Re-globalization and Energy Security: Crafting a New Strategic Path for Emerging Economies By Araka Okolieaboh As the world pivots toward a new era of re-globalization, emerging economies must fundamentally rethink their strategic alliances and economic models. In an age dominated by surveillance capitalism, the digital economy,...

Who Still Needs the WTO? By Dr. Enobong Udoh Far back in the 18th century, Adam Smith revolutionized economic thinking by arguing that national wealth stems from international trade, a direct challenge to the mercantilist view (which was mainstream) that export is good while import is...

Trump Drops Tariffs for 90 Days, Hits China Harder with 125% U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause on his sweeping tariffs targeting dozens of countries only days after they took effect. But the truce doesn’t extend to China. Instead, Trump raised duties on...

CHINA/U.S: A Trade War to Nowhere (Commentary) By Lawal Sale It appears that the main target of Trump's tariff regime is China. President Trump has threatened to add another 50 percent tariff on China in response to China's retaliatory action on the heavy tariff imposed on...

Trump's Unseen Genius: How a Global Trade War Rescued the Dollar By Abdulrazaq Hamzat Americans may not be giving President Donald J. Trump the credit he truly deserves, not for his tweets, not for his polarizing rhetoric, but for something far more consequential, his strategic genius...

The United States imported $643.1m worth of goods from Nigeria in the first two months of 2025, just a month before the implementation of new tariffs by the Trump administration.