Tag: Economic
The Economic prospects of gender mainstreaming
2018 is being described as the year of the woman where women are moving into spaces they normally would not…
ECOWAS calls for lawmakers involvement in economic, social programmes
The ECOWAS Parliament Committee on Gender, Women, Empowerment, Social Protection, Human Rights and Vulnerable Groups, has urged parliamentarians to be…
New York Forum Africa: Helping African leaders drive economic and social dev.
The New York Forum AFRICA (NYFA), the only pan-African business summit to be held in Africa in 2015, is taking…
Bomb Scare At Wuse Market Abuja
Sola Adeola/Abuja There was bomb scare in Wuse area of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital Tuesday. Residents woke up to see that…
Ghanaian Prof. Slams Jonathan
A Ghanaian-born Economic Professor and President of the Washington DC-based Free Africa Foundation, George Ayittey, has slammed President Goodluck Jonathan…
Brazil President To Lead Trade Mission To Nigeria
President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil has accepted an invitation from President Goodluck Jonathan to visit Nigeria before the end of…
Boko Haram Sympathisers
A former Nigerian Defence Minister recently in Abuja warned Nigerians about the possible ‘somalianisation’ of Nigeria as a result of…
2 Containers Of Books Seized
Nigerian authorities have seized thousands of suspected pirated books imported from China, including titles copyrighted by major international publishers, the…
Fuel Subsidy Crooks Will Be Dealt With –EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has acknowledged its receipt of the report of the House of Representatives Committee…
Fashola Tasks Nigerians On Democracy
Governor Babatunde Fashola of LagosState has urged Nigerians to jealously guard the country’s democracy and ensure that its success is…
Alternative Dispute Resolution Gets A Boost In Abuja
Justice Lawal Gummi, the Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Tuesday disclosed that Nigeria ranked poorly…
Varsity Don Canvasses For National Integration
Worried by the persistent calls by some people for the disintegration of Nigeria, a Fellow of the Nigerian Historical Society…
The Increasing Oil Theft In Nigeria —Gbenga Kayode
That crude oil wealth is the mainstay of Nigeria’s economy is not in doubt. The petroleum sector is said to…
Furore Over Church Gift To Jonathan
A church building gift given to President Goodluck Jonathan by an Italian construction company, Gitto Construzioni Generali Nigeria Limited which…
N45m Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Female Architect
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, March 29, 2012 arraigned Architect Nwanne Okengwu Emeh of Dunnel World…
N4.56b Pension Scam: EFCC Seizes Shuaibu’s Properties
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has seized six properties belonging to Dr. Sani Teidi Shuaibu, a former Director,…
UN Asks Nigeria To Step Up Fight Against Corruption
The United Nations Global Compact Office has asked the Federal Government to step up the fight against corruption in Nigeria…
Lagos Assembly Our Role Model, Sokoto Lawmakers
Members of the Sokoto State House of Assembly have confessed that they are always guided in their activities and operations…
Standard Chartered Bank Starts Operations In Cote d’Ivoire
Standard Chartered Bank has begun services in Cote d’Ivoire, thus expanding existing regional securities capabilities to include the West African Economic and…
Rainstorm Devastates Calabar
Several roads were cut off this morning by trees and roofs of houses pulled down by a devastating rain storm…
Gov. Amaechi Urges NASS To Pass Petroleum Industry Bill
Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers on Monday urged the Senate to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill before it to enhance…
Southwest And Quest For Regional Unity
On Monday, 13 February, 2012, leaders of the progressives in southwest Nigeria, gathered in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, to form…
Nobody Can Intimidate My Daughter —Okonjo-Iweala’s Dad
The father of the Minister of Finance, Professor Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,Professor Chukwuka Okonjo, has said that her decision to serve the…
Prof. Aluko Dies
Renowned economist, Professor Samuel Aluko, is dead. Aluko, 82, died this morning at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, United Kingdom…
Nigeria’s Unhappy New Year
Sola Odunfa considers why Nigeria’s poor especially feel so angry and exploited by the government’s removal of a fuel subsidy.…
Lagos To Borrow N66.4 Billion To Finance 2012 Budget
The Lagos State Government is to borrow N66.4 billion to finance this year’s budget, says Commissioner for Economic Planning and…
Nigerians Angry As Fuel Prices Hit The Roof
Nigerian motorists and unions were venting their anger on Monday at a sudden more than doubling of fuel prices, a…
Lagos Panel backs Okada Ban
The Lagos State government may soon ban commercial motorcycle operators, also known as okada riders, in the state and restrict…
Jonathan Spells Out Plans For Nigeria’s Oil Wealth
Nigeria’s president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said Friday in Abuja that his Administration was fully committed to making Nigeria’s oil assets…
Tinubuphobia And Fasholamania
“An invasion’ of armed forces can be resisted, but nothing can stop the tide of an idea whose time has…