AFCFTA Will Soon Become World’s Largest Free Trade Area – Akinwumi Adesina
Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has called on investors to look to Africa for business opportunities because the Africa Continental Free Trade Area will soon become…
Nigeria Will Raise Oil Output To 1.8m bpd By End of 2021 – Mele Kyari
Mele Kyari, group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has said Nigeria’s oil output will rise to 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) by the end of…
Railway Workers Suspend Strike
The Nigeria Union of Railway Workers (NURW) has suspended its three-day warning strike, following an agreement reached with the federal government. NURW commenced the strike on Thursday. Suspension of the…
Police Arrest 77-Year-Old Illegal Gun Manufacturer in Delta
A combined team of policemen and vigilantes in Ozoro Community in Delta State, have apprehended a 77-year-old gun manufacturer, Michael Enipozi, with one 28-year-old Emma Ighodalo in the state. The…
Kano To Get $110m As AfDB Earmarks $563m For Agriculture, Rural Roads in Nigeria
Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) says it will spend $563 million on rural roads, transport infrastructure, water, sanitation and agricultural productivity in Nigeria. The AfDB president…
Lai’s Reaction To #EndSARS Panel Report Shows FG Not Ready For Justice – Segalink
Segun Awosanya, better known as Segalink, a member of the Lagos judicial panel on EndSARS, has accused the federal government of not being ready for justice in relation to the…
Buhari’s Government is First To Propose Workable Solution To Herder-Farmer Clashes – Garba Shehu
Senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Garba Shehu says the President Muhammadu Buhari's administration is the first to “put forward a workable solution to the herder-farmer”…
CBN To Set Up Finance Centre At Eko Atlantic City in 2022
Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the Apex bank will set up an international financial centre at the Eko Atlantic City by the second quarter…
How We Used To Rent Food For Nollywood Film Shoots – Kanayo O Kanayo
Kanayo O Kanayo has narrated how filmmakers used to rent meals for movie shoots in Nigeria. Holding up a piece of meat, in an Instagram post, the Nollywood star recalled: “When…
Discourse on Nigeria’s Unity Driven By Ignorance, Emotion – Sultan
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Abubakar III, says the discourse on Nigeria’s unity is driven by ignorance and emotion rather than knowledge. The Sultan, represented by Shehu Yamusa III, Emir…