President Bola Tinubu has said that Nigeria is ready to host the African Central Bank, according to the vision of the Abuja Treaty. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the President affirmed that “his administration will engage the African Union Commission in collaboration with member states to ensure that the bank …

The United Kingdom and Nigeria have signed a partnership agreement to promote trade and investment and open new prospects for both countries. The United Kingdom Minister for Business and Trade, Kemi Badenoch signed the Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership (ETIP) agreement alongside her Nigerian counterpart Nigerian Trade Minister Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite, on Tuesday in Abuja. This was contained in a …

The Permanent Secretary, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Mr. Temitope Fadeshemi has said that 88.4 million people in Nigeria are living in extreme poverty. During the distribution of farm inputs to 250 smallholder farmers in Kaduna on Wednesday, Fadeshemi, who was represented by the Director of Extension Services, Mr. Bashir Abdulkadir, said the gestures were extended to the …

The United Nations Children and Education Fund Country Representative in Nigeria, Christiane Mundaute has said that more than 200 million girls and women worldwide have undergone Female Genital Mutilation. Mundaute said Nigeria accounts for 10 percent of this figure which is estimated at 19.9 million. Speaking in Ilorin, Kwara state on Tuesday, at a symposium held to mark the International …

Indomitable Lions of Cameroon captain, Vincent Aboubakar, cut a disappointed figure following the team’s disappointing defeat to Nigeria. Rigobert Song’s side exited the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations after a 2-0 defeat to perennial rivals, Cameroon in their Round of 16 contest. The five-time champions dominated possession in the game but failed to muster a shot on target. Aboubakar made …

The Federal Ministry of Education, on Tuesday, announced the suspension of evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from the Republic of Benin and Togo. The ministry noted that its decision followed the undercover investigation conducted by a Nigerian newspaper, Daily Nigerian which exposed the activity of a degree mill in Cotonou, a major city in the Republic of Benin. According …

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday, said Nigeria is looking to diversify its economy by engaging in “friendly competition” with Russia in energy supply to European markets. This, he said, could be done with natural gas and through green energy. He also said Nigeria and other African countries need partnerships for a new green economy, arguing that efforts against climate change …

The Federal Ministry of Power and the China Ministry of Ecology and Environment, on Friday, supervised the signing of an agreement for the construction of a $150m lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Nigeria by a Chinese firm. Parties in the deal signed the agreement in Dubai at the United Nations Climate Conference, also known as COP28, according to a statement …

A former Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Nduese Essien said what has been practiced in Nigeria since 1999 is not the presidential system of Western democracy, but a modified form of democracy by the system’s operators. He added that the presidential Western-style democracy has not failed in Nigeria, adding that it has not been practiced according to …

In journalism parlance, we say facts are sacred and opinion, free; some prefer to say “opinion is cheap”. Writing the manifesto for the Guardian newspaper in 1921, its editor, Charles Prestwich (CP) Scott, said: “Comment is free but facts are sacred”. Comments, or opinions, are like wishes which an old English proverb says beggars would ride were they to be …