Global growth to slow as inflation bites
The global economy will expand more slowly than predicted three months ago, according to Reuters polls of over 500 economists, who said higher commodity prices and an escalation in the…
Oil prices paralysed on Russia sanctions, China lockdowns
Barrels of oil Portfolio investors purchased petroleum last week for the first time in four weeks, but overall positioning remained subdued by the high cost of margin and large uncertainties…
Continued import of substandard goods will ruin Nigeria-SON DG
DG, SON, Mallam Farouk Salim The Standards Organisation of Nigeria SON, has raised fresh fears that the influx of fake and substandard products into the country would ruin it and…
Ministry of Transport, NPA mull rebuilding existing seaport facilities-Bello-Koko
Acting MD, NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko Five months after his appointment, acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko has recorded landmark achievements in terms of making the…
How Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire bungled ECOWAS-UK post-Brexit trade deal
Expectations that small scale farmers within the Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS would soon begin to export their agricultural produce to the United Kingdom under a post-Brexit trade…
Ports gridlocked, retailers struggling as Brexit deadline looms
The government is facing growing pressure to take action at the UK’s gridlocked container ports, as the looming Brexit deadline is also resulting in thousands of extra truckloads of goods…
LADOL MD urges African private sector to embrace UN SDGs
Managing Director, LADOL, Dr. Amy Jadesimi The Managing Director of Lagos Deep Offshore Logistic Base, LADOL Dr. Amy Jadesimi has urged African private sector to embrace the United Nations 17…
COVID-19: Federal Government-NIMASA synergy enhances seaport operations
Federal Government’s prompt response to the COVID-19 pandemic curtailed spread of the virus through Nigeria’s seaports. This is unlike many developed nations, which shut seaport operations with dire economic consequences.…
Dangote’s border closure waiver splits manufacturers
Members of the Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria MAN are currently divided in their views over the decision of the Federal Government to grant a special concession to the Dangote Group…
Why Africa’s Okonjo-Iweala should head WTO
Francis Ezem The recent emergence of Nigeria’s candidate for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation WTO, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as one of the two female candidates…
