“Akwa Ibom State will become the hub of agricultural activities in Nigeria and the entire West African sub-region by 2020, when the efforts of the current government in developing agriculture begins to yield positive results within the medium term and in the long-run expectation. Also, output optimisation in agriculture in the state will translate into job creation for the indigenes, especially the youths”, said, an entrepreneur, Princess Gladys Assam.

As the economic crisis facing Nigeria and other West African countries deepens, financial experts and policy makers within the sub-region have been trained to build solid macroeconomic fundamentals to drive the economies for optimum productivity.

In 2005 when she suffered a first-degree burn in her booming bakery and was grounded for two years, nobody imagined Bawo Onabanjo would ever step a toe in a bakery as her hands were practically rendered useless. Today, the Microbiologist turned Event Management Consultant isn’t only back to her first love but also teaching others every single skill she is adept at. Bawo who is married to Dr. Stephen Olumuyiwa Onabanjo, a medical practitioner and pastor, speaks on her forthcoming training holding in Lagos from 22nd through 27th of February, 2016, in this interview, and much more.

THE Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) managers of Nigeria’s Sovereign Wealth Fund has entered into collaboration International Finance Corporation (IFC) in order to boost investment in the healthcare sector especially to develop private healthcare.

THE Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) wants the laws establishing the Federal Ministry of Finance, Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) and 29 revenue generating agencies repealed.

Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME) has lamented inability of the micro, small and medium enterprises, MSME sectors to access the Central Bank of Nigeria’s N220 billion intervention funds, saying the bulk of the money is still in the apex bank’s vault.

Further hit came against the Naira yesterday in the parallel foreign exchange market, despite the intervention of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in the inter-bank segment.

Information Communications and Technology (ICT) industry across the country are to enjoy tax holidays and special intervention funds from the federal government.

A renewed pressure on exchange rate surged, yesterday, at the parallel market segment, even as the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, window remained stable.

Dangote Group, Nigeria’s largest company, is struggling with a constricted supply of foreign-exchange in the country and is relying on its international cement operations and export-credit agencies to get around the shortage, reports BloombergBusiness.