The planned strike by the Labour Congress over the Federal Government's decision to raise the price of fuel and increase the tariff on electricity. The labor unions are meeting tonight with FG to prevent a strike action which will is not what the Nigerian economy needs during a pandemic.
In anticipation of tonight's meeting, if the strike goes ahead or is called off:
What are some of the things you've heard that you can share on the strike (or suspension of the NLC-TUC strike)
Cross River seeks to harness the Gulf of Guinea's economic potential
The frontpage story talks about Cross River State in Nigeria looking at potentials in the Gulf of Guinea.
A rate cut to support growth in economy This story talks about the fallout of last week's MPC meeting.
This week, Nigeria will be 60. It's a diamond celebration which the federal government has said will be low-keyed but staggered, lasting an entire year.

Investors watch for surprises in the MPC meeting to deliberate on a number of indices which will help it to decide whether to hold or tweak policy rates of current economic realities facing the nation as well as the global economy, investors, analysts, and other wider stakeholders in the economy are anxiously keeping vigil and looking out for possible surprises from the government bankers. The Central bank of Nigeria has introduced the solar connection Intervention Facility to complement the government's affordable electricity to rural dwellers.

Investors watch for surprises in the MPC meeting to deliberate on a number of indices which will help it to decide whether to hold or tweak policy rates of current economic realities facing the nation as well as the global economy, investors, analysts, and other wider stakeholders in the economy are anxiously keeping vigil and looking out for possible surprises from the government bankers. The Central bank of Nigeria has introduced the solar connection Intervention Facility to complement the government's affordable electricity to rural dwellers.

CBN’s B200bn fund to fast track 300,000 homes across 36states, FCT. This scheme is expected to create 1.5m direct jobs and 1m indirect jobs. The Central Conundrum of Covid-19 Entrepreneurship. This report talks about how the entrepreneurial ecosystem is responding to the pandemic. The report talks about investors facing a dilemma of whether to view the crisis as holistically or opportunistically. What are some of the findings from this report and what should entrepreneurs take away from it? Deploying ABP to secure 5m tonnes of rice in dry season farming. This report talks about Nigeria being the leading producer of rice on the Africa continent and the 13th largest producer globally. But being the biggest producer of rice on the continent might be hard to believe by the average person on the street, considering that a bag of the finished commodity costs over 20,000 naira, depending on who you ask.

CBN’s B200bn fund to fast track 300,000 homes across 36states, FCT. This scheme is expected to create 1.5m direct jobs and 1m indirect jobs. The Central Conundrum of Covid-19 Entrepreneurship. This report talks about how the entrepreneurial ecosystem is responding to the pandemic. The report talks about investors facing a dilemma of whether to view the crisis as holistically or opportunistically. What are some of the findings from this report and what should entrepreneurs take away from it? Deploying ABP to secure 5m tonnes of rice in dry season farming. This report talks about Nigeria being the leading producer of rice on the Africa continent and the 13th largest producer globally. But being the biggest producer of rice on the continent might be hard to believe by the average person on the street, considering that a bag of the finished commodity costs over 20,000 naira, depending on who you ask.

DATA FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN) shows that despite hitting a high figure of approximately $45.17 billion as of June 2019, Nigeria’s external reserve has been on a downward spiral since then, losing well over $11 billion in ten months. Recent statistics from the apex bank revealed
that external reserves have fallen below the threshold as required by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act of 2007. In summary, the Act says that the CBN must at all times, maintain a reserve level that should be able to fund or sustain two (2) years’ worth of imports.