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September 13, 2019

UN Chief, Guterres launches new plan to counter hate & violence, reaffirms the sanctity of religious sites

The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) recently launched a new plan of action to “counter hate and violence around the globe”. This rides on a global call by the UN Secretary General Antonio...

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April 9, 2019

“Coding must be compulsory, at all levels,” Adesina tells Mo Ibrahim Governance Week

African Development Bank (www.afdb.org) President Akinwumi Adesina, has this week in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, pleaded for Africans to embrace technology, and governments to urgently move away from “investing in the jobs of the past,...

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September 20, 2018

Remittance income will drive economic growth for Africa

Despite an economic slowdown, most African countries are reported to have a positive economic outlook. This is according to a new report by the institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). The...

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February 20, 2018

Nissan, NADDC holds talks on expanding production line in Nigeria

By Oluwatobi Opusunju and Chinedu James NADDC and Nissan team at the Nissan’s Lagos plant Nissan Vice President, Peyman Kargar, was in Nigeria recently to discuss expanding its already established automobile production in Nigeria. Kargar...

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October 31, 2017

Before Nigeria’s pre independence history disappears in Ebute Metta

By Dolapo O. Aina Saturday, the 29th of April 2017 was a day that would remain ingrained in the annals of my memory. The British Council in Lagos partnered with a commercial bank to...

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May 11, 2017

Ad hoc Experts’ Group meet on ECOWAS common tariff

The Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Government of Burkina Faso are organising an Ad hoc Experts’ Group Meeting on May 16-17 in...

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March 1, 2017

Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed resumes work as the UN Deputy Secretary-General

Underscored Sustainable Development Goals as critical for better future for all Following her appointment on December 2016, Ms Amina Mohammed resumes work as the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General. While delivering her first address as...

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February 28, 2017

UN Health Agency to Provide Support as Drought threatens 1.5 million Somalis

The United Nations Health Agency has recently reported that, less than half of the people in Somalia have access to basic health services, announcing that it is scaling up its response in the country...

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June 2, 2014

A nation’s sad trajectory

‘OUR HOPE FOR A NEW NIGERIA IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE OLD MAN IN THE PROVERBS WHO CARRIED HIS DREAMS IN A BASKET.’ By Doki Godwin Jeff Ph....

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June 2, 2014

The north and its political elites (1)

By Segun Ohimeh Oruame Entrenched narrow Interest! That is the bane of development in northern Nigeria. If Walter Rodney were to be alive and had the opportunity to put the north of Nigeria in...

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