ABSTRACTThis study assess the impact of Foreign Direct Investment in Nigerian economicgrowth over the period of 1990-2011. Data from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)Statistical Bulletin was used. The Ordinary Least Square (OLS) technique wasspecified and used to examine the relationship between the variables whichincludes the Gross Domestic Product as the dependent variable, export, Exchangerate, foreign direct investment and trade openness as the independent variables.The explanatory power of the model was given by the R2of 85.5% and was