THERE is a truism that most countries that have had sustained growth and prosperity over the years have opened up their markets to trade and investment through liberalisation, while capitalising on areas of comparative advantage, especially ones...

SOMETIME last year, President Goodluck Jonathan, unhappy with the high cement price, directed cement manufacturers to bring down the prices within 30 days. This was not met. The intervention by government, giving a standing order to local...

FOR the Federal Government’s policies and initiatives aimed at making the nation to become self-sufficient in rice production through local cultivation and the plan for the country to become a food exporting nation in 2020 would not remain...

THE last one year has seen Nigeria’s economic rating move in the upward direction with forecasts from various rating agencies and developed economies showing that if the country’s economy maintains its current stride, it will no longer be an...

IN international economy, trade remains the essential backbone for economic growth and development. The demand for trade creates domestic production and the inflows of funds from overseas, when the outputs of production are exported.

Countries...