The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa has listed Nigeria among selected West African nations to witness a Gross Domestic Product growth of 6.9 per cent in the current fiscal year. The ECA, in its annual World Economic Outlook, released on Thursday in Addis Ababa projected that the African economy […]
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Access Bank, Sweden, others partner on capacity building
Access Bank Plc is collaborating with the Global Reporting Initiative Focal Point South Africa, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and Thistle Praxis Consulting on sustainability of capacity building in the country. The bank said a capacity building session, tagged G4 Sustainable Reporting Guideline Training Workshop, was designed to empower participants […]
Tension escalates in Nigeria over key oil state
Simmering tensions over a key oil-producing state in Nigeria mounted on Thursday, as the country’s two main political parties traded threats and insults, stoking fears of violence in the run-up to elections. The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of President Goodluck Jonathan accused the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) of […]
