ISpeech by Federal Foreign Ministe Annalena Baerbock at Abdou Moumouni University, Niamey I’ve just come from Mali, with a group of German members of parliament. We met many very impressive people there – above all, many courageous women. There were three visiting the MINUSMA camp yesterday, an agriculture expert, an artist and a teacher. Different though…
Access Bank has expanded its corporate structure as it will now be known as Access Holding PLC from May 1st. Read the bank’s message above.
Press Release The Osun state governorship candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke has predicted election victory over Governor Gboyega Oyetola on July 16th, calling for blacklisting and sanctioning of election riggers to protect democracy Speaking while receiving a delegation from the United States embassy led by Brandon Hudspeth ( political/Economic Section Chief),…
The United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor has released its 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in Sierra Leone. The report highlight several human right lapses committed by countries and their governments across the world in 2021. In Sierra Leone, Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: unlawful or arbitrary…
The President Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Dr Al-Mujtaba Abubakar has said the China CANTON Fair has continued to create strategic networking opportunities to Nigerians particularly members of the Chamber, considering, the large number of stakeholders cutting across the 15 Trade Groups in the Chamber. The President who was speaking during the virtual…
Consistent with its recognition of the academia as a central stakeholder in its commitment to linkages and local development sphere of the Nigeria’s telecommunications sector, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has awarded fresh research grants and endowed professorial chairs in some Nigerian universities in the sum of N233 million. From the total sum, N172.5 million was…
By: Prof. Usman Yusuf The nation went to bed on Monday 28th March 2022 shocked and saddened by the tragic attack by terrorists on the Abuja-Kaduna train that resulted in senseless loss of many innocent lives and kidnappings of many some of whom I know personally. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of…
By Ash Jain Following US President Joe Biden’s speech in Warsaw last week, the media largely focused on his offhand comments on whether Russian President Vladimir Putin should remain in power. In doing so, they overlooked the deeper strategic significance of Biden’s remarks about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Biden described the brazen assault not only as a threat to…
USAID Administrator Power with NPR’s Scott Simon at the Skoll Foundation’s 2022 Skoll World Forum. During the conversation she reflects on events happening around the world, along with her vision for working with more local organizations SCOTT SIMON: You’ve been at the border, Ukraine and Poland, you’re in a good position to tell us, what’s the…
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dragged the party and presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar to a Federal High Court in Abuja over issue of zoning in the forthcoming 2023 elections. The complainant, a senior citizen from Kaduna North, Isa Taidi, pointed out that Chapter 1, Part 7 (3 C) of the PDP…
