Femi Aribisala: 101 cogent reasons why Jonathan must be re-elected

by Femi Aribisala WHERE two or three Nigerians are gathered, you can be sure we are busy running down our country. Nigerians like to bad-mouth Nigeria. This has played well into the narrative of the APC, which has used the social media to promote a false and prejudicial perspective of Nigeria under the Goodluck Jonathan... Read More

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January 31, 2013

Beautiful bride: Nigeria attracted N8.5 trillion in direct investment in 5 years

by Emmanuel Okubenji The Minister of Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga, has announced that the federal government had attracted foreign direct investment commitments of over N8.5 trillion. He said the investment commitments, which cut across the major sectors of the economy, would roll in five years. Aganga said this while briefing on the progress and... Read More

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July 10, 2012

Slow and steady? Nigeria tops FDI charts

by Isi Esene This might sound a little difficult to believe, but the 2012 World Investment Report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) confirms Nigeria as Africa’s biggest destination for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2011 with $8.92bn. This is good news considering the infrastructural deficit challenges that have constantly bedeviled... Read More

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