U.S. 15% Tariff on Nigerian Goods Takes Effect Thursday, Threatening $12bn Exports The United States will begin enforcing a new 15% tariff on Nigerian exports next week Thursday, a move expected to hit the country’s oil-dependent economy and strain its trade ties with Washington. President Donald...

The trade relationship between the United States and Nigeria has suffered a significant setback, as official data from the US Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis show that US imports of Nigerian goods decreased by $527m.

Nigeria’s Exports to African Countries Decline by N631.5bn   Stakeholders are banking on the continued growth of non-oil trade to drive Nigeria’s exports to African countries, despite earnings crashing by 631.52 bn to N1.85 tn since the last peak of N2.49 tn in the third quarter...

Nigeria Exports 82% of Crude Oil as Local Refineries Struggle   Amid cries of crude shortage by local refineries in Nigeria, the country exported 82 per cent of its crude oil in the first quarter of 2025. According to a report published by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum...

Manufacturers Blame High Interest Rates for N746bn Export Slump   The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN)  has decried the high interest rates by banks as manufacturing exports crashed from the last peak of N1.04tn in the third quarter of 2024 to N294.43bn in Q1 2025, representing...

N12.9trn Worth of Crude Exported as Local Refiners Starve   Oil producers exported crude oil and other petroleum products worth N12.96tn in the first quarter of 2025, even as domestic refineries continue to suffer from poor feedstock supply. This is despite the slow implementation of the Domestic...