18 Apr 2018

Nigeria is just emerging from a recession, but dubbed “fragile recovery.” So far, there are promises on increased revenue, value added export promotion, fair deals for small businesses, reduced debt service bill and real sector-friendly investments in 2018. Are these “as usual”? CHIJIOKE NELSON writes. By August 2016, when the official announcement of the economy’s slip into recession...

13 Apr 2016

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has predicted a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of between three and four percent for 2018. In its 2018 Economic Outlook released on Friday in Lagos, the LCCI also forecast an inflation rate of 13 percent for the country next year. The Chamber said that the fundamentals of the economy were improving with numerous opportunit...