By Rukayat Moisemhe The Chartered Institute of Directors (CIoD) Nigeria has called for urgent governance reforms across the public sector and State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to support Nigeria’s one trillion-dollar economy ambition. The institute made the call in a position paper obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on MondayContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai President Bola Tinubu says the ongoing construction of road infrastructure across satellite towns of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is to inject life into the local economy. Tinubu, represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima made the remarks in Abuja on Monday, while inaugurating the newly rehabilitated and expandedContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai President Bola Tinubu says his administration is building road infrastructure to lay the needed physical foundation for a knowledge-driven economy, stressing that education, justice, and innovation need roads to thrive. Tinubu stated this in Abuja on Tuesday, while inaugurating the construction of Collector Road CO1 in theContinue Reading
By Chinyere Joel-Nwokeoma The International Ocean Institute Nigeria Centre (IOI-Nigeria) and the Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR) have called for innovative, inclusive and sustainable approaches to ocean governance to drive economic growth and national development. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the organisations made theContinue Reading
By Adeola Akinbobola, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Recently, policy experts highlighted that Nigeria’s outdated Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT) fail to serve the country’s current development needs, creating significant legal, fiscal and policy risks. It is worth noting that in the early 1990s, Nigeria entered a series of BITs withContinue Reading
By Naomi Sharang, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Stakeholders recently converged in Abuja to explore pathways for harnessing Nigeria’s emerging marine and blue economy, a sector widely regarded as a critical frontier for sustainable growth and economic diversification. The gathering, tagged the Blue Economy Investment Summit, was organised by theContinue Reading
By Sarafina Christopher Dr Elizabeth Jack-Rich, an entrepreneur and Chief Executive Officer of ELIN Group, says Africa is central to the future of the global Artificial Intelligence (AI) economy. Jack-Rich, in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, said that the continent’s resource base and industrialContinue Reading
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The Anambra Government has partnered Flutterwave, a payments technology company to expand the state’s digital economy framework, aimed at scaling e-commerce activities and strengthening digital payments. A statement signed by Governor Chukwuma Soludo and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja said that the partnership wouldContinue Reading
By Peter Okolie The Federal Government has approved a nationwide scale-up of the ‘One Kindred, One Business Initiative’ (OKOBI) of Imo Government as a strategy to tackle unemployment and boost the country’s economy. Vice President Kashim Shettima announced this during Tuesday’s launch of OKOBI Students’ Club at Claretian University ofContinue Reading
By Aderogba George An entrepreneur, Dr Obaje Austin, has advocated the adoption of solar technology to drive economic growth, strengthen value chains, and create employment opportunities in Nigeria. Austin, Managing Director of Powerverse Tech Ltd. and Executive Director of Oyoyo Market Square Ltd., made the call in an interview withContinue Reading
