November 14, 2022
Africa: ILO Launches 1m Green Jobs Initiative for Youths, Just Transition Financing Tools #AfricaClimateHope
The International Labour Organization (ILO) launched the first Green Jobs for Youth pacts and Just Transition Finance Tool on Banking and Investment Activities at the COP27 Climate… Read more »
November 06, 2022
Nigeria: 'Put Obasanjo On New Naira Note'
Chuks Okocha in Abuja Read more »
November 04, 2022
Nigeria: Flight Disruptions Predicted In Harmattan Season
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet ) has alerted the public of the possible commencement of the dry season otherwise called the harmattan season in most parts of the north,… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria and the Problem of Child Labour
That children matter is as easy to say as it is to understand because it is a truism bereft of any complications. It is further simplified by the fact that if the world is to have… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Nigeria: African Refiners Hail Nigerians On Massive Investments in Oil Refining, Distribution Facilities
The African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA) has applauded indigenous Nigerians operating in the midstream and downstream sector of the nation's oil and gas industry… Read more »
Nigeria: Weak Infrastructure, Low Income, Others Hampering Digital Financial Integration - Emefiele
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, yesterday said the existence of low-level formal financial services, low income, and financial illiteracy,… Read more »
Nigeria: $15.6bn Investment Interests Generated for Lagos-Abidjan Highway in 2022 - Adesina
The President of the African Development Bank Group, (AfDB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, has said from the virtual Africa Investment Forum held in March this year, the bank secured… Read more »
Nigeria: Shettima's Statement Denigrates Business That Employs Thousands of Workers - Atiku
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, replied the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),… Read more »
November 02, 2022
Nigeria: Flooding - Govt Has Contigency Plan to Prevent Food Shortage, Says Minister
The federal government on Wednesday disclosed that arrangements have been put in place to forestall food shortage in the wake of losses recorded in the farms as a result of recent… Read more »
Nigeria: Attacks Against Amnesty Boss Over Planned Scrapping of PAP, Misplaced, Says Group
An oil and gas transparency group, Transparency In Petroleum Exploration and Development Initiative (TIPEDI), has described as misplaced the alleged sponsored attacks on the… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Lacks Adequate Funding to Tackle Fake News, Says Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said his ministry was incapacitated in the war against fake news, disinformation and hate speech currently ravaging… Read more »
Nigeria: N800m Oil Drilling Pipes - Court Issues Bench Warrant Against Former Guber Aspirant
Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria, Others Move to End Tax Incentives, Waivers to High Net Worth Individuals, Businesses
The federal government of Nigeria and the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) have announced their resolve to stop tax waivers and incentives to high-net-worth individuals… Read more »
Nigeria: Aramco, BP Beat Expectations With Record Quarterly Profit of $42bn, £8bn
Saudi Aramco's continued its historic run yesterday, achieving a profit surge of 39 percent in the third quarter of 2022 and surpassing the average forecasts. Read more »
Nigeria: We Intentionally Prioritised Development of Nigeria's Mineral Resources - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said his administration in 2015 intentionally prioritised the development of the country's mineral resources as one of the frontiers for… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Para-Powerlifters Return From Egypt With 43 Gold Medals
Team Nigeria's delegation to the just concluded African Open Para-Powerliting Championship held in Egypt, returned to the country on Monday via an ASKY Airline that landed the… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Africa: Africa Needs $40bn Annual Grid Investments for Stable Electricity, Says Adesina
African countries will require an average of $40 billion power grid investments annually for about five years to deliver stable electricity to citizens on the continent, the Group… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Lacks Adequate Funding to Tackle Fake News, Says Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said his ministry is incapacitated in the war against fake news , disinformation and hate speech currently… Read more »
Nigeria: Police Arsenal Boosted By 631 APCs, 895 Firearms, 3,000 Grenades, 75 GRPGs - Inspector-General
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, said yesterday that the federal government had significantly boosted the arsenal of the Nigeria… Read more »
Nigeria: $1.3m Fraud - EFCC Declares Kano APC Senatorial Candidate Missing Before Court
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday told a Kano Federal High Court that the Kano Central Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressive Congress(APC)… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Tightens Measures Against Ebola Outbreak
Nigeria has rolled out further measures aimed at forestalling and containing any outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus disease in the country. Read more »
Nigeria: China Harbour Completes Construction of $1.5bn Lekki Deep Sea Port
The China Habour Engineering LFTZ Enterprise (CHELE), a subsidiary of China Habour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC), that is the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Domestic Gas Supply Grew By 14% in 12 Months, Says NMDPRA
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) yesterday said that the performance of Nigeria's domestic gas supply obligation reached 64.8 per cent… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Not Under Any Heightened Sense of Insecurity - NSA
"I want to dispel any illusion about any heightened sense of insecurity. It is false; it is irresponsible for anybody to give that signal. We're working with our foreign partners… Read more »
Kenya: Standard Bank Targets Acquisitions in Nigeria, Kenya
Standard Bank, Africa's biggest lender by assets, has disclosed that it is open to acquisitions in Nigeria and Kenya as it expands its presence in key markets on the continent. Read more »