ARCO Petrochemical Engineering Company Plc profit after tax increased by 41.96 per cent from N279.67 million in 2010 to N397.007 million in 2011.

That was the advice of thousands of parents to their sons at the beginning of the founding fathers of the “expatriates” who conquered the vast country which we now know as the United States of America. Then, as now, there were restraining hands, urging people not to go and exploit the opportunities which the new frontiers presented.

Chris Ndibe, Executive Secretary of Africa Free Zones Association (AFZA), an international non-profit organization established in Cape Town, South Africa in October, 2004 with the secretariat of the Association in Nigeria in this interview with Favour Nnabugwu said the country can indeed attain a successful free trade zone far and above other countries in the continent that have success stories to tell about the free trade zones.

Every year, over 300,000 graduates are churned out from the tertiary institutions nationwide. This number grows yearly and translates into more and more unemployed people littering the streets of Nigerian cities. Below are some of the effects of unemployment in Nigeria.

Miss Mayen Ekpo is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Black & Gold Events, an events and catering outfit based in Lagos. The graduate of Food Science and Technology from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), said her going into events business was a case of turning her hobby into a profession.