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NASENI invites Lithium batteries producers to Nigeria

By Abdulfatah Babatunde The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has invited foreign investors to collaborate on local production and domestication of Lithium batteries and other renewable energy solutions in Nigeria.  Bashir Gwandu, CEO of NASENI announced this while receiving business delegation from LEMI Technology Shenzhen, China, on Monday in Abuja. Ms Joyce […]

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Economy General

Nigerian Customs rakes N6bn Q2 2023 in Kwara

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kwara State Command, says it generated about  N6.25 billion as of the end of June, this year. The Area Comptroller, Kehinde Ilesanmi, announced this during an interaction with newsmen, on Friday in Ilorin. Ilesanmi said the amount represents a 9.14 per cent increase in revenue in comparison with the same […]

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Economy National

Fuel smuggling persists despite subsidy removal – Adeniyi

By Our Correspondent Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Wale Adeniyi, says Nigeria’s fuel is still being smuggled out persistently despite the removal of subsidy. Adeniyi said this while speaking with State House correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, on Tuesday, in  Abuja. He said it would […]

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Banking & Finance Economy Foreign News

ADB approves $190m for Bangladesh’s rural connectivity project

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $190 million in additional funding for ongoing Rural Connectivity Improvement Project in Bangladesh. Masahiro Nishimura, Principal Rural Development Specialist of Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture division in the South Asia department of the ADB, announced the approval in a statement Tuesday. “This is ADB’s second additional financing for […]

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Banking & Finance Economy Foreign News

AfDB gets new director of syndication, co-financing

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has appointed a new director for Syndication, Co-financing and Client Solutions Department, effective July 1. He is Mr Max Magor Ndiaye. Ndiaye is a structured finance, risk management and capital markets professional with 20 years of international public and private sector experience. Before this appointment, he served as the Acting […]

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Foreign News Oil & Gas

Oil rises as market weighs supply cuts against gloomy economy

Oil prices rose on Tuesday as markets weighed supply cuts for August by top exporters – Saudi Arabia and Russia – against the backdrop of an uncertain global economic outlook. Brent crude futures climbed 32 cents, or 0.42 per cent, to $75.73 a barrel by 0805 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $70.96 […]

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Business Economy Foreign News

Investment: Anambrans in Cote d`Ivoire seek conducive environment

Anambra indigenes residents in Cote d`Ivoire have called on the state government to create an enabling environment that would attract people in the Diaspora to invest at home. They also said that Anambra people in the Diaspora were eager to invest in the state to boost its economy. Nze Chiadi Chinazo, Vice-President of Anambra State […]

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Economy National

Shettima decorates new Customs CG

The Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima, on Monday in Abuja, decorated the new Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Shettima described the appointment of Mr Adewale Adeniyi by President Bola Tinubu as a morale booster for officers in the service. The NewsZenith reports that the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila witnessed […]

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Business Economy

Standard Chartered projects Malaysia’s exports at $425bln

Malaysia’s exports are projected to reach $425 billion by 2030 with an annual growth rate of 6.8 per cent, Standard Chartered said on Monday. According to the global bank, China and Singapore are expected to continue to dominate Malaysia’s trade, while India, Vietnam and Indonesia are emerging as high-opportunity trade partners. Malaysia’s exports to China […]

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Economy

Nigeria’s public debt hits N49 trillion – DMO

The Debt Management Office (DMO) said the total public debt stock of Nigeria as of March was N49.95 trillion ($108.30 billion). DMO said in a statement on its official website on Sunday, that the debt stock comprises the external and domestic debts of the Federal Government, the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory. The country’s […]

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