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LAWMA, NIMASA others evacuate 75,000 plastic bottles from Lagos beach

By Fredrick Wright The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) on Saturday commemorated the 2021 World Clean-up Day by evacuating 75,000 plastic bottles from Ilashe Beach, Lagos.   The five kilometers Ilashe/Ibeshe beach...

Rebeca Grynspan emerges first female UNCTAD secretary-general

  By Fredrick Wright The former Vice President of Costa Rica, Ms Rebeca Grynspan is the first woman and Central American to serve as Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on...

New duty on soft drink, others ill-timed, insensitive, says expert

By Fredrick Wright The Federal Government has been urged to suspend the proposed reintroduction of excise duty on soft drinks, toilet papers, tiles, among others by the Nigeria Customs Service...

$1 trillion plastic industry poses threat to seaborne trade

  By Eniola Idris With about 75% of all the plastic ever produced becoming waste, there are strong concerns that the $1 trillion industry currently endangers lives of aquatic animals and...

BNI conference to bolster $18.1 billion investments

BNI conference to bolster $18.1 billion investments   By Eniola Idris To bolster the $18.1 billion investments generated for entrepreneurs in the last one year, BNI Nigeria is set to host the...

African cross-border informal trade hits $93b yearly

By Fredrick Wright Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has disclosed that Africa’s cross-border informal trade now worth about $93 billion yearly.    Osinbajo, in a message delivered at a ‘Roundtable on Industrialization...

Lagos-Kano train service resumes  tomorrow

  By Eniola Idris Passengers on a trip to Kano will soon have a sigh of relief, as the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), unveiled plans to resume operation of passenger train...

Nigeria’s GDP rises by 5.01%

  By Fredrick Wright Latest report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) witnessed a quantum leap by 5.01% year-on-year in the second...

How proposed Nigeria-Benin Commission will buoy bilateral trades

By Sulaimon Salau The proposed Nigeria- Benin Joint Commission is expected to leverage and transform the existing relations between the two nations into a level of strategic partnership that will...

Uncertainty trails African trade as AfCFTA faces tough hurdles

  Illegal charges, poor policies, complex processes pose setback to new continental trade regime   By Sulaimon Salau   The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will need to scale several hurdles for it...

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