The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has urged the Federal Government to put in place necessary measures to prevent the abuse of the signed African Continental Free Trade Area agreement. President Muhammadu Buhari signed the agreement on July 7 at the opening of the 12th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of African Union Heads of State […]

The launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on 7 July at the African Union (AU) summit in Niamey, Niger, has created the largest free trade zone in the world for 1.2 billion people with a gross domestic product of around US$3.4 trillion. Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou hailed the AfCFTA as ‘the greatest […]

Britain might be entering a full-blown recession and a no-deal Brexit could more than double the country’s budget deficit in 2019, the watchdog for public finances on Thursday said. UK may be entering full-blown recession – budget watchdog The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said the world’s fifth-biggest economy appeared to have flat-lined or possibly […]