The Federal Government will commence the construction of a standard gauge rail line from Lagos to Ibadan next month, the Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr. Fidet Okheria, has said. The project, which has been awarded to the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, is being...

The ECOWAS Convergence council will hold an ordinary session tomorrow in Abuja to determine the progress made in implementing the roadmap of the Community’s Single Currency Programme and adopt the macroeconomic convergence of member States. The Statutory Council would bring together the 15 member states’...

The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, said that the fund would be utilised for the development of Lagos-Kano rail line and rail lines connecting the South and South-east parts of the country. Enelamah said that infrastructure development has attracted the highest value...

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside has charged member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to eradicate the scourge of piracy in the sub region in order to grow the economy. Dr....

The Senate mandated its Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff to carry out a holistic investigation into the activities of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) with a view to identifying the reasons for its declining revenue, leakages and irregularities in its operations. The recommendations of...

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the World Bank Group is currently meeting on the first Transfer Pricing for ECOWAS Member States in Abuja, under the European funded Improved Business and Investment Climate in West Africa...