Saturday, 01 August 2020 17:39
NEPZA, Farmcrowdy to Partner for Agricultural Special Economic Zone
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority and, Nigeria’s first Digital Agriculture Platform, Farmcrowdy are discussing options for the establishment of an Agriculture Special Economic Zone for Nigeria. Farmcrowdy boss, Onyeka Akuma had visited the Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing…
Thursday, 30 July 2020 19:40
Eid-El-Kabir : NEPZA MD Felicitates With Muslims
The Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Professor Adesoji Adesugba has felicitated with Muslims nationwide, describing the festival as “a call for re-dedication to the service of the nation, humanity and God. In a message issued on…
Wednesday, 08 July 2020 15:31
NEPZA AND THE CHANGING NIGERIA’S ECONOMIC TRAJECTORY
One could recount several economic policies of the Federal Government that clearly show that it is no longer comfortable with the over reliance on the downstream sector as key economic indicators are pointers to how the development continues to unsettle…
Wednesday, 08 July 2020 14:26
NEPZA new MD assumes work with a call on staff for improved work ethics to optimize GNP
The new Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Process Zones Authority, NEPZA, Prof. AdesojiAdesugba on Wednesday resumed work with a charge on staff to improve on their work ethics with a view to optimizing the contribution of the Authority to…
Wednesday, 08 July 2020 14:05
Minister charges new NEPZA MD to accelerate FG’s target on economic zones
Adeniyi Adebayo, the Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment has charged the newly appointed Managing director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority Prof. Adesoji Adesugba to focus on achieving federal government’s target of accelerated development in economic zones across the…
Wednesday, 08 July 2020 12:49
Prof Adesugba emerges new NEPZA MD
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Professor AdesojiAdesugba as the new Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment. The President’s approval was given in a…
Wednesday, 08 July 2020 11:31
NEPZA Boss Warns Against Violation of Financial Regulations
The Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Prof Adesoji Adesugba has warned officials of the agency against violations of financial regulations and inappropriate financial dealings. Speaking while briefing the audit personnel of the agency, the Managing…
Tuesday, 07 July 2020 21:04
NEPZA Seeks NIPC’s Partnership on Free Trade Zones Investment Drive
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, NEPZA in a bid to spike influx of both local and International investors to the 41 Free Trade Zones strategically located in the Country had sought partnership of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission, NIPC…
Thursday, 12 September 2019 11:34
The Future Looks Good For The Free Zone Innovation In Nigeria
The keynote address by the Managing Director (Ag) of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) at the one-day capacity building programme organised by the Commerce & Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CICAN) on 10th may, 2019 at Freshland hotel,…
Thursday, 12 September 2019 11:20
Why Kano Fz Must Work Optimally
Engr. Terhemba Nongo,is the Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA). The Alumnus of the University of Nigeria has over 35 years Post-graduate experience in the design, construction and maintenance of engineering infrastructure, in general; and over 20…
Tuesday, 12 September 2017 15:54
FG Approves Concession of Lagos, Abuja Airports
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the concession of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed yesterday. The vice-president made this disclosure at the quarterly parley of the government and private…
Wednesday, 23 August 2017 11:24
Customs, NEPZA Set up Committee on Free Trade Zones
The Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) have set up a technical committee to harmonise their operations at Free Trade Zones across the country. The committee was set up yesterday in Abuja by the two…
Monday, 21 August 2017 11:20
LADOL has Opportunities for Collaboration – MAN
The President of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, Dr. Frank Udemba Jacobs, has described the LADOL Free Zone as a haven for investment and job creation. Speaking during a facility visit to the company, he commended the company for its…
Tuesday, 15 August 2017 11:08
Total’s Egina FPSO reaches 98%
