Foreign Investments To Decline By 50% In 2021, Worst In 20 Years — NIPC         Global Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) has been projected to drop by 40 per cent this year and 50 per cent in 2021, being the worst in the last 20 years. The Executive...

GITEX 2020: NITDA Creates Big Data Platform To Scale Up Investments In Digital Economy         As the global economy is rapidly transforming through creative innovations, Nigeria has created Big data platform to improve data gathering for service delivery. The Director General of National Information Technology Development Agency...

Oil Exploration Activities Decline, Threaten 40bn Reserves Target           Nigeria has recorded a significant 19.3 per cent decline in the level of oil exploration in the first 10 months of this year, a development which may be threatening the Federal Government’s plan to restore growth in...

IMF Projects 10.4% Contraction In Global Trade         The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected a 10.4 per cent contraction in global trade as well as a global economic growth rate of -4.4 per cent in 2020. In the just-released biannual World Economic Outlook (WEO) report, the...

Investments In 44 Free Trade Zones In Nigeria Nets $27bn         Nigeria’s investments in the 44 free trade zones across the country currently stand at over $27 billion, the Managing Director, Nigeria Export Promotion Zone Authority (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, has said . He said the investments...

In Six Months, Nigeria Records $362.84m FDI       Nigeria recorded $362.84m Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in six months, figures from the National Bureau of Statistics revealed on Monday. The NBS’ latest capital importation report stated that while $214.25m FDI was recorded in the first three months of...