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“The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for September, released by the  Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday, stood at 55.3 index points in September 2017, indicating expansion in the manufacturing sector for the sixth consecutive month.”- Daily Trust The Index reflects a 1.7 per cent growth from the 53.6 recorded in August. “The sustained uptrend reflects growth of new orders, ...

According to Premium Times, Power, Works and Housing ministry has created 193, 469 jobs, with 40,429 direct and 153,040 indirect jobs, within the two years of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the minister, Babatunde Fashola, said Tuesday. Speaking in Abuja at a town hall meeting to celebrate the mid-term of President Buhari’s implementation of the economy recovery and road plan, Mr. ...

The Guardian reports that a Lagos group, Concerned Citizens Forum, has given a fresh insight into the state’s new environmental law, describing it as not only draconian, unprogressive and anti-people but designed to mortgage it to foreign interests. In a statement issued in Lagos and signed by its convener, Michael Olayiwola, the group called on the State Government to immediately ...