Nigeria is stepping up efforts to revitalize its textile industry by seeking new investment opportunities and strengthening regional partnerships with neighboring Benin. Vice President Kashim Shettima is leading a...
Nigeria will save at least N 3.6 trillion in five years through the Natural Strategy for Competitiveness in Raw Materials (NSCRM), according to science...
Kano-based Nigerian Braiding Manufacturers Limited (NBML) will continue operations despite its indebtedness to the tune of more than N1 billion, the Asset Management Corporation...
Nigeria’s cumulative value of textiles and garments imported or smuggled into the country is worth $4.2 billion, according to minister of state for industry,...
Cotton exports from West Africa for 2018-19 are projected to surpass last year’s record, driven by record production, according to the US department of...
Nigeria recently introduced genetically-modified cotton varieties in the country to boost the textile industry. The country’s minister of science and technology Ogbonnaya Onu said...
Nigeria has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese firm Shandong Ruyi International Fashion Industry for an investment of $2 billion in Katsina, Kano,...
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) President Prof. Benedict Oramah recently met with Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, Nigeria, in Abuja to explore opportunities...
Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, and China have agreed to swap their currencies in order to reduce their dependency on third-country currencies and thereby, give...
Many Nigerian fashion designers feel their country, one of the biggest consumers of fashion in Africa, can boost the economy, meet rising domestic demand, raise...
Continued export of raw cotton with little or no value addition by the African producers is unsustainable due to global instability in the prices of the...