[1] This week, two serious issues have been in the news bordering on insecurity in Nigeria. The first has been that some repentant members of Boko Haram have been recruited into the Nigerian Army and the other is that gold mining in Zamfara State has fuelled the ongoing banditry there. No doubt, both issues are very emotive as apart from the fact that they raise security concerns among ordinary Nigerians, they must scare potential foreign investors to death
NIGERIA's economic growth slipped significantly between 2015 and 2018 according to a new report by the World Bank titled Africa’s Pulse which looked at the macroeconomic variables of 44 sub-Saharan African countries between 1995 and 2018.
AKWA Ibom State's Governor Udom Emmanuel will not be assenting to a bill passed by the state house of assembly making it compulsory for companies hire indigenes and local people because the government sees such a law as unenforceable.
IMO State governor-elect Hon Emeka Ihedioha has barred all civil servants from further engagement in matters relating to the processing and issuance of Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) as part of a move to combat the transfer of state assets to private individuals.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari may refuse to accept Justice Walter Onnoghen's voluntary retirement and opt instead to have him dismissed and prosecuted by the Economic and Financial crimes Commission (EFCC) when he returns from the Middle East.
NIGERIA'S economy has received a major boost this week after global crude oil prices rose to a five-month high of over $70 a barrel as renewed fighting in Libya raised the prospect of supply shortages from the country.
(1) Earlier this week, I read another report from Bloomberg lamenting how Nigeria is lagging behind when it comes to taking millions of people out of poverty. Their summary pointed to how China and India were making a huge impact in rural areas and drastically improving the living standards of people who were landless peasants some 10 years ago. It concluded that Nigeria was not part of this process and the future looked bleak as a result
NIGERIA'S economic growth has been described as too sluggish to be effective by US news agency Bloomberg which said that more Nigerians now live in poverty than was the case four years ago when President Muhammadu Buhari came to power.
ONDO State's Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has received a vote of confidence from the local chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in response to him being queried by the national leadership over his role in the recent elections.
NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials have undertaken to fund the treatment of former Super Eagles skipper and head coach Christian Chukwu who needs to travel abroad for urgent medical attention.
NIGERIA's economic growth slipped significantly between 2015 and 2018 according to a new report by the World Bank titled Africa’s Pulse which looked at the macroeconomic variables of 44 sub-Saharan African countries between 1995 and 2018.
AKWA Ibom State's Governor Udom Emmanuel will not be assenting to a bill passed by the state house of assembly making it compulsory for companies hire indigenes and local people because the government sees such a law as unenforceable.
IMO State governor-elect Hon Emeka Ihedioha has barred all civil servants from further engagement in matters relating to the processing and issuance of Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) as part of a move to combat the transfer of state assets to private individuals.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari may refuse to accept Justice Walter Onnoghen's voluntary retirement and opt instead to have him dismissed and prosecuted by the Economic and Financial crimes Commission (EFCC) when he returns from the Middle East.
NIGERIA'S economy has received a major boost this week after global crude oil prices rose to a five-month high of over $70 a barrel as renewed fighting in Libya raised the prospect of supply shortages from the country.
NIGERIA'S economic growth has been described as too sluggish to be effective by US news agency Bloomberg which said that more Nigerians now live in poverty than was the case four years ago when President Muhammadu Buhari came to power.
ONDO State's Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has received a vote of confidence from the local chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in response to him being queried by the national leadership over his role in the recent elections.
NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials have undertaken to fund the treatment of former Super Eagles skipper and head coach Christian Chukwu who needs to travel abroad for urgent medical attention.
