This paper is focuses on the relationship between foreign direct investment and trade openness with emphasis on the Nigerian economy using a dataset covering a 20year period. The ordinary Least Square Regression method represents method of estimation combined with a couple of general/standard tests. The overall objective of the study to evaluate whether trade openness drives the flow of FDI into the Nigerian economy. The R2 explains that 83% of variation in FDI in the model is explained by the principal explanatory variable TOPNS and M2GDP and REXR which were used mainly as control variables or moderators Download