Economy

 A recent World Bank report has said that for African countries to boost economic growth, there is need for them to create…

  — $18.3bn paid out in 12 weeks A total of $18.3 billion left the shores of Nigeria to foreign lands through…

 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday said that 60 per cent or N132 billion of the N220 billion Micro, Small…

 Federal government has disclosed that it will soon introduce a new textile policy that will stem the spate of dumping in Nigeria.…

 The International Monetary Fund has raised its forecast for global growth this year as expansions in the U.S. and U.K. accelerate, and…

 The Federal Government is planning to seek approval from the National Assembly (N/A) to increase a planned $100 million diaspora bond. The…

 The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala, said that the 2014 budget envisaged a net collectible revenue of N7.50 trillion. Okonjo-Iweala,…

 The performance of the manufacturing sector of the economy has defied the various fiscal incentives introduced by the Federal Government to boost…

 Federal Government has presented a budget proposal of N4.6 trillion for the 2014 fiscal year to the National Assembly. The proposed budget…

Nigeria plans a huge jump in domestic sugar production over the next six years to cut dependence on imports and satisfy growing…

The Senate on Wednesday approved the inclusion of Lagos State Development Policy Operation II (DPO) into the proposed pipeline projects under the…

African Trade Ministers agreed, on Tuesday, to support the package on the table at the ongoing World Trade Organisation’s Ninth Ministerial Conference…

The ECOWAS Commission has decried the “global trade imbalance against Africa” as the continent’s share of the global trade stood at a…

MANUFACTURERS in the country are licking their wounds over streams of loses as a result of built up finished inventories of goods…

Indications are that the measures being put in place to make Nigerians look inwards are beginning to yield dividends as imports of…