WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has warned that Nigeria and many African countries may face a food crises  later on this year due to the effects of the Russia-Ukraine War.

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[1] At the moment, nothing polarises Nigerians more than the perceived nepotistic stance of President Muhammadu Buhari. He is seen as an ethnic Fulani champion who is trying to subjugate the other 349 or so ethnic groups that make up Nigeria. His handling of the Fulani herdsmen and banditry sagas are constantly pointed to as firm evidence of this

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has commended the board and management of the Bank of Industry (BoI) for contributing to the growth and industrialisation of Nigeria in recognition of the fact that it has raised $4bn for investment purposes over the last four years.

NIGERIA'S ongoing security crisis took another turn for the worse yesterday when bandits invaded a housing estate at Kofar Gayan low-cost area in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna state kidnapping two people.

NIGERIAN government officials have given up on plans to resuscitate the Ajaokuta Steel Company before the end of the Buhari tenure saying the ingoing Russian-Ukrainian war has derailed the objective that was already threatened by the Covid-19 lockdown.

FORMER president Dr Goodluck Jonathan has rejected the offer out to him by some of President Muhammadu Buhari's close associates who were offering him the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in next year's elections.

NIGERIA continues to reel from the effects of violent insecurity as armed bandits struck again yesterday attacking Abuja from the Suleija-Zuma axis in Niger Stare in a bloody attack that left six soldiers and two officers dead.

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[1] Across sub-Saharan Africa, it is estimated that about 20m children walk about barefoot

[2] In Nigeria, we so not have precise figures but with about 80m people living below the poverty line, you can just imagine how many barefoot kids we have walking around the country

AMERICAN consular officials have flagged off the construction of their $537m new building to be constructed at Eko Atlantic City in Lagos in an ambitious development plan that will see them build the largest US mission in the world in Nigeria.

EBELECHUKWU Obiano the former first lady of Anambra State has officially apologised to Governor Charles Soludo for the altercation that took place on the day of his inauguration between herself and Mrs Bianca Ojukwu.