Traders at the popular Ariaria market in Aba, Abia state have condemned the recent move in some quarters to remove the chairman of Abia State Vigilance Service, Chief Udonsi Uma, even as they appealed to the state government to provide

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The Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service, Dikko Abdullahi Inde, has assured the federal government that he will meet the target set for it before the end of the year.

A NEW chief financial officer would join the International Trade Administration Commission of SA (Itac) from the first of next month after the departure of the previous incumbent last month due to a problem with poor financial management in the

SA's flower exporters were continuing to battle weak markets with no signs of demand picking up yet in Europe, their biggest market, or an easing of cost pressures, René Schoenmaker of the South African Flower Exports Council said on Friday.

The Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) recently appointed an Indian company, Geo Chem Middle East, to inspect petroleum imports on its behalf and precluded all other existing private independent inspectors.

Price volatility due to speculation in global coffee trade has eased in the past decade, a new survey in international markets has revealed, raising hopes for exporting countries such as Kenya to adopt effective sales policies.

East African Community member states are yet to resolve a long standing disagreement over which goods should get unrestricted access to the free market less than three months to its launch early next year.

Germany is to open a Trade and Industry Office in Ghana, to improve economic partnership between the two countries.

THE ASANTEHENE Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has expressed displeasure at the undue delay in the implementation of the Boankra Inland Port Project, in spite of the fact that all the initial bottlenecks in the acquisition of the land have been

IN THE aftermath of the failed tie-up between MTN and India's Bharti Airtel, one fact has emerged -- nobody was enamoured with the deal except the protagonists themselves.

IT's all very well for the governments of emerging countries to say they want closer investment and trade ties with other such countries. But the failure to consummate the proposed $24bn MTN-Bharti deal suggests it will take more than just

Manufacturing activity made a spectacular recovery last month, suggesting the embattled sector may start growing again in the fourth quarter, in line with global trends.