November 29, 2022
Africa: Africa Needs $190bn Annual Investment to Meet Energy Demand
The head, Capital Projects, Egbin Power Plc, Seyi Sobogun, has said, Africa will require about $190billion worth of investments annually between 2026 and 2030 to meet its energy… Read more »
Nigeria: UK, Nigeria Trade Volume Hits £5.5bn
The United Kingdom has announced that total trade in goods and services (exports plus imports) between it and Nigeria currently stands at £5.5billion as both sides confirmed… Read more »
Nigeria: Abuja-Kaduna Rail Well-Secured - Minister
The minister Of Transportation, Mu'azu Jaji Sambo has said that the security features on the Abuja-Kaduna train will guarantee maximum safety of passengers. Read more »
Nigeria: $89bn Illicit Funds Taken Out Annually Through Anonymous Companies
Anonymous companies in Europe have been helping corrupt individuals to rob African nations of nearly $89 billion annually through illicit financial flows as civil organisations… Read more »
Nigeria: Minister Tasks Social Devt, Welfare Directors On Poverty Eradication
Minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq has tasked directors in social development and welfare departments to work… Read more »
Nigeria: We've Responsibility to Save Public Varsities From Collapse - ASUU
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the union would continue to protect public universities from collapse and fight for the interest of its members as well as that… Read more »
Nigeria: UN Deputy Scribe Lauds Nigeria's Participation in COP27
Deputy secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), Mrs Amina Mohammed, has commended Nigeria's participation at the just concluded UN Climate Change Conference - COP 27 in Egypt. Read more »
West Africa: Ecowas Court Reverses Decision Suspending Proceedings From Three Member States
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has reversed its initial ruling of September 30, 2021 suspending proceedings three member states, Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso. Read more »
West Africa: Insecurity, Political Instability, Russia-Ukraine War Setback for Ecowas - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has described threats to peace and security, political instability and the adverse impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the economies as well as the ongoing… Read more »
November 28, 2022
Nigeria: Educating Rural Nigeria On the Redesigned Naira
On November 23, 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari officially launched the new redesigned N1000, N500 and N200 notes. The Central Bank of Nigeria on October 26 made the announcement… Read more »
November 26, 2022
Nigeria: The Damning Statistics On Poverty in Nigeria
The National Bureau of Statistics recently disclosed what most of us already knew- 133 million Nigerians are poor. Read more »
Nigeria: How Climate Change, Insecurity Is Exacerbating Nigeria's Malnutrition Burden
With the present state of hunger in Nigeria, many families risk losing their children to Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) or raising generation of children with poor intelligence… Read more »
Nigeria: Out-of-School-Children - Communal Violence, Child Labour Behind Rising Numbers
In spite of federal and state laws protecting the rights of children and making their enrolment compulsory in some states, the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria keeps… Read more »
November 25, 2022
Nigeria: Gospel Musician, Sammie Okposo, Dies At 51
Popular gospel musician, Sammie Okposo, is dead. He was aged 51. Read more »
Nigeria: CBN's Revised Financial Inclusion Strategy Will Improve Lives - Queen Maxima
Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands and United Nations secretary-general's special advocate for inclusive finance for development has said managing economic shocks remains… Read more »
Nigeria: Flood - Prepare for High Cost of Food, Hunger, Farmers Tell Nigerians
Following the impact of flooding in some parts of the country, farmers under the umbrella of Smallholder Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) have advised the federal… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Air - Court to Hear Airlines Suit Against Federal Govt, Ethiopia Airlines Feb. 13
Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday said the court will on February 13 hear the suit filed by some domestic airlines against the federal… Read more »
Nigeria: APC Muslim-Muslim Ticket - Dogara, Achuba, 6 Others Disown Babachir Over Support for Obi
Eight All Progressives Congress (APC) Christian leaders in the northern part of the country, led by former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and Prof Doknan… Read more »
Nigeria: 13 Years After, Federal Govt Reintroduces History Into Curriculum
Federal government has formally announced the reintroduction of History as a stand alone subject in the basic education curriculum in Nigeria 13 years after it was removed. Read more »
Nigeria: President Muhammadu Buhari Seeks Regional Cooperation On Terrorism, Trans-Border Crimes
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for greater cooperation among neighbouring countries with Nigeria to better combat escalating volatilities and multiplicity of threats across… Read more »
Chad: Presidency Rates Nigeria's Ties With Niger, Chad, Others Productive
Presidency has expressed satisfaction with the existing bilateral relationship between Nigeria and its neighbours, confirming that such ties have helped tremendously, especially in… Read more »
November 24, 2022
Nigeria: eNaira - Experts Suggest Ways to Increase Digital Currency Penetration
Experts in the digital currency space have agreed on ways to deepen acceptability of digital currency in Nigeria, especially the Central Bank of Nigeria owned eNaira. They were… Read more »
Nigeria: FAAC - Allocation Declines As Govt, States, LGs Share N736.8 Billion
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), has shared the sum of N736.782 billion to the federal, states and local governments from the federally collected revenue in the… Read more »
Nigeria: Mixed Reactions as New Naira Notes Unveiled
Nigerians as well as finance experts are divided over their assessments of the newly redesigned naira notes that was unveiled by President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Abuja. Read more »
November 23, 2022
Nigeria: 20 Million Out-of-School Children a Time Bomb - Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday warned that the almost 20 million out-of-school children remain a fertile ground for breeding another insurgency in the country in the… Read more »