Business

Nigeria’s ex-attorney general returns to face $1.3 bn oil scandal

Nigeria’s ex-attorney general Mohammed Adoke has returned to the country to face corruption charges over his involvement in one of…

December 20, 2019

Aliko Dangote forecasts $30b revenue, 88% of Nigeria’s 2020 budget

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has projected an exponential growth in the revenue of his conglomerate from the present $4billion…

December 16, 2019

IMF approves $213.6m extended credit for Liberia

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has approved a five-year arrangement under the Extended Credit facility (ECF) for…

December 12, 2019

Rwanda Scraps Tax On Sanitary Pads

Over a year after South Africa scrapped taxes on sanitary pads, Rwanda has gone down the same path with an…

December 11, 2019

Economics: The Real Reasons Why Qatar’s Economy Is Going Down

The ongoing boycott from the Arab quartet to question Doha’s unending funding of terrorism has led to massive decline in…

December 11, 2019

Nigeria: Lagos to become Africa’s biggest innovation hub

Lagos State Government says its investment in technology and innovation was a deliberate effort to make Lagos Africa’s foremost centre…

December 10, 2019

Nigeria admits border closure causing pain but it will be worth it

Nigeria’s decision to close its common borders with its four neighbours, Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger is causing pain at…

December 8, 2019

ECOWAS leaders set to meet on single currency

Presidents of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are to meet on December 21 in Abuja to consider recommendations…

December 8, 2019

African Development Fund: $7.6b to support Africa’s low-income countries

Donors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Thursday agreed to commit $7.6 billion to speed up growth in Africa’s…

December 7, 2019

Akufo-Addo wades into Nigerian traders-GUTA war

Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo is billed to intervene in the dispute between Nigerian traders and the Ghana Union of Traders Association…

December 3, 2019

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