"Financial Inclusion May Worsen Next Decade"     Compared to Nigeria’s ambitious targets, national financial inclusion outcomes are weak by every measure and may worsen in the next decade. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation stated this in a report titled ‘Nigerian payments ecosystem and financial inclusion: Landscape...

WTO: How Nigeria Can Benefit From Okonjo-Iweala's Leadership – LCCI       The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has highlighted steps Nigeria needs to take in order to fully take advantage of the opportunities offered by the World Trade Organisation under the leadership of Dr Ngozi...

Nigeria Records Poor Exports In 2020 – Report       Nigeria has been listed as one of the countries that performed terribly in terms of exports in 2020. The report released on Wednesday by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNCTAD listed Colombia, Saudi Arabia and...

The Unfairness in Transparency International Report on Nigeria By Abdullahi Haruna ( Haruspice)       The latest Transparency International's tagged 2019 Corruption Perception Index(CPI) has begun to generate diverse arguments and debates among Nigerians belonging to different socio-economic and political spectra in the country. Of course, as expected, the...

Can We Afford Bicameral Legislature By Eric Teniola         Covid-19 is ravaging our land and destroying the economy. In the mean time the economy is under performing. The country has gradually continued to slip back. There is a shortfall on our oil revenue. Nigeria’s foreign capital inflow...

Nigeria, China Trade Volume Hits $19.27bn       The trade volume between China and Nigeria reached $19.27 billion in 2019, the Charge’ d’ Affairs of the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria, Mr. Zhao Yong, said yesterday. Also, despite the pandemic, bilateral trade growth between both countries from January to...