Category: Economic

  The leadership of Mayo-Belwa Students Association of Nigeria, Federal College of Education Yola chapter, has commended a member representing Mayo Belwa Constituency, Hon. Ibrahim Musa Italiya, for paying damages fee demanded by the institution from over 100 members of the association. Trending News reports that the claim for damages by the FCE Yola followed […]

For the third time running, Dangote Group has emerged as the most admired African brand of African continent origin. It pairs with the telecommunication giant, MTN in a survey of 100 Africa best brands announced in a novel global virtual event. GTBank returns to the top spot in financial services and the United Kingdom’s BBC […]

President of the Dangote Group of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has asserted that with the capacities and potentials of sugar companies in his group, Nigeria will meet its sugar demand in no long time. Dangote made the assertion after inspecting the Savannah Sugar Company Limited (SSCL) in Numan, his sugar manufacturing company in Adamawa State. […]

Farmers in the Northeast have said the closure of Nigeria’s  land borders has made farming rewarding. Usman Ibrahim, Chairman Lainde Irrigation Farmers Association North East, Michika Chapter, who stated this, said farmers are now smiling home as a result of a sharp rise in prices of rice and other locally farmed agricultural produce because of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the closure of international borders till January 2020. This was disclosed in a memo by the Comptroller (Enforcement) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr Victor Dimka, dated November 1, 2019, according to a report by The Nation on Sunday. The report said Dimka stated that the ongoing closure of […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the decision of the Nigerian government to shut its land borders with Benin and Niger republics had begun to have adverse effects on the economies of both countries.  Nigeria closed its land borders with the two countries because of illegal importations, and has insisted that all importation from the […]