Nigeria has secured a major milestone in its digital trade transformation with the global registration of its Tax Identification Number (Tax-ID) and the approval of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) as the country’s Peppol Authority.

The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene in the brewing dispute between the union and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN).

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has assured Nigerians that its planned strike, scheduled to commence on Monday, will not result in petrol scarcity.

Nigeria exported petrol, worth N371.54bn in the second quarter of 2025, marking the first recorded shipment of the product after the Dangote Petroleum Refinery came online.

The Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Exchange Limited, Mr. Jude Chiemeka, has said that the nation’s maritime industry can leverage blue bonds to raise funds from the capital market to finance infrastructure development projects in the marine and blue economy sector.

Nigeria’s marine and blue economy sector requires $10 billion in investment over the next decade to modernise ports and logistics.