Goddy Ikeh

The recent surge in exports recorded by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in the first quarter of 2025 is due to global demand for Nigerian products, according to some stakeholders in the Nigerian maritime sector.

Following the World Bank warning that 104 million Nigerians, about 47 per cent of the population, were already living below the poverty line as of 2023 and that the number will rise to 56 per cent by 2027, the Organised Private Sector (OPSN) of Nigeria has called on the Nigeria government to urgently inject targeted economic stimulus into the economy to counter the World Bank’s projection.