Tourism

Elumelu: Tourism Critical Element for W’Africa Integration, Devt Agenda

Director of Private Sector at the ECOWAS Commission in charge of tourism, investment and business development, Dr. Tony Luka Elumelu, speaks on the commission’s participation at the Accra Weizo, a tourism expo put together by organisers of Akwaaba, the factors militating against tourism in West Africa, among others. Charles Ajunwa brings excerpts What’s your assessment of tourism […]

TRAVEL

Promoting W’Africa through Travel, Trade

  Recently West African leaders met in Abuja for the inauguration of West African Economic Summit where Nigeria pushed for the removal of structural and policy bottlenecks in travel and trade in order to boost economic growth of the sub-region   It was long conceived that there would come a time when countries in West […]

Aviation

Okonjo-Iweala Urges US to Reconsider Reciprocal Tariffs on Poor African Nations

  *At $187.64bn, Nigeria’s GDP drops to fourth in Africa  *Trump moves to resolve violent wars, conflicts in Africa Eromosele Abiodun and Nume Ekeghe in Washington DC The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday, advised the United States to critically re-evaluate its stance on reciprocal tariffs, particularly as they impact […]