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Cardoso Explains Shift from Direct Development-finance Interventions to Stronger Credit System to Agriculture, Others
• Ononugbo: credit must raise productivity, incomes, jobs •GIZ AgFin project unlocks d €53.9 million to smallholder farmers, project records 150,300 transactions, 90% repayment rate •8-year project proves smallholder lending
Aircraft Underutilisation, Revenue Loss to Sunset Airports Worry Airline Operators
Chinedu Eze Airline operators in Nigeria are worried about forced flight cancellation, underutilisation of their aircraft, including loss of revenue to sunset airports, because of limited hours of flights. Sunset
Oyo: Customs Intercepts Police Uniforms, Explosives, Pistol, 17 Vehicles and Others
Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan The Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 573 Nigeria Police Force crests, 92 yards of police camouflage uniform fabric, a pistol, six
ECOWAS Biometric Card Will Ease Travel, Enhance Free Trade in Member States, Say IOM, NIS, ECOWAS
Sunday Okobi International Organisation for Migrants (IOM), Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), as well as other stakeholders in the West African region, including, mainly, ECOWAS, have enumerated the huge benefits of
THISDAY MD Donates Books to UNILORIN English Department
Hammed Shittu in Ilorin The Managing Director of THISDAY Newspapers, Mr. Eniola Bello, has called on media practitioners and students of journalism to uphold the fundamental principles of accuracy, objectivity,
World Bank Mobilises Record $112bn Private Capital, Funding for Developing Nations Hits $200 Billion
• Africa attracts $22bn PCM, up nearly 150% in four years • Global lender issues record $25bn guarantees, exceeds 2030 target 55% of 2026 financing directed to infrastructure, energy, others
Akande Presents Credentials to Swedish King, Sets Stage for Stronger Nigeria-Sweden Ties
Michael Olugbode in Abuja Nigeria’s Ambassador to Sweden, Lola Akande, has formally assumed her diplomatic responsibilities in the Scandinavian country, presenting her Letters of Credence to King Carl XVI Gustaf
Nigeria Must Convert Climate Crisis into Green Jobs, Investment
• Stakeholders seek private capital, local tech, resilient infrastructure Michael Olugbode in Abuja Nigeria must move beyond treating climate change as an environmental challenge and begin converting its climate financing
North Central Unveils 20-Year Plan, Targets Regional Economic Transformation
• NCDC seeks integrated infrastructure, value addition, security and digital expansion across six states, FCT Michael Olugbode in Abuja The North Central Development Commission (NCDC) has unveiled a 20-year development
Court Sentences South African to 25 Years Imprisonment for Bringing Heroin to Nigeria
Alex Enumah in Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja, has sentenced a South African woman, Ann Jessica Will, to 25 years imprisonment, for bringing 5.75 kilogrammes heroin into the
