By Udeme Akpan, with agency report THE price of Nigeria’s Bonny Light yesterday dropped to $69.90 per barrel from more than $75 per barrel in the global market, indicating a decrease of 6.8 percent.   The development was fuelled by announcement of sweeping new tariffs by US President Donald Trump and the decision of the Organisation of […]

By Emma Ujah   The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed  support for the Single Window Trade Project, an initiative to boost trade, increase revenue, and propel Nigeria’s economy. The IMF’s position was announced yesterday  during a meeting between the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, and a delegation from the […]

By Yinka Kolawole The federal government and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) have signed a $175 million programme for country partnership (PCP) deal to enhance Nigeria’s industrial capacity, drive technological innovation, and promote sustainable economic growth in the country. At the signing ceremony, Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Bagudu, said the initiative […]

Nigerians have been urged to embrace surrogacy practice in the country as it is a solution to infertility and other medical issues in the country. A legal practitioner and a surrogacy law enthusiast, Othniel Idowu Falana stated this at the Hanniel’s Noble legal practitioners maiden annual lecture with theme ‘Surrogacy as a pathway to modern […]

By Emeka Anaeto, Business Editor The  little achievements and signs of economic recovery seen around recent economic reforms may be eroded by an increasing belief that the government is more interested in politics than in pursuing inclusive economic growth and development. Speaking to Vanguard at the backdrop of the up-coming Vanguard National Economic Discourse, Professor Franklin […]

BY Sebastine Obasi Africapitalism and partnership have been identified as key components of energy development in Africa. Heirs Energies CEO, Osayande Igiehon, gave this insight on African energy leadership at the just concluded inaugural Congo Energy and Investment Forum held in Brazzaville. Osa joined distinguished panels of African business leaders at the Kintele Congress Center […]

Major US trade partners are calling out US President Donald Trump’s over the global tariffs onslaught, but left the door open to negotiations.

The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ibas (retd), has cancelled all pending Procurement and Tender Processes initiated by the suspended administration of Governor Siminialayi Fubara.

FORMER Deputy National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief ‘Bode George, yesterday, said the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State and the handling of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s allegations against Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, could lead to the collapse of the country’s Fourth Republic

***Urges Police, other security agencies to ensure that such satanic rally is not allowed to hold By Henry Umoru ABUJA- THE President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has distanced himself from a planned rally purported to be in support of him and organised by what he described as an unknown association tagged, Progressive Peoples’ […]