‘Cost Of Goods High Because Of Transportation’       Traders in Nigeria have blamed high cost of goods across the country on the high cost of transportation from the North to the South. The traders under the aegis of Reformed Traders Association of Nigeria (RTAN) said this is...

Customs Intercept N1.9bn Drugs, Goods In Port, Others     The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized drugs and smuggled goods worth N1.9 billion at Apapa port and areas around its Kaduna zone. The Apapa Area Command yesterday, said it intercepted 28 container loads of pharmaceuticals valued at...

Passengers Groan Over 100% Air Fare Hike     This is not best of time for air passengers on domestic flights as they have to contend with high fares. It was learnt on Monday that fares on major local routes had gone up by as much as 100...

Fed Govt Plans To Boost Domestic Gas Usage By Q1, 2021       The federal government has intensified efforts to ensure that Nigeria achieves self-sufficiency in the domestic production and utilisation of its gas resources by the first quarter of 2021. The government noted that currently, Nigeria’s production...

FAAC Allocation In 2020 Not Bad         Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) revenue to the Federal Government, 36 states and 774 local governments fell by just five percent to N7.14 trillion in eleven months (January to November) from N7.46 trillion in the same period of 2019. Going...

How We Created Opportunities Out Of Year 2020 Challenges — NNPC         The year 2020 is a year like no other. A year that threw up a health challenge which brought the whole world to its knees. The coronavirus pandemic precipitated the lockdown of social and economic...