Matching Articles (42) for “Economy”
The 2026 programme is designed to help young business owners strengthen their operations through training, mentorship, funding opportunities and practical business support.
Rotimi Babajide says Nigerians have yet to experience what he considers sufficient benefits from fuel subsidy removal and promises major education reforms if elected governor of Ogun State.
The former minister says Africa must use conferences, exhibitions and business events to attract investment, expand trade and create jobs instead of focusing mainly on tourism.
Abuja takes centre stage as Nigeria Fashion Week moves from Lagos for the first time, bringing designers, policymakers and creative entrepreneurs together to expand the capital’s fashion economy.
Policymakers, investors and business leaders at the Forward Africa Leaders Symposium in New York say Africa needs stronger links between governance, technology and capital to turn digital ambitions into jobs, trade and investment.
The new Ogun State law creates an additional funding framework for education, vocational training, bursaries, teacher support and the modernisation of apprenticeship programmes.
Policymakers, investors and business leaders at the Forward Africa Leaders Symposium in New York say Africa needs stronger links between governance, technology and capital to turn digital ambitions into jobs, trade and investment.
With more than 9.3 million young Nigerians newly registered during the 2026 voter registration exercise, political parties now face a huge pool of first-time or newly registered voters whose choices cannot simply be assigned to any candidate or party.
The Federal Government says a 500-cattle-per-day modern abattoir could generate about 10,000 jobs across the livestock value chain as Nigeria moves to reduce the long-distance transportation of live animals and expand local meat processing.
ADC presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has criticised the Tinubu administration’s handling of fuel prices and the wider cost-of-living crisis, citing Germany’s temporary fuel-tax reduction as an example of government intervention during periods of economic pressure.
National Theatre General Manager Tola Akerele says Nigeria has the performers and cultural traditions to develop a professional circus industry, as the inaugural Circus in Motion festival brings local and international artists together in Lagos.
Former Ekiti South senator Abiodun Olujimi says Nigerians should give the Federal Government more time, arguing that the economic reforms introduced since 2023 could eventually create conditions for greater prosperity.
