It's a situation that mirrors the giant oil industry, where Nigeria has abundant resources but has lacked the capacity, will or ability to exploit it, forcing a reliance on imports. But Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, is hoping to change tomato production with a giant...

MOSHOOD ISAH Early this year, Forbes magazine released the annual list of the world richest football clubs and again, almost the same set of clubs dominates the top ten lists. Spanish giants, Real Madrid and Barcelona Football Club top the list with the total worth...

Moshood Isah Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, recently revealed that there would be change in the policy direction of the Buhari’s administration in the settlement sector. He said the 2016 budget would make provision for the Federal Government to spend N10...

Yusuf An-Nuphawi Nigeria’s agricultural sector received a Presidential goodwill once again in November last year when President Muhammadu Buhari led other stakeholders to Birnin-Kebbi in Kebbi State to launch a N40 billion Anchor Borrowers Programme for rice and wheat for local farmers initiated by the...

By Godwin Anyebe Growth and development are positively affected by the stock of infrastructure assets and so, infrastructure development can be highly effective to combat poverty. Furthermore, Economic Confidential checks shows that illustrative simulations for African countries suggest that these impacts are economically quite significant,...

By Yusuf An-Nuphawi The radical resolve by the federal government to revamp the agriculture and mineral revenue segments of the economy suggest that the government is in touch with current economic realities that bites ferociously. Analysts have observed that though the new administration is still...