Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is presiding over a virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council, which commenced at 10.00am on Wednesday morning. The vice president chairs the meeting in the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari, who is in the United Kingdom for medical check. Members of the Cabinet who are physical present in…
The Secretary of the Caretaker Committee of Nigeria’s governing party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator John Akpanudoedehe, has disproved media reports saying he has resigned from his position. The Secretary who said this while speaking to journalists in Abuja told the public to disregard such news. It took place after the Governor of Niger…
● Court Validates Delegates list authorised by PDP national Secretariat ● Other Aspirants Dropped out of Race ● Ademola Adeleke Projected to Win by over 2/3 of votes Senator Ademola Adeleke on Monday confirmed his dominance of the race for governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) as series of events saw three aspirants dropping…
The Borno State Government has partnered the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) in the reconstruction, rehabilitation and resettlements of a million internally displaced persons (IDPs) into liberated communities. The 13-year insurgency has killed 40, 000 people with the destruction of property worth $9.2 billion (N3.42 trillion) in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. Governor Babagana Zulum…
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) says democracy in Nigeria would not have experienced continuous improvement without the support of the European Union. IPAC’s National Chairman Alhaji Yagbagi Sani made the assertion in Abuja, when the European Union observation follow-up mission delegation, Led by its Chief, Marie Arena, visited him. Alhaji Sani said the EU Parliament…
Ahead of next Tuesday governorship primary, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke has called on delegates and party stakeholders to support his candidature as he is prepared to defeat the incumbent governor at the July elections. In a statement issued on Saturday, the frontline governorship contender appealed to his supporters not to be distracted as he…
By Barrister Rotimi John Adeyenuwo Whoever that is calling himself Oloto 1 should go and study Law in University to qualify him to be abreast of Procedural Law being taught in the Nigeria Law School. Law is not a field a nonentity can brag to have solutions to all the problems arising therefrom. If there…
The African Small Business Catalyst, a collaboration within the U.S. government, is open for applications from innovative small businesses focused on development in select countries in Africa WASHINGTON – U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) today jointly announced the launch of the African Small Business Catalyst (ASBC), a business accelerator…
The African Development Bank organized from February 21 to 24, in Douala (Cameroon), a training workshop for the benefit of fifty actors on climate finance. The workshop, which also enabled a consultation of actors on a project relating to agriculture resilient to climate change, aimed to build the capacities in climate finance of actors from…
LAGOS, Friday, March 4, 2022: Last month, Mr. Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, in his usual manner, made the unfounded and false statement that some Nigerian NGOs “are working to destabilise Nigeria” – and went on to attack NGOs that had exercised their constitutional right to challenge the Nigerian government in a court…
