Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Bosun Tijani believes the country’s youth are its biggest asset, saying with the right support they can reshape the world. He made the comment while speaking at the Platform’s Independence Anniversary event held in Lagos on Monday. According to him, Africa has...
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In the last three months, I have written three articles showing clearly how FUEL SUBSIDY removal was the greatest error. Information that the Tinubu government paid N169.4 billion as a subsidy in August this year to keep the pump price at N620 per litre, exonerates my stand on subsidy...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has congratulated Nigerians on the country’s 63rd Independence Anniversary. Alhaji Atiku stated this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja by his Media Aide, Paul Ibe....
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The North West Regional Manager of Dangote Fertilizer Ltd, Mr Wilson Kolawole has expressed concern over looming food crisis in Nigeria if agriculture is not given the desired attention. Mr. Wilson, who stated this on Thursday in Kano at a workshop organized for...
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has urged stakeholders within the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises’ (MSMEs) ecosystem to create a more supportive environment for MSME’s to grow, thrive and contribute to the economy. The Chief Executive Officer, SMEDAN, Dr Olawale Fasanya, gave the...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – The joint bid by Nigeria and neighbours Republic of Benin has taken the front seat in the race for hosting of the 36th edition of Africa Cup of Nations in 2027, with the Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football to vote...
The Federal Government says, it has taken steps to eliminate Dog – mediated Human rabies in the Nigeria environs by 2030. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, stated this at a joint ministerial news conference to commemorate the World Rabies Day on Tuesday in...
President Bola Tinubu has implored the Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies in Africa to renew the fight against substance abuse. Tinubu made the call, while declaring open the 31st meeting of the Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Africa (HONLAF), on Tuesday in Abuja. ...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease and Prevention Control (NCDC), has registered 210 new suspected cases of cholera infections and 10 ‘suspected’ deaths across eight states of the federation from July 31 to Aug. 27. The NCDC said this via its official website in its latest monthly situation report on...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, says President Bola Tinubu is gradually taking Nigeria to its rightful place in the comity of great nations in the world. This is contained in a statement, signed by the Minister, and made available to News Agency of...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Federal Government of Nigerian has called for a free and secure Internet for Africa, which is capable of bridging the digital divide and creating innovative opportunities within the continent. Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, made the just-concluded...
Wild Africa Fund, an environmental NGO, says that Cross River gorillas can boost local tourism if there are deliberate policies to protect them. The fund urges the public to protect Nigeria’s unique Cross River gorillas by supporting ongoing efforts to safeguard their populations and habitat as well as reducing...
Christians, performing this year’s pilgrimage in the Holyland of Jordan have been called upon to uphold the country in prayers for its continued progress and development. The acting Director, of the Christian Pilgrim Welfare Board, CPWB, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, Mrs. Rahila Baita made the...
The Federal Government has launched a national talent export programme, tagged “National Talent Export Programme (NATEP)’’, designed to create at least one million jobs over the next five years as a special purpose vehicle. The Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, announced this on the...
Ghana may soon be exporting electricity to its neighbour, Nigeria, according to latest reports. Mr. Hanson Monney, the Head of the Generation and Transmission Unit at the Ghanaian Ministry of Energy, emphasised that via effective policy development and implementation, Ghana has already attained an impressive 80% to...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. has signed up as a participant of the United Nations Global Compact, thereby becoming the first state-owned oil company to join the global initiative. Group CEO of NNPC Ltd., Malam Mele Kyari,, signed the Letter of Commitment, at the ongoing UN General...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu asserted, on Wednesday in New York, that African nations will no longer accept a situation in which human rights advocacy is used by wealthy and powerful nations to stop developing economies from dealing decisively with malign actors who illicitly...
The authors of the iconic book “Why Nations Fail,” Daren Acemoglu and James Robinson, stated that it is the parasitic political and economic classes that are the primary cause of why nations fail. What counts to them is what they get out of the system, not what...
The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi has urged Nigeria leaders to embrace ethical leadership as a way of moving the country forward. Obi said this in Nsukka on Wednesday, during a lecturer titled,”The Ethical Leadership”. The lecture is organised...