By Foster Obi National Action Committee on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) recently held a virtual workshop on Agriculture and Agribusiness. The workshop brought together notable professionals in the agricultural sector to discuss sustainable solutions to the challenges of food security and trade in Nigeria and Africa. AfCFTA was created to expand intra-African […]
By Foster Obi National Action Committee on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) recently held a virtual workshop on Agriculture and Agribusiness. The workshop brought together notable professionals in the agricultural sector to discuss sustainable solutions to the challenges of food security and trade in Nigeria and Africa. AfCFTA was created to expand intra-African […]
The actor Marge Champion, who was used by Disney as a model for the movement and appearance of Snow White, has passed away at the age of 101. Champion was a star dance performer during the classic Hollywood era, appearing frequently alongside her husband and dance partner Gower Champion. Some of her most notable credits […]
The European Parliament (EP) has endorsed Nigeria’s candidate for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The parliament said it screened the two remaining candidates in the WTO DG race, Okonjo-Iweala and Ms. Yoo Myung-hee of South Korea, and is convinced that the Nigerian candidate has the ‘energy’ […]
Sub-saharan Africa faces a huge challenge, made worse by the coronavirus pandemic, to find nearly $900 billion to repay massive debt and fund essential public spending, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned Thursday. In a special report, the IMF said the region would require some $890 billion in external financing — equal to 55 percent […]
Trade experts from Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met virtually on the 15th and 16th of October 2020 to deliberate on Trade development in the region. The Meeting of Experts, which is a prelude to the 11th ECOWAS’ Ministers of Trade Meeting (ECOMOT), considered key regional and continental trade […]
By Foster Obi Secretary General of the World Custom Organisation,WCO, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya advised member and non member nations to revisit the Revised Kyoto Convention being the core of the WCO’s Economic Competitiveness Package (ECP) and contains a dedicated Specific Annex J5 dealing with the role of Customs in emergency situations and natural disaster relief. […]
The meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities deadlocked again on Wednesday, following the disagreement over the payment platform that would be used in disbursing the salary arrears and the N30 billion Earned Allowance of the university lecturers. The FG team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris […]
The Lagos State Government has condemned the plunder of a warehouse housing COVID-19 palliatives in the Mazamaza community of Amuwo Odofin Local Government. The loot of the warehouse, located on Benster Crescent, popularly called Monkey Village, started as early as 8am, according to eyewitnesses. The government, in a statement, said the supplies were donated by […]
The oil industry was hit hard by a collapse in demand triggered by Covid-19, as drivers, commuters and holidaymakers around the world stayed at home. Partly as a consequence, the chatter among executives, ministers and roughnecks in the field has turned once again to the question of peak oil. Could the world’s thirst for the […]