NIGER Republic has opened its land border at Birnin-Konni that links the country with Sokoto State in a sure sign that the recent frosty relationship between both nations brought about by a coup d'etat in Niamey last year is starting to thaw.
[1] According to the African Development Bank, Nigeria has an annual infrastructural deficit of $100bn, yet our annual budget is a meagre $$30bn. Basically, what this means is that the government needs to quadruple its budget to address our infrastructure crisis
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has placed a three month ban on government officials going publicly-funded foreign trips in response to the growing economic crisis gripping the country that has pushed the price of basic foodstuffs.
[1] When I look at the way Nigerians throw in the towel simply because their nation is going through the birthpains of nationhood, it makes me shudder. Are we really that fickle and shallow that we have zero staying power?
NIGERIA'S minister for solid mineral development Dele Alake has called on the National Assembly to offer legislative support to promote local value addition in sector as a means of aiding job creation in mineral-rich communities.
[1] China - Mankind’s most populous nation and the currently jet setter in terms of innovative and technological development. Before the end of the 21st century, I can see them taking humanity to unimaginable heights
NIGERIA'S House of Representatives has asked the Federal Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment to halt the signing and implementation of the trade partnership with the UK that allows their lawyers to practise in Nigeria.
WORLD Bank officials have approved a $40m to African nations to fund what is known as Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and address critical gaps in climate resilience and food security across the African continent.
SUPER Eagles talisman Victor Osimhen will miss Nigeria's forthcoming international friendlies against Ghana and Mali taking place over the next week after his club revealed that the striker will be kept in Italy to recover from an injury he is nursing.
