Nigeria
War against Insurgency: Nigeria takes delivery of 6 Super Tucanos in July
The Presidency says Nigeria will take delivery of six of the ordered 12 Super Tucanos fighter aircraft in mid-July 2021 to enhance the fight against insurgency and terrorism in the
2023 Presidency Should Be Zoned To Southern Nigeria, Says Governor Masari
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari speaks during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on March 18, 2021. Ahead of the 2023 general elections in the country, Katsina State
Okonjo-Iweala Concludes Visit to Nigeria, the First Official Trip as WTO DG
The newly appointed Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has concluded her first official working visit to Nigeria. Ms Okonjo-Iweala, a former finance minister of Nigeria, arrived in
Putting Nigeria together again will be hard
By Ikechukwu Amaechi CAN Nigeria ever be put together again? This is the question that concentrated my mind as I watched the tragi-comedy of the Deputy Speaker of the House
AGF advocates quarterly audit of MDAs
To reduce the degree of corruption in public life in Nigeria, the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, has called for a quarterly audit of ministries The post AGF
The advent of military was the greatest disaster Nigeria ever had — Okupe
By Arogbonlo Israel A former spokesperson for two former Presidents ( Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan), Dr Doyin Okupe, says the advent of military into Nigeria’s political landscape was the
Nigeria gets first composite cylinder plant
By Prince Okafor From an undesirable position of importing LPG (cooking gas) cylinders, Nigeria is on course to become the world’s largest manufacturer of composite cylinders with the groundbreaking of
Nigeria attracts $2.6bn FDI in 2020 amid global downturn
Global foreign direct investment (FDI) collapsed in 2020, falling 42% from $1.5 trillion in 2019 to an estimated $859 billion, according to the latest UNCTAD Investment Trends Monitor The post
Germany Suspends AstraZeneca Vaccine
By Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja with agency report Germany has suspended the use of AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine in the country. Germany’s move comes amid a growing health scare that