The construction of Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited’s $3.3 billion Egina floating production, storage and offloading, FPSO, vessel has reached 98 per cent, thus raising hope for the completion of $16 billion Egina project. Investigations, weekend, showed that many…
Monday, 14 August 2017 11:02
$250m Eko Refinery & Petrochem gets funding
The United States Trade Development Agency (USTDA) has provided $797,343 initial funding for the take-off of Eko Petrochemical and Refining Company Limited. USTDA representatives led by its acting Director, Thomas R. Hardy and the owners of the $250million Eko Petrochemical…
Sunday, 06 August 2017 10:58
Minister Charges Customs, Agencies to Obey Presidential Orders
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Okechukwu Enelamah, has frowned at the unnecessary bureaucracy and bottlenecks enthroned by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in dealing with investors at the Calabar Free Trade Zone (CFTZ). The minister, who was in…
Friday, 04 August 2017 10:54
Lagos FTZ Sues for more Investors as Industries Commence Multi-billion Dollars Project
Despite all the hype, the Tolaram Group, an international private consortium and promoters of the Lagos Free Trade Zone (LFTZ), has said that even as more investors are indicating interest in the massive developmental project, only four industries have commenced…
Wednesday, 02 August 2017 10:46
Lagos Logistics Base Set for Expansion
Facing an uphill battle, the privately–owned West African free zone and logistics hub Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (Ladol) has been rapidly expanding over the past 15 years and has established itself as an important logistics base for international oil…
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Tuesday, 01 August 2017 10:43
Dangote Petrochemical Refinery Project Keys into the 7 Big Wins - Kachikwu
The Dangote Petrochemical Complex has been described as a strategic project that keys into the 7 Big Wins reforms of the Petroleum sector, of the Federal Government. This is particularly in the area of gas revolution and refinery and local…
Tuesday, 01 August 2017 10:29
Lagos Free Zone Woos Singaporean Investors as Existing Investments Hit $150m
Tolaram Group, promoter of Lagos Free Trade Zone and Lekki Deep Seaport projects, has extended its hunt for fresh foreign direct investment (FDI) into the multi-billion projects in the Ibeju-Lekki axis of Lagos State, to companies in Singapore. The infrastructural…
Monday, 31 July 2017 10:24
NEPZA Begins Probe of Calabar Tank Farm Explosion
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, NEPZA, yesterday, said it had commenced investigation into the petroleum products tank farm explosion at the Calabar Free Trade Zone, while it vowed to prosecute any individual or organisation found culpable. In a statement…
Monday, 05 June 2017 10:09
Nigerians Yet to Understand Free Trade Zones Concept – JIME
The Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Emmanuel Jime, has said the majority of Nigerians, including sister-government agencies, do not understand the concept of Free Trade Zones (FTZs), pointing out that only a massive public awareness programme…
Wednesday, 17 May 2017 09:59
NEPZA Seeks Collaboration with SIIFZ, Nigerdock on Enhanced Service Delivery
The newly appointed Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Mr. Emmanuel Jime, has commended the management of Nigeria’s first privately owned free zone, Snake Island Integrated Free Zone (SIIFZ) and leading indigenous energy services provider, Nigerdock,…
Wednesday, 10 May 2017 09:47
CFTZ Attracts 11,000 Jobs To Cross River – NEPZA Boss
The managing director, Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Hon. Emmanuel Jime, yesterday said the Calabar Free Trade Zone (CFTZ), has attracted over 11,000 direct and indirect employment in Cross River State, since inception. This is even as the state…
Monday, 01 May 2017 09:15
Jime Continues with Familiarisation Tours of Lagos FTZs
Newly appointed managing director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Emmanuel Jime, will tomorrow continue with his fact-finding/familiarisation of tours of Free Trade Zones (FTZs) in the country. Jime, who had earlier toured some FTZs in the Lagos axis…
Friday, 28 April 2017 00:00
LADOL Invests in 50MW Gas-fired Power Plant
The Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics (LADOL), has disclosed that it is investing in a gas fired power plant, which will be built in phases. The Managing Director, LADOL, Amy Jadesimi, dropped the hint during a tour by a team from…