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BENEFITS OF AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA (AfCFTA) TO NIGERIA
Fifty-four African countries officially began trading on First January 2021, following the launching of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
AfCFTA brings together 1.3 billion people in a 3.4 trillion dollar economic bloc…
THE NEED FOR NIGERIA TO DOMESTICATE THE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA AGREEMENT (AfCFTA)
By Peter Bahago, Abuja
In November 2020, Nigeria ratified her membership of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement which comes into take effect today, First January, 2021.
The ratification came more than one year…
GAINS OF NIGERIA’S BORDER CLOSURE AND PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVED RELATIONS WITH NEIGHBOURS
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari recently ordered the immediate reopening of the country's land borders which were closed since August 2019. In reopening the borders Nigeria insisted that the ban on the importation of rice, poultry…
UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE AND COVID-19 CONTROL MEASURES IN NIGERIA
By Gloria Essien, Abuja
Universal Health Coverage (UHC), involves the provision of accessible and affordable healthcare services to the poorest and the most vulnerable population in a country.
According to the World Health…
QUANTUM LEAP IN NIGERIA’S COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR AMID COVID-19
When COVID-19 brought the global economy to its knees at the beginning of 2020, communications was one of the few sectors that remained resilient. In Nigeria, the sector did not only show resilience, it recorded growth and major strides.…
IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON NIGERIA’S ECONOMY
Many economies across the globe are desperately struggling to wriggle out of the slump they have fallen in 2020 consequent upon the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed many economies are lying prostrate as a direct impact of the Coronavirus pandemic.…
CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS IN NIGERIA AMID COVID-19
By Ukamaka Okafor, Abuja
Christmas is an annual festival celebrated by Christians all over the world to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ, the Savior of mankind.
The festival, observed on the 25th of December every year is…
CUSHIONING EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON SMALL BUSINESSES IN NIGERIA
By Cyril Okonkw, Abuja
The global economy has faced difficult times as a direct impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Many economies across the world have slipped into recession as a consequence of the pandemic.
In Nigeria, following a…
NIGERIA’S LEGISLATURE AND THE CHALLENGES OF LAWMAKING DURING AND AFTER COVID-19
The Coronavirus has completely changed the way things are done across the world, including the running of the affairs of state. The first wave of the pandemic forced governments to impose lockdowns; leading to the closure of businesses,…
NIGERIA’S RESPONSE TO COVID-19 AND HER POST-PANDEMIC PLANS
When the first case of the coronavirus was reported on 27th February 2020 in Lagos State, Southwest of Nigeria, the President Muhammadu Buhari's government left no one in doubt about its preparedness to curtail the disease.
Following the…