Nigeria Among Top Three Countries With Electricity Deficits – W/Bank         The World Bank has listed Nigeria among the three countries with the largest electricity deficits in the world. It said during the last decade, a greater share of the global population gained access to electricity than...

Nigeria’s Duty-free Export To US Shrinks To $351.73m         Nigeria’s export to the United States under a duty-free policy declined in the first nine months of 2020, recording $351.73m from January to September. According to the latest African Growth and Opportunity Act policy trade statistics, exports to...

AfDB Develops 3-year Project For Revenue Generation In Extractive Industry           The African Development Bank (AfDB) has developed a three-year project in response to demands by member countries for technical assistance to monitor revenues generated from their extractive industries. The AfDB made this known during a virtual...

Nigeria’s Duty-free Export To US Plunges To $300.48m         Nigeria’s export to the United States under a duty-free policy declined in the first eight months of 2020, recording $300.48m from January to August. According to the latest African Growth and Opportunity Act policy trade statistics, exports to...

AfCFTA: 14 African Countries get Masterclass on trade, investment facilitation No fewer than 25 Trade and Economic Officers from 14 African countries have received a masterclass to boost their capacities in trade and investment facilitation. Nazaru LLC, a United States-based services company, delivered the free online...

79 million Nigerians Extremely Poor In 2018 – W/Bank       Nigeria has the largest poor population in sub-Saharan Africa, with 79 million extremely poor in 2018, the World Bank said in a new report on Wednesday. The country accounts for 20 per cent of the total poor...