Evidence-based policy needed to rebuild Nigerian labour market post-Covid-19, says World Bank



Tara Vishwanath, World Bank lead-economist, has called on the Nigerian government and policymakers to embrace evidence-based policy in rebuilding the labour market post-Covid-19 pandemic...



Nigeria must fix PIA contradictions for full deregulation – industry players

Nigeria has enacted a new oil sector law that prescribes full deregulation of the downstream oil sector, but for this to happen, the government must allow marketers easier access to foreign exchange and fix a provision in the law giving only refiners the right to import products, industry operators say...



Food Security: FG, FAO Sign $0.35m MoU to Boost Drip Irrigation

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has provided a $350,000 Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) to the federal government to help promote the drip irrigation system at selected irrigation schemes in the country...



Nigeria’s inflation slows for 6th straight month in September

Africa’s biggest economy’s headline inflation rate fell for the sixth straight month in September owing to declining food prices, the National Bureau of Statistics has said...