OPINION/EDITORIAL

Rail Transport: The Kano-Maradi Standard Guage Rail Line

March 24, 2023/CSL Research A Punch news report states that the Federal Executive Council, on Wednesday, approved the sum of N453.90bn for the procurement of rolling stock, operation and maintenance equipment for the Kano-Maradi standard gauge rail line. The c.284km line will run from Kano to Maradi in Niger Republic, […]

Central Banks Must Enhance Transparency to Build Trust

(Credit: SochAnam/iStock by Getty Images) March 23, 2023/IMFBlog By Tobias Adrian, Jihad Alwazir, Ashraf Khan, and Dmytro Solohub The Bank of Canada published a detailed summary of its Governing Council deliberations for the first time last month, joining nearly two dozen other central banks in regularly releasing detailed information on monetary policy decisions.  Economic and financial […]

The ICT Sector Remains the Bright Spot of Nigeria’s Economy

March 23, 2023/CSL Research The ICT sector continues to be a major contributor to the country’s GDP growth. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), The ICT sector grew by 9.76% in real terms in 2022 compared with 6.55% in 2021. The contribution of the sector to real GDP […]