Achidi Thelma Three consecutive years of drought coupled with a sharp recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic will leave a third of the population in Southern Madagascar struggling to put food on their table. With severe malnutrition rates continuing to […]
A call to the nation due to this virus we handle with levity and here again there is a rise in the covid-19. In the past week, coronavirus infections in Nigeria have steadily increased, with 474 new cases recorded on […]
Achidi Thelma The Presidency said it would deliver 5 million solar systems to 25 million Nigerians previously not connected to the national grid through Solar Home Systems, under the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP). Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the […]
Achidi Thelma Trade and Industry Stakeholders have said that the reported re-opening of the borders to allow Dangote and BUA companies to transport their goods across the closed borders was lopsided and amounted to a ‘selective decision’ that would engender monopolies. […]
Achidi Thelma Leading pan-African banking group, Ecobank has won awards from EMEA Finance, The Banker and Global Finance. Ecobank’s awards in the EMEA Finance African Banking Awards 2020 includes the pan-African award for Financial Inclusion, and ‘Best Bank’ in Burkina […]
Incoming passengers who shun the Federal Government’s guidelines against COVID-19 have been warned to stop it or face the consequences. The Lagos State government issued the warning on Friday in a statement jointly signed by the Commissioner for Information and […]
Nigeria has deposited a ratified document of the agreement establishing the AfCFTA with the African Union legal depository, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Saturday. The African Continental Free Trade Area, created in 2018, seeks to accelerate intra-African trade […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s Maiduguri Zonal Office, EFCC, has secured the conviction of Adam Kaka Adam, a former banker, who was sentenced to one year in prison by Judge Ibrahim Jauro of the Yobe State High Court […]
Following the recommendation of a presidential committee on the matter, Nigeria is expected to re-open its land borders with neighboring West African countries. Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, spoke in Abuja on Wednesday. In […]
Achidi Thelma Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on Monday, said the country will exit recession by the first quarter of 2021. Ahmed spoke about the current recession in the country at the ongoing 26th […]
