The 20-year concession agreement covers the AfCFTA Customs Modernisation Project, which will see the deployment of digital technology to customs administrations across African countries.
In the judgement delivered on Thursday February 5, 2026, at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja , Justice Frances Messiri, sentenced Orya to ten years on each 49 count charges (490 years), with the terms to run concurrently.
▪︎File photo of Coca-Cola The U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) says owing to investments provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, CHIPS and Science Act, and Inflation Reduction Act, over 700,000 new manufacturing jobs have been created and over $910 billion in private manufacturing investments have been announced nationwide in the industries of the future….
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▪︎ Olusegun Aganga, a former Minister of Industry Trade and Investment, has fingered the lack of continuity of industrial policy by successive governments as the problem hampering the growth of the sector in Nigeria. ” The manufacturing sector’s contributions to the GDP in other countries are above 25 percent but in Nigeria, it’s is below…
Image: Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Jumoke Oduwole Commercial activities at the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex were disrupted today as traders shut down the facility while protesting a proposed takeover of the market’s management by state and local government authorities. This was amidst the visit of the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment,…
The Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, says that robust synergy and collaboration among African nations and ARSO member states are crucial to implementing the AfCFTA Agreement, particularly in enhancing a Common Regulatory Framework. Dr Uzoka-Anite, stated this while she addressed industry leaders, policymakers, and experts dedicated to shaping Africa’s standardisation landscape,…
By Franklin Ocheneyi GREEN manufacturing is gradually taking shapes in Nigeria as newly built industries are being powered by natural gas and through solar energy. Checks by Industrialtimesngr, shows that some ongoing industrial parks in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo , Aba and Rivers are running on renewable energies rather than the conventional fossil fuels like petroleum…
China-based Huaxin Cement Co Limited has so far acquired six subsidiaries of LafargeHolcim cement plants in Africa. Huaxin Cement moves to be the second biggest cement producer in Sub-Saharan Africa after Dangote Cement. . Dangote Cement has a total production capacity of 52 million tonnes per year (MTa) across Africa. This makes it the largest cement producer in…
Speaking during the signing ceremony at the just concluded Nigeria-EU Health Investment Forum in Abuja, the EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Gautier Mignot, said that the €10.2 million (including €10 million from the EU and €200,000 co-financing from the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs).
