Author: Mujeedat
The United States government has called on Nigeria to strengthen its public procurement process and publish accessible information on government contracts, citing persistent gaps in fiscal transparency in its 2026 Fiscal Transparency Report released this week. The US Department of State report assessed 139 governments and found that Nigeria was among 67 that failed to meet minimum fiscal transparency requirements, making no significant progress in addressing deficiencies identified during the review period. While Nigeria made its enacted budget and end-of-year report widely and easily accessible online, it did not publish its executive budget proposal within a reasonable period, and…
AXA Mansard has entered into a partnership with the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) to deepen awareness and prevention of domestic and sexual violence against children through community-based sensitisation campaigns across Lagos. The initiative forms part of the 2026 AXA Week for Good, themed “Being A Child Shouldn’t Be A Risk,” aimed at improving public enlightenment, encouraging reporting of abuse cases and strengthening child protection mechanisms at the grassroots. Under the partnership, employee volunteers of AXA Mansard Insurance Plc will embark on door-to-door community engagements in collaboration with the DSVA, which will provide technical support, training…
The Port & Terminal Multi services Limited (PTML) Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has successfully organised a Leadership Seminar aimed at strengthening leadership capacity, professionalism, and teamwork among senior officers of the Command. The seminar which was held at the Conference Hall of PTML Command was organised in line with the vision of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, PhD, MFR, FNIPR, PSC+, to build a more efficient, motivated, and service-oriented workforce. Declaring the seminar open, the Acting Area Controller, DC Nura Ibrahim Miko, emphasised that effective leadership is critical to achieving the Service’s core…
Africa must stop generating maritime value only to export it, and instead own, finance, and govern its oceans, Dr Paul Adalikwu, the Secretary-General of the Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa (MOWCA)stated this in Lagos on Thursday August 13, 2026 at the opening session of the maiden edition of the Blue Africa Conference & Exhibition 2026 held in Lagos . Delivering an address titled “Setting the Course for Africa’s Maritime Future: From Blue Potential to African Maritime Power,” the MOWCA scribe painted a stark picture of the continent’s maritime paradox: more than 30,000 kilometres of coastline, strategic trade…
…Says Openness to Oversight, Merit-Based Promotion Underscore Modernisation Drive As Nigeria’s trade corridors continue to expand in volume and complexity, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says its ongoing digital transformation agenda is steadily closing the gaps that have historically made revenue leakage and procedural abuse possible, even as the Service faces renewed public scrutiny over its enforcement and administrative practices. The Service’s position was outlined this week in response to questions raised in an investigative report published by SaharaReporters on August 7, 2026, which examined enforcement activity along several border corridors in Lagos, Ogun and Oyo States and raised questions…
The Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF) has donated 50 ballistic helmets, 50 bulletproof vests and 100 raincoats to the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT as part of efforts to strengthen operational capacity and improve security across Lagos State and its maritime domain. The donation was presented on 11 August 2026 during a courtesy visit by a delegation from the LSSTF, led by Executive Secretary Dr Ayodele Ogunsan, to the Commander of NNS BEECROFT, Commodore A Adams-Aliu. Ogunsan said the intervention was intended to bridge identified gaps within the state’s security architecture and enhance the capacity of security agencies…
The Nigerian Navy (NN) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) have renewed their strategic partnership through a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening maritime safety and security across Nigeria’s maritime domain. The agreement was signed at the Naval Headquarters in Abuja by NIMASA’s Director-General/CEO, Dr Dayo Mobereola, and the Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Idi Abbas, in the presence of principal staff officers and senior officials of both organisations. The renewed MoU consolidates a relationship that began in 2007 and has been sustained through successive renewals. Under the framework, the two…
West African countries are exploring ways to harmonise regulations and fuel quality standards across the region to ease cross-border trade and improve market integration, with the West Africa Regulatory Forum (WARF) leading the call for increased investment in oil and gas infrastructure and improved operational efficiency to support the development of credible regional fuel price benchmarks. The Chairman of WARF and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Mr. Rabiu Umar, made the call at the 2026 West Africa Refined Fuel Market Conference in Abuja, which was themed “Funding West Africa Infrastructure and Distribution…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has reiterated that it is willing to buy Nigerian crude oil, but only if supplies are available in adequate volumes and offered at commercially competitive prices aligned with prevailing market benchmarks. The statement comes after recent reports citing data from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) suggesting the refinery rejected 15.5 million barrels of crude oil offered by local producers in the second quarter of 2026. Dangote disputed the framing of those figures, saying the central issue is not the volume nominally offered under the Domestic Crude Supply Obligation (DCSO) but the quantity genuinely…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has clarified that it is not involved in the National Association of Nigerian Students’ (NANS) proposed ₦200 student levy and has no agreement with the association linking the payment to mobilisation for national service. In a statement issued on 11 August 2026, NYSC said it had not discussed, agreed to, or signed any Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NANS for the collection of any levy related to mobilisation. The scheme described circulating reports titled “NANS Moves to Collect N200 Levy from Nigerian Students, Links Dues to NYSC Mobilisation” as false and urged students…