BUSINESS
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Ports Reform 2.0: NPA’s Export Channel Reset and Nigeria’s Non-Oil Trade Ambition
The NPA’s new export channels, particularly the introduction of Export Process Terminals (EPTs), represent a structural attempt to address this…
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NAICOM Recapitalisation Reset: How Insurance Reform Could Reshape Nigeria’s $1 Trillion Economy
Nigeria’s insurance industry stands at a structural crossroads. With penetration rates still below 1% of GDP and risk absorption capacity…
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BoI Opens Ethical Finance Frontier as CBN Approves Non-Interest Banking Window
The non-interest framework will enable BoI to finance assets and raw materials using approved NIB instruments, allowing businesses to access…
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iPhone 17e: How Apple’s Mid-Tier Upgrade Strategy Is Redefining Smartphone Value
At first glance, the reported launch of Apple’s iPhone 17e looks incremental—another mid-cycle refresh, another spec bump, another quiet press…
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Why Nigeria’s State Refineries Keep Failing: The Hard Reset NNPC Is Now Forcing – Ojulari
Nigeria’s refinery failure was never primarily about money; it was about operating truth. Capital without capability destroys value. Ojulari’s candour…
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NIMASA’s Deep Blue Expansion: Turning Maritime Security into a Trade Advantage
Nigeria is quietly repositioning maritime security from a defensive necessity to a growth-enabling national asset. The decision by the Nigerian…
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NEXIM Governance Collapse: Former MD Robert Orya Handed 490-Year Sentence Over ₦2.4bn Fraud
At a time when Nigeria is repositioning development finance institutions (DFIs) as engines of export growth, industrialisation, and non-oil earnings,…
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South Africa Enters Afreximbank’s Core: The $8bn Bet on Continental Trade Sovereignty
South Africa’s accession to Afreximbank is best understood as a sovereignty upgrade. In a fragmented global system, countries with strong…
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NCS’s 40% Clearance-Time Target: How Data-Driven Customs Reform Could Save Nigeria ₦3 Trillion
Global trade competitiveness is increasingly measured in hours, not policy intentions. In an era of near-real-time logistics, extended clearance times…
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Boardroom Reset at Access Bank: Why Ifeyinwa Osime’s Chairmanship Signals a Strategic Governance Shift
The appointment of Ifeyinwa Osime as Chairman of the Board of Access Bank is not a routine succession. It represents…
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