VICE President Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday in Osogbo, capital of Osun State vowed that the federal government under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari would do everything within its capacity to ensure that the poorest among the Nigerian masses are uplifted through active support to grow small and medium scale businesses, including entrepreneurs such that
LAGOS State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, said on Thursday that his main goal is to make Lagos the 3rd largest economy in Africa, the basis for which his administration has been embarking on capacity building for the state’s public servants. Lagos is the 5th largest economy in Africa currently. Governor Ambode said this in his
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, says rice importation into Nigeria has dropped by 95 per cent in the last two years. Ogbeh said this on Thursday in Abuja at the first Annual NACCIMA-NIRSAL Agribusiness and Policy Linkage Conference, which has “Implementing the Agriculture Component of the Economic Recovery Growth Plan
President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, said former President Goodluck Jonathan was never desperate for power, but got there by providence. He stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the unveiling of a book titled “On a Platter of Gold“ written by Mallam Bolaji Abudullahi, National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Mr. Sylvanus Nsofor, has presented his Letter of Credence to President Donald Trump. Nsofor, at the presentation of his credentials at the White House, applauded the existing cordial bilateral relations between Nigeria and the U.S. The new envoy also expressed Nigeria’s desire to deepen its ties with the
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mohammed Babandede, told a House of Representatives panel on Thursday that Abdulrasheed Maina operated three passport. He said Maina used to have an official passport, which had expired but not renewed; an ordinary valid passport and an American passport. “We got to know about Maina on
An expected sea level rise of just a few feet (one meter) will submerge more than 13,000 historical sites in the southeastern United States, researchers said. Burial grounds, early settlements, and space agency launchpads are among the historical places at risk, and the impact of the changing climate will be massive, said the study in
President Muhammadu Buhari has given the clearest hint so far that he will seek re election in 2019. He gave the hint in far away Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire where he is attending the 5th European Union-African Union (EU-AU) Summit. He was accompanied on the trip by a leader of the governing APC, Bola Tinubu,
The Secretary of the Nigeria Traditional Boxing Premier League, Ahmed Jada, said on Monday that Sokoto State would host the fourth edition of the traditional boxing tournament next month. Jada told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the tournament would hold at the Trade Fair Complex on Old Airport Road in Sokoto.
The African Development Bank has launched the presidential youth advisory group (PYAG) to provide insights and solutions for job creation for youths in Africa. The advisory group was inaugurated on Monday on the sidelines of the 6th EU-Africa Business Forum in Abidjan. In an interview with CNBC Africa on Tuesday, Akin Adesina, president of the