Business & Maritime West Africa
Modern Customs Key to AfCFTA Success – WCO
The World Customs Organisation (WCO) has warned that African customs administrations face mounting challenges amid political pressures, rising consumer expectations, and increasingly complex global...
Experts Advocate Coordinated Multimodal Reforms for Improved Trade Competitiveness
Maritime lawyers and transport experts have called for a unified and robust multimodal transport policy that would streamline cargo movement, shorten delays, and strengthen...
Nigeria Champions Intra-African Trade Optimization, Hosts C-PACT Conference
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, on Friday 14 November, 2025, engaged journalists at the State House Press Pool, Abuja, where he outlined...
Eastern Ports: Onne Terminal Receives First Direct Vessel from China
The Onne Multipurpose Terminal (OMT) has achieved a major milestone with the arrival of MSC Dorine V, the first vessel under MSC’s Iroko Service...
WTO Committee Reviews Members Customs Valuation Notifications, Adopts Transparency Enhancement Report
The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Committee on Customs Valuation has reviewed 63 notifications on Customs Valuation legislation of member states
and adopted a report...
Nigeria’s Real Estate Sector Overtakes Oil, Gas in GDP Contribution – IRECE
Mr Ajayi Franklin, Convener of the International Real Estate Conference and Exhibition (IRECE), said Nigeria’s real estate sector has overtaken oil and gas in...
Oyetola Elected Chairman Fisheries Committee of West Central GoG Ministers’ Conference
Nigeria’s Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr Adegboyega Oyetola, CON, has been elected as the Chairman of the Conference of Ministers of the...
Alleged N868m Fraud: Court Dismisses Ex-AGoF’s No-Case Submission
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, dismissed a no-case submission filed by former acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGoF), Anamekwe Nwabuoku,.
He is...
2 Nigerians Rescued, 2 Others Missing After Deadly Shipwreck on Mediterranean –...
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says two Nigerian nationals are missing while two others died after a vessel carrying 49 people capsized while...
FG Suspends Planned 15% Duty on Petroleum Products, Promises Adaquate Supply
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) says the proposed implementation of the 15 per cent of valorem import duty on imported...
