The volume of trade between Nigeria and China increased by 34.7% to $15.48 billion between January and July 2025 (H1’25) compared to the same period in 2024 (H1’24).  China’s Consul General in Lagos, Yan Yuqing, disclosed this during a reception to mark China’s 76th founding anniversary, Nigeria’s 64th independence anniversary, and the Mid-Autumn Festival. Yuqing revealed […]

The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi,  said that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has developed a new one-stop trade platform aimed at fast-tracking clearance of goods. Adeniyi said the “One-Stop-Shop” trade platform is aimed at simplifying manufacturers’ interactions with customs and other regulatory agencies. According to him, the platform will drastically reduce bureaucracy, […]

…Surges 159% to N1.87trn in H1’25  By Yinka Kolawole In spite of moves by the federal government mandating value addition before export, the value of raw materials exported from Nigeria rose drastically, year-on-year (y/y), by 159 percent to about N1.87 trillion in the first half of 2025 (H1’25) from N719.66 billion recorded in the corresponding period […]

Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN), a diversified Pan-African consumer-centric food and agro-allied business, celebrates its 65 years of Feeding and Enriching lives Every Day.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has invoked provisions in Sections 2(4)(4) and 16(1)(C) of the NYSC Act, and approved a far-reaching reform which makes compliance with the National Policy for the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank, NERD, a mandatory requirement for mobilisation into or exemption from the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC.

Nigeria’s crop fields may look lush, but beneath the green cover is a terrifying truth: deadly pesticides are poisoning the nation’s food, impoverishing farmers and disappointing the economy.

BBNaija Season 10 recorded another emotional moment as housemate Mide was evicted from the show.

Eleven Forest Guards and a community head were shot dead in Okeode Ifelodun local government area of Kwara state by rampaging bandits who took the community by storm on Sunday.

Indications emerged yesterday that the federal government is making frantic efforts to resolve the feud between Dangote Refinery and PENGASSAN over the alleged mass sack of union members and their replacement with Indians.

The Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development has dismissed reports claiming that over 100 people died in the gold mine pit collapse in Jabaka village, Maru LGA of Zamfara State. In a statement on Sunday, Segun Tomori, Special Assistant on Media to the Minister, Dele Alake, confirmed that 13 miners were recovered dead from the […]