Nigeria risks financial ‘blockade’, frosty relations with funders
• World Bank calls for sovereign debt changes ahead of looming recession • Cold attitude to reforms harming domestic investment outlook, experts say • ‘Challenge western countries but with better policy options’ • Nigeria’s Eurobond rises by about 100% in six months Nigeria is gradually inching towards a financial ‘blockade’ at the international financial market,…
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EU to deepen ties with Nigeria, others on energy transition
…As Nigeria-EU trade hits €28bn The European Union (EU) has stated that it would be prioritising Nigeria, Mozambique, Angola and Senegal in its bid to fast-tracking energy transition into renewables on the continent. The EU Ambassador to Nigeria, Samuela Isopi, at a press conference to announce its eight edition of the EU business forum scheduled…
Matawalle signs banditry bill into law, explains call for self-defence
• Nigeria not ripe for individual ownership of guns, says criminologist • Zamfara governor acted within his rights – Ex-DSS boss • Bandits abduct CMD of General Hospital, NULGE chairman’s pregnant wife in Zamfara • No need to arm citizens for now, call unnecessary, Uzodinmma says Amid the uproar over his call for residents to…
Fayose shuns Atiku, PDP to support southern presidential candidate
Former Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose Wednesday said he will support a southern candidate in Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election. Fayose, a former two-term governor was elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the southwest state in 2003 and 2014. “The current President of Nigeria is a 2-term Northern Presidency, thus implying…
Afenifere tasks Buhari on insurgency, says no to IDP camps in South
Fight terrorism scientifically, ex-naval officer urges govt Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday, urged the government to halt security breaches in the country and prevent the establishment of camps for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the South as obtained in some parts of the North. In a statement issued by National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Jare Ajayi,…
Ngige not headache of varsity lecturers, ministry clarifies
ADC tasks FG on the immediate resolution of ASUU strike The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment has warned those accusing its minister, Dr. Chris Ngige, of being a headache for the university lecturers to desist forthwith. This came on the heels of a lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and…
PDP threatens to expose Obasanjo over ‘mistake’ comment on Atiku
Plans to beg Wike for a choice of Okowa The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo to publicly confirm his comment that he made a mistake picking Atiku Abubakar as running mate in 1999, otherwise it will expose him within 48 hours. Addressing a press conference in Kaduna, yesterday, the PDP…
You don’t have such powers, Irabor faults Matawalle on arms bearing
• I can’t issue gun licenses to Zamfara residents, CP says • Lawyers, Northern group kick against governor’s call • Catholic Communicators, Southern, Middle belt leaders decry worsening insecurity, church attacks • Over 20,000 flee Katsina communities over insecurity • Aareonakakanfo backs Matawalle’s directives, urges other governors to follow suit Again, the thorny issue of federalism…
FG to democratise software testing, targets 50,000 testers in three years
The Federal Government is set to collaborate with the Nigeria Software Testing Qualification Board (NGSTQB) in democratising software testing, which will see licensed professionals providing the services in the country. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, made this known at the weekend while delivering his keynote address at a one-day virtual workshop,…
Maiduguri gas plant gets November completion date
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) independent gas-powered plant in Maiduguri, Borno State, will be completed by November 2022. Group Managing Director (GMD) of NNPC, Mele Kyari, disclosed in Maiduguri, yesterday, that machineries for the gas engines are already on site with the technical team to fix the equipment. The 50MW power project was sited…