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By Derrick Bangura The Katsina Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service intercepted contraband which Duty Paid Value was put at N31. 4 from April 1 to date. Alhaji Wada Cedi, the Comptroller in charge of Katsina, made this known…

By Derrick Bangura WOMEN from the Otuasega village in Bayelsa State's Ogbia Local Government Area held a peaceful protest yesterday against what they termed as herdsmen's constant invasion and destruction of their farmlands. The women…

Amb. Cui Jianchun, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Nigeria, says China is ready to support Nigeria in developing its Traditional-Medicine (Trado-Medicine) sector to boost the country’s economy. Cui made this known on…

The Consumer Price Index which measures the inflation rate fell to 17.01 per cent in August, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday. According to the latest CPI report, this rate is 0.37 per cent points lower than the 17.38…

Nigeria’s total foreign trade has risen to N12 trillion in the second quarter of 2021 as the country recorded an increase in exports, the National Bureau of Statistics has said. The figure represents a 23.28 per cent increase over the…

The food system in Nigeria is weak and vulnerable to shock, the Federal Government has said. Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Shehuri, disclosed this while speaking at the Feed Nigeria Summit 2021 in…

The tourism industry in Nigeria lost 770,000 jobs as a result of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect across the country, the World Travel and Tourism Council said on Monday. It disclosed this through the Nigerian…

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Team Nigeria athletes on their outstanding performances at the just-concluded World Athletics U-20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. Buhari’s congratulatory message was contained in a statement…

Nigeria generated N1tn in the first half of the year, consisting of N512.25bn in the second quarter and N495.39bn generated in the first quarter. The figures were contained in the ‘Sectoral distribution of Value Added Tax’ report…

The four major airports in Nigeria located in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, and Kano were not designed as international facilities, the Nigerian Government said on Tuesday. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said this was why the…