva Resigns As Oil Minister, Joins Bayelsa Governorship Race Timipre Sylva has resigned as Nigeria’s minister of state for petroleum resources to govern Bayelsa State again on the All Progressive Congress party (APC) platform, sources told Reuters on Thursday. According...

Nigeria Can Generate $1bn From Leather Export, Says NEPC   Nigeria may generate over $1 billion by 2025 from the leather, cotton and garments sector, the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has said. Speaking at the stakeholders’ engagement forum and exhibition in...

'Nigeria’s Fertiliser Imports Rise By 277.619MT'   Fertiliser statistics provider, AfricaFertiliser, has revealed that the official fertiliser imports to Nigeria increased by 65 per cent to 706,922MT in 2021 from 429,303 in the previous year. The disclosure was made on Wednesday during...

NGX Records N318.5bn Of Listings In Q1, 2023   The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has disclosed that the Exchange recorded N318.52bn of listings across its equities, fixed income, mutual funds and derivatives categories. According to the X-Compliance report, a transparency initiative of...

Lagos Free Zone Issues N17.5bn 20-year Bond   The Lagos Free Zone Company has announced the issuance of N17.5bn 20-year corporate infrastructure bond which is the third issuance under an upsized N61bn bond issuance programme. In a statement issued on Thursday, the...

Two Months To Handover, Buhari Inaugurate Boards Of Seven Agencies   The Federal Government, on Thursday, inaugurated the boards of agencies and institutes under the Federal Ministry of Environment, less than two months to the expiration of the regime of President...