Economists Urge Nigeria to Sign AfCFTA Nigeria has been called upon to reconsider its reluctance to sign the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, some economic analysts said in separate interviews in Addis Ababa. The analysts argued that AfCFTA is in the national interest of...

Smuggling from Benin Republic Worries Nigeria Worried by the high level of cross border smuggling, Nigeria has resolved to fully implement the 2013 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Benin Republic to tackle the menace. The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau, restated the nation’s commitment...