Entrepreneurship Key to Addressing Nigeria's Economic Woes – Trade Minister  The minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Uzoka-Anite, say Nigeria's economic challenges can be addressed through entrepreneurship. The minister said  this assertion was made due to energy and zeal of entrepreneurs in the country. She spoke...

Customs Revenue Rises 21.4% to N3. 206 trn The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has recorded a N3.206 trillion revenue collection in 2023, representing an increase of 21.4 percent from N2.64 trillion recorded in 2022. The Comptroller-General (CG) of Customs, Mr. Adewale Adeniyi , disclosed the figure...

WTO: Okonjo-Iweala Appoints Four Deputy DGs       The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday announced the appointment of Angela Ellard of the United States, Anabel González of Costa Rica, Ambassador Jean-Marie Paugam of France and Ambassador Xiangchen Zhang of China...

Okonjo-Iweala Assumes Duty Today As WTO DG         The newly-elected Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will assume duties today. The former Nigeria’s two-term Finance Minister was selected by the General Council of the WTO a fortnight ago, as the organisation’s seventh...

Trump Rejects Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala For WTO ...Wants Reopening Of The Leadership Contest         The US has suggested that the process to find a new Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) needs to be reopened, in what would be an unprecedented move. Donald Trump's trade chief Robert...

Naira Abysmal Appreciation By Adefolarin A. Olamilekan       These are not the good times for the Nigerian Naira currency. The Nigerian economy, its Central Bank, the custodian of its monetary policy, which many of her citizens expects to engineer sound monetary policy that would have safeguard the...