The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, has said it will retain the Tafawa Balawa Square (TBS) as venue for the 2014 Lagos International Trade Fair, due to traffic gridlocks on the Mile 2 and Lagos Badagry Expressway axis.

The Association of Bureau De Change of Nigeria (ABCON) has appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for an increase in weekly sale of foreign exchange from $15,000 to $50,000.

For a bank operating over 746 branches and offices in about 30 African countries, the capacity to drive a truly continental financial product should not be a problem.

Power infrastructure has been a major challenge facing Nigeria’s economy, even as privatisation of the power sector is yet to yield the desired result to resolve perennial electricity shortage in the country. Currently, the power generation capacity stands at between 4,000 and 5,000mega watts, which is quite insufficient for a population of over 160million. To further improve power supply and sustainability, the Federal Government has approved N3.9billion for power transmission infrastructure.

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) recently released its annual African Agriculture Status Report which focused on climate change and climate-smart agriculture at the 2104 African Green Revolution Forum held in Addis Abba, Ethiopia.