By JKNewsMedia Reporter STRATEGIC COOPERATION between Nigeria’s BUA Group and United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based AD Ports Group and MAIR Group has drawn commendation from President Bola Tinubu following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Abu Dhabi. JKNewsMedia.com reports that President Tinubu described the MoU as a significa...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter TEMPPORARY RELIEF has been granted to ease import processing as authorised dealer banks receive approval to accept expired National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) licences for Form M transactions. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) confirmed it h...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent AIMING FOR a $5 billion trade volume, Türkiye and Nigeria reaffirmed the target on Tuesday as discussions moved forward during President Bola Tinubu’s state visit in Ankara. JKNewsMedia.com reports that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said talks on the trade target had already commenced, s...
By JKNewsMedia EFFORTS TO deepen trade and attract investment in Ogun State took centre stage at the ongoing Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF25) in Algiers, Algeria, as Governor Dapo Abiodun told the international community that the state is breaking trade barriers through bold initiatives and targeted reforms. Speaking during a high-level pane...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE NATIONAL Single Window (NSW) Steering Committee has been instructed by President Bola Tinubu to ensure that the digital trade facilitation platform becomes fully operational by the first quarter of 2026. The directive was conveyed during the committee’s fifth meeting at the State House, Abu...
By Omoniyi Joshua AT THE heart of the West Africa Economic Summit (WAES) 2025, held at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, lies a bold ambition: to significantly increase intra-regional trade within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which currently averages just $208bn annually. More than a gathering of politic...
By O’tega Ogra FOR ALL the ambition that has long swirled around regional integration in West Africa, the reality has remained underwhelming. Trade among ECOWAS member states still lags just below 10%. In an era where continents compete not just on GDP but on supply chains, self-reliance, and economic coherence, that figure is a quiet [&hellip...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNMedia Reporter RIVERS State Governor Siminalaye Fubara has engaged traders affected by the 2013 inferno at the Mile One Market, stating that only a few would ultimately secure shops following the ongoing verification exercise. The governor’s declaration came after shop owners from the widely known Mile One Rumuwoji Marke...
By Joke Kujenya, JKNMedia AMID the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Nigeria’s delegation, led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, embarked on discussions with the World Trade Organization (WTO) to explore avenues of collaboration for the advancement of the nation’s digital and marine economies. During a courtesy visit t...
