Tag: economy
I’ll improve security, economy if elected president – Buhari
All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate in the upcoming election, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, has promised to improve the security and…
2015: Buhari promises better economy, standard of living to Nigerians
The Presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Mohammadu Buhari, has said that insecurity and corruption are…
Diversifying Nigeria’s Economy
For decades, Nigeria has been over relying on oil to drive its economy. Following the massive decline in global oil…
Modern Nigeria Like Our Colonial Era
By Ademola Johns After the independence of Nigeria in 1960 a lot of events occurred that we can still relate…
Transforming The Informal Sector: The Lagos Example
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The informal sector is an economic activity that is neither taxed nor monitored by a government; and…
Dakuku vows to tackle insecurity, boost Rivers economy
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Security of lives and property is in top priority of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate…
Nigeria’s economy is one of the world’s largest, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Tuesday that his administration had managed the country’s economy to become the greatest in Africa…
Solid minerals, future of Nigeria’s economy, says Sada
Musa Sada, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, said the need to develop solid minerals in Nigeria had become…
2015 Election, Averting America’s Prediction
By Vincent Egwunyenga Nigeria the largest economy in Africa, the largest concentration of Black people on earth is on the…
Deregulation, BPE And The PIB
By Okachikwu Dibia Twenty three years after Nigeria’s independence was an era that witnessed huge capital investments by the Federal…
Nigeria’s Alarming Debt Profile
The debt profile of Nigeria is beginning to reach an alarming height, throwing up discomfort among the citizens of the…
Nigerian naira devaluation leads to fears about the economy
Nigerians on Wednesday voiced fears about the central bank’s devaluation of the naira, warning that a country largely dependent on…
Nigeria’s Waning Oilmoon And The Ways Of The Ant
By Peter Claver Opara Few days ago, the opaque Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mrs.…
Ebola will savage W. African economies – WHO
The Ebola epidemic could slice more than three percentage points off economic growth in the worst-hit countries of West Africa,…
Ebola Cuts Sierra Leone Growth To 3-Yr Low —Govt
Sierra Leone said Wednesday the Ebola crisis had devastated the economy, with growth projections pared back to single digits for…
Can The Youths Deliver This Country?
By Rasak Musbau There is evidently the general agreement now that we need a fresh focus on governance and leadership…
Is this beginning of the end for South Africa’s Zuma?
A series of setbacks in beleaguered South African President Jacob Zuma’s battle against corruption allegations has sparked fresh speculation that…
Obama: World needs ‘prosperous and self-reliant Africa’
United States President Barack Obama kicked up a major outreach to Africa on Monday by urging youth leaders to build…
No Economy Can Stand Without Entrepreneurs – Oladunjoye
Damilare Okunola The Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, has stated that no economy in the world can…
Brazilian president abused at World Cup opener
Thousands of people shouted an obscene message to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff at the opening match of the World Cup…
Germany boost for Governor Amosun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State government received a boost Wednesday when German Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, Dr. Geah Mueller…
Nigeria can draw international attention and investment – Experts
The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), an international economic and business concern, said that Nigeria was endowed and strategically positioned to…
Nigeria’s consumer market worth $400bn yearly – US Institute
Nigeria’s consumer market is worth more than 400 billion US dollars, the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) announced in its report…
Nigerians Must Take Their Destiny In Their Hands —Malema
Nigerians must take over the ownership of the means of production of their economy and not allow foreign multinationals to…
Report: Foreign Direct Investments Up In Africa
Simon Ateba/Lagos Africa is becoming more attractive to investors and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects have steadily grown over the…
Transformation Agenda And The Economy
By Socrates Chime In his essay, ‘Social Analysis of the Transformation Agenda of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’, published in the…
Festival Will Boost Lagos’ Economy —Adefulire
Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has told Lagosians to expect significant economic growth in the forthcoming National Sports…
Nigeria’s Euro bond trading at 5.5 per cent
The Nigeria Euro bond is trading at an average yield of 5.52 per cent at the international Capital Market as…
Nigeria’s CBN keeps more reserves in Chinese Yuan
To boost bilateral trade between Nigeria and China, Nigeria’s central bank has added the equivalent of $500 million in Chinese…
Fuel subsidy removal jacks up Nigeria’s inflation
Nigerian inflation jumped to 12.6 percent in January from 10.3 percent the previous month, driven by hikes in petrol prices…