AFCFTA ‘ll increase revenue, jobs creation, says VP Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) agreement will assist in increasing revenues and jobs creation for the young population in Africa. Osinbajo made this

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12 dockworkers in our custody linked to N9.5bn cocaine seized at Lagos port – NDLEA

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has said that it is holding 12 dockworkers at the Apapa seaport in Lagos because of their significant links to the importation of

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Green Climate Fund approves $150m support for AfDB ‘s Desert-to- Power Initiative

Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), has expressed appreciation for the Green Climate Fund’s approval of 150 million dollars to support its Desert-to-Power Initiative. Adesina made

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ABU gets Nigeria’s first Huawei Academy Support Centre

Leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, Huawei Technologies Nigeria Limited, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU),

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Senate approves Buhari’s $16.2bn, €1.02bn loan request

The Senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s loan request for the sum of $16,230,077,718 (USD) billion, €1,020,000,000 billion (Euros), under the 2018-2020 External Borrowing plan. Also approved was a grant

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NIHOTOUR signs MOU with Akperan Orshi Polytechnic on staff capacity building

The Travel Tourism and Hospitality industry of the country, the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism NIHOTOUR has, on Tuesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Institute and

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President Buhari launches wheat farming in Plateau

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday 9th November 2021 flagged off the first ever rainfed commercial wheat cultivation in Nigeria at the Wheat Seed Multiplication Farm in Kwall, Bassa LGA of

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Statutory allocation for Sept: FCT Area Councils get N4.7bn

The Federal Capital Territory Administration has disbursed N4.7 billion to its six Area Councils and other stakeholders as their share of statutory allocation for the month of September. The FCT

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Creative, cultural industry can strengthen the growth of Nigeria economy- Oyatoye

The president of Asa Day Worldwide, Mr. Olaniyi Oyatoye, has called on the Federal Government to harness the potential in the creative and cultural industry to strengthen the growth of

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Taliban bars house-to-house polio vaccinations in 19 provinces

A nationwide polio vaccination drive scheduled for Monday across Afghanistan, is only taking place in 15 of the country’s 34 provinces. The Taliban-led government said the remaining 19 were too

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