archiveOctober 22, 2019

  The Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) has berated the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) for clamping down on auto shops nationwide. The Chamber in a statement signed by its Director-General, Mr. Muda Yusuf,  regretted the intimidating manner the shops, which is a vital segment of the economy, were...

  The Presidency says about 250 Nigerian business interests will participate in the African Business Forum, which will bring together African and Russian business leaders in Sochi, Russia, between Oct. 23 and Oct. 25. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, disclosed this in a...

A journalist whose undercover stories exposed the depth of corruption in Nigerian police cells and prison may be arrested by the Nigerian authorities. According to a news report by The Guardian newspaper, the first instalment of the three-part investigation by Fisayo Soyombo, a former editor of The Cable and a...

Oil prices were little changed Tuesday as lingering worries over a global economic slowdown that could hurt oil demand offset some signs of progress in U.S.-China trade talks. Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were down 6 cents, or 0.1 per cent to 58.90 dollars a barrel by 03:09 GMT, while...

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it is investigating an online report alleging the killing of two persons at Mabera Area of Sokoto Metropolis by personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known in a statement on...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday evening arrived Sochi, Russia, ahead of the Russia-Africa Economic Forum fixed for between October 23 and 25. The State House correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) monitoring the presidential trip reports that the presidential aircraft conveying the president and some members of his...