Bethel Olujobi

Nigeria

Journalist at BusinessDay Nigeria

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How worsening security steal trade profits- Adeniyi

4 days ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Bethel Olujobi

Share Nigeria’s push for increased non-oil exports is facing internal resistance that has undermined trade in its regions, says the country’s border regulator. Bashir Adeniyi, the comptroller-general of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) decried increased security risks and their implications while speaking on the Nigerian economy during a conference at the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State, over the weekend.
Apapa’s largest terminal hits two-decade high in non-oil exports

4 days ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Bethel Olujobi

Share Danish port operator APM Terminals, the largest concessionaire of Nigeria’s Apapa port in Lagos, has reported its highest monthly export volume in two decades. The terminal processed 8,687 Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit (TEUs) of export cargo in April, its highest recorded since it began operations at Apapa in 2006, and 30 percent more than it processed in April 2024, according to an official announcement over the weekend.
How worsening security steal trade profits- Adeniyi

4 days ago | businessday.ng | Bethel Olujobi

Nigeria’s push for increased non-oil exports is facing internal resistance that has undermined trade in its regions, says the country’s border regulator. Bashir Adeniyi, the comptroller-general of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) decried increased security risks and their implications while speaking on the Nigerian economy during a conference at the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State, over the weekend.
Nigeria scraps decades-old waivers for foreign ships in shipping revamp

4 days ago | businessday.ng | Bethel Olujobi

The federal government is making plans to end a decades-old waiver that allowed foreign-owned, foreign-crewed, or foreign-built vessels to operate in Nigerian waters. The waiver is a clause under the Nigeria’s Coastal and Inland Shipping Act of 2003, also known as the Cabotage Act, which restricts domestic coastal shipping to vessels owned, crewed, built in Nigeria.
Apapa's largest terminal hits two-decade high in non-oil exports

4 days ago | businessday.ng | Bethel Olujobi

Danish port operator APM Terminals, the largest concessionaire of Nigeria’s Apapa port in Lagos, has reported its highest monthly export volume in two decades. The terminal processed 8,687 Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit (TEUs) of export cargo in April, its highest recorded since it began operations at Apapa in 2006, and 30 percent more than it processed in April 2024, according to an official announcement over the weekend.
FG approves 10yrs marine & blue economy policy for ocean-based growth, seeks investments

1 week ago | businessday.ng | Bethel Olujobi

The federal government of Nigeria, led by President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Executive Council has approved Nigeria’s first National Policy on Marine and Blue Economy, a 10-year roadmap to harness the country’s vast ocean and inland water resources for economic growth, job creation, and environmental sustainability. Sunday Dare, the president’s special adviser made the official announcement on Monday, stating that the policy would run from 2025 to 2034.
Customs begins pilot of Form M on B’Odogwu portal

1 week ago | businessday.ng | Bethel Olujobi

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has begun piloting the processing of Form M on its new B’Odogwu Unified Customs Management System across all its commands as part of its ongoing push for digitisation and trade facilitation. Three major commands, including Port and Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML), Tin Can Island Port, and Lagos Port Complex (Apapa port), were selected for the pilot phase, which focused on testing system performance and engaging key stakeholders.
WACT-APM Terminals begins 713-metre drainage project in Onne to tackle flooding

1 week ago | businessday.ng | Bethel Olujobi

WACT-APM Terminals Nigeria has broken ground on a 713-metre drainage project in Onne, Rivers State, home to one of Nigeria’s busiest maritime gateways for container and oil & gas cargo, to tackle persistent flooding and sanitation issues in its host community. The project, located in Eleme Local Government Area, is key to the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts, targeting two core focus areas, including health and environment, and infrastructure development.
Africa’s rise in global uncertainty hangs on industrialisation, regional trade- stakeholders

1 week ago | businessday.ng | Bethel Olujobi

West Africa is emerging as an investment-ready, industrially ambitious, and increasingly unified strategic partner, agree stakeholders in Nigeria’s manufacturing, trade and financial sectors. As global trade enters an era of unpredictability due to rising tensions between the biggest economies of the world, notably, the ongoing tariff standoff between the United States and China, the ripple effects are being felt across supply chains, sourcing strategies, and economic alliances.
Customs begins digital currency declaration at Abuja airport

1 week ago | businessday.ng | Bethel Olujobi

The Nigeria Customs Service has completed a pilot deployment of its Electronic Currency Declaration Form (e-CDF) at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja. The system, launched on April 9, allows cross-border travellers to declare inbound and outbound cash digitally, and is part of the agency’s broader effort to tighten border controls and improve transparency. According to the Customs Service, the pilot ran without issues and recorded 69 total transactions.

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8 May 25

This year, in what might be a first ever, the Europa League final will be more viewed than the Champions League final.

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3 May 25

You think the government of your country is the most shameless, then the White House does something like this.