Economy

Why Nigeria’s GDP would surpass IMF projection – Afrinvest

Analysts at Afrinvest West Africa) Limited, a Lagos based investment banking firm, have   projected that in 2022, Nigerian economy would surpass the prediction by the International Monetary Fund, IMF by 0.2 percentage points despite the Gross Domestic Product, GDP, dynamics in 2021. The firm predicted that Nigerian economy would grow by 2.9 per cent while the […]

Politics

Nigerian Senate Removes Direct Primaries, Passes Electoral Act.

The Nigerian Senate has rescinded its earlier decision on making direct primaries the only method of electing candidates by political parties. At the resumption of its session on Wednesday, the Senate Leader, Senator Yahaya Abubakar, asked his colleagues to rescind the Chamber’s decision on clause 84 of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021, passed by […]