Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President/CEO, Dangote Group has hired a Brazilian agricultural expert to replicate in Nigeria the model that Brazil used to transform the country from a net importer of rice in the year 2000 to a net exporter in the year of 2009.

Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority of Nigeria, NCAA, Captain Muhtar Usman has said that Nigeria was fully prepared for the International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO, Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme ,USOAP.

The Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos is beginning to witness an upsurge of passengers traffic at the airport due to the forth-coming Easter celebration beginning from Friday to Sunday.

A recent study has shown that increased use of electronic payment products, including credit, debit and prepaid cards, added $296 billion to GDP, while raising household consumption of goods and services by an average of 0.18 percent per year.

Nigeria is expected to generate 1000 mega watts of electricity from coal by year 2020 to supplement other sources of energy currently in use in the country.

Mr Shehu Bankole-Hameed is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC.In this interview, he faults the proposed economic summit urging President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint an economic adviser.

President Muhammadu Buhari has identified the unique contribution of the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics base (LADOL) as one of the strategic investments in the country that currently drives the nation’s economy.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that the revenue from non-oil exports fell sharply by 58 percent to $4.39 billion in 2015.

Industrial Training Fund ( ITF) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have began a sensitisation meeting for the establishment of Sector Skills Council in the country.

The Organised Private sector, OPS, has criticized the non-representation of their members on the Federal Government’s Economic Management Team.