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By Admin The Tinubu Media Volunteers has attributed the phenomenal increase in non-oil export earnings in the first quarter of 2026 to the economic reforms introduced by the President Bola Tinubu administration.   In a statement signed by its Chairman Chukwudi Enekwechi and Secretary Segun Ogedengbe, the group expressed a conviction that the upward trajectory…

By Admin One of the country’s foremost policy groups, the Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has said that the reform policies of the Tinubu administration has engendered high revenue earnings in the real sector of the economy.   In a policy brief by its Chairman, Dr Omoniyi Akinsiju, the think tank argued that this…

By Admin Chief Femi Ajisafe, Ph.D, outgoing President of KOGI STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, MINES AND AGRICULTURE (KOCCIMA), has called on members to work together to champion businesses and investments. He made this appeal at the 2026 Annual General Meeting, emphasizing the need for the incoming Executive to leverage Public Private Partnership to drive…

By Thompson Yamput The Federal Government says its  priority is on massive food exportation against Nigeria’s dependence on food imports that cost fortunes, a Presidential aide disclosed. Mr Matthew Ajayi, Special Adviser to the President on Agriculture, made the remarks at a working visit to Geregu in Ajaokuta Local Government Area, Kogi, where government officials…

By Admin The Kano-Jigawa branch of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has hailed the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals for its role in revitalizing struggling companies in Nigeria. According to the Association, the refinery’s intervention through the reduction of diesel prices and the steady availability of petroleum products has provided significant relief to manufacturers grappling…

By Admin The Nigeria Association of Small-Scale Industrialists (NASSI), Nasarawa State Chapter, is partnering with the Dangote Industries Limited(DIL) to drive fresh investment options in the State. With 68,000 hectares, the Dangote’s Nasarawa Sugar Company Limited (NSCL) in Tunga, is considered Nigeria’s biggest Backward Integration Policy (BIP) project in the sugar sector. Speaking to newsmen…

By Thompson Yamput Cash crunch has hit Lokoja, the Kogi capital, crippling most businesses and making life miserable for residents. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who monitored the development in the area, on Wednesday, reports that most banks were out of cash, leaving their customers stranded. At the First Bank and Access Bank,…

By Zainab Oyekan Some exhibitors at the ongoing Jos National Trade Fair, have decried the low patronage, attributing it to the Ramadan and Lenten fasts. Some of the exhibitors who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Jos on Friday, said they were hopeful that the fair would be extended. Vivian Ankamah, a…

By Dan Nandom The Tinubu Media Volunteers (TMV) has described the rise in Nigeria’s exports in the last year as yet another manifestation of the efficacy of the economic policies of the President Bola Tinubu administration. This, according to the group, is clear from the progressive rise in trade surplus between the fourth quarter of…

By Zainab Oyekan Dr Pam Wayas, Chairman, Plateau Internal Revenue Service, on Friday said the service generated N32.14 billion in 2024 and now had a target of N52 billion for 2025. Wayas, who disclosed this during a news conference on Friday in Jos, said that it was the first time the N30billion benchmark was crossed in…