The Nigerian Senate has called on the Federal Government to urgently revive the country’s struggling textile industry, with a special focus on the historic Kaduna–Kano industrial belt. The appeal followed a motion moved by Senator Katung Sanday Marshall of Kaduna South, and co-sponsored by five
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will begin construction of a U$ 5 billion integrated textile industrial facility in Nigeria this July, in partnership with Arise IIP and Swiss textile machinery firm Rieter, supported by the Swiss government. The move is part of a continent-wide industrialisation strategy, outgoing President Benedict Oramah announced at the













