With the right policies, Nigeria could boost economic growth, create jobs, and improve rural livelihoods. But in the rush to exploit its reserves, local communities may also pay a price through environmental pollution, land degradation, and insecurity that often accompany poorly regulated resource extraction.
What to make of the new draft economic framework within this context? First, a question: Can Nigeria establish a credible long-term economic policy framework if its own budgetary practices make nonsense of the discipline, predictability, and accountability that this very framework is expected to put in place?..
After years of advocacy from residents and legal battles with Big Oil, LA has voted to ban drilling and phase out oil extraction in the city. It's the first city in the country to kick the oil industry out.
The 450-hectare First Industrial Park, located within the Sagamu and Obafemi-Owode local government areas of the state, is designed to accommodate manufacturing businesses across several sectors
They advocated reciprocal arrangements among African countries, citing Kenya and Rwanda as examples of countries that had taken steps to ease entry for other Africans.
Texas Muslims grapple with a slate of policies they say stigmatise their community, push for change at the ballot box.
