by Emmanuella Anokam Abuja, Feb. 26, 2025 (NAN)Mr Haitham Al-Ghais, the Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has tasked Africa to unlock its proven oil reserves of over 120 billion barrels. Mr Haitham Al-Ghais, OPEC Secretary-General, made this known while delivering a keynote address titled “Driving Cross-Continental Investments: Scaling Africa’s Energy Frontier”, […]
By Naomi Sharang The Senate Ad hoc Committee investigating the N30 trillion Ways and Means facility granted to the federal government has accused the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) of frustrating its efforts to uncover how the loans were utilised. The N30 trillion Ways and Means facility was allegedly granted to the federal government […]
Four suspected members of the Palestinian militant group, Hamas are to go on trial in Berlin on Tuesday. The Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office accused them of membership of a foreign terrorist organisation. As so-called foreign operatives, they were alleged to have been responsible for the creation or dissolution of weapons depots in several European countries. […]
By Mark Longyen Abuja, Feb.25,2024(NAN)The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called for strengthening of public-private partnership with the Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FEWACCI) to promote regional integration. ECOWAS Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture, Mrs Massandjé Toure-Litse, made this known at a consultative meeting between the ECOWAS […]
By Abbas Bamalli The United Kingdom (UK) Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has expressed readiness to leverage £204 million in private sector finance and investment into agriculture in Nigeria. Mrs Adiya Ode, Country Representative for Propcom+, a programme funded by the UK FCDO, disclosed this in Katsina on Monday during a stakeholders’ meeting. […]
By Lydia Chigozie-Ngwakwe Lagos, Feb. 23, 2025 (NAN) The Federal Government has expressed concern about excessive speed by motorists on the newly-rehabilitated Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State. The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, expressed the concern in Lagos at a stakeholder engagement on the Phase One and Phase Two of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal […]
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has officially begun the massive dismissal of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees. The development may lead to thousands losing their jobs, USAID has said in a notification. “All USAID direct hire personnel, except designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership, and/or specially designated programs, will be […]
EU backs Zelensky amid Trump Criticism European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, not Kaja Kallas, has expressed support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, emphasising the legitimacy of his office. Kallas is actually the Prime Minister of Estonia. Zelensky, who was elected in free and fair elections, had faced criticism from former U.S. President […]
By Sogbade Adebisi Fatima Ibadan, Feb. 23, 2025 (NAN) Property worth millions of Naira were destroyed on Sunday in Ibadan during a fire incident which ravaged a one-storey building with 10 rooms and three shops. The inferno destroyed household goods worth millions of Naira, while equipment in the shops were also completely ruined. […]