Nigeria-UAE trade surges 66.7% to $5bn in 1 year
By Yinka Kolawole Bilateral trade between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) rose by 66.7 percent to about $5 billion in 2025 from $3 billion in 2024, highlighting growing economic ties between both countries as they move towards formalising a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). The development was disclosed when the UAE Ambassador to […]
FG to involve CSO in NEEDS projects
THE Federal Government has planned to involve the Civil Society Organisation (CSO) in the assessment and monitoring of the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS).
Kandeh Yumkella for second term as DG, UNIDO
UNIDO’s Industrial Development Board has approved Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella of Sierra Leone to serve a second term in office as the Director-General of the Organization (UNIDO).
CBN and NAPEP to join hands to fight poverty
The National Poverty eradication programme NAPEP and the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, have agreed to work more closely for the good of the poor and overall development of the country.
…gets Senate’s queries over retirees’ unpaid pension
THE Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service has queried the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority over the unpaid pensions, allowances, benefits and gratuity of some retirees of the authority.
In letter to the Managing Director of the authority, the Committee lamented the inaction of the management of NPA over the matter of its former workers.
Sale of NPA properties, Reps to institute probe
Following years of complains and petitions by the leadership of the Senior Staff Association of the Nigerian Ports Authority (SSANPA) over the sale of the authority’s properties, the House Committee on Marine Transport is set to institute a probe to ascertain the sale.
