More than 320 Nigerians stranded in Libya have been rescued with the International Organisation for Migration coordinating moves to help them return to Nigeria. War-torn Libya has become a key departure point on North Africa’s Mediterranean coast for migrants, mainly from other parts of Africa, risking dangerous sea voyages in hopes of reaching Europe. AFP […]
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Nigeria has topped countries with significant power shortages in 2023, alongside emerging economies like Pakistan and Kenya, a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) has shown. According to the 2024 IEA report, insufficient power capacity, fuel supply challenges, and grid-related technical issues continued to cause significant power shortages in many regions across […]
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The United States of America has committed a new grant of $9.5 million to support the Africa Development Bank’s (AfDB’s) Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) initiative (TAAT). According to a statement from AfDB, the grant is a part of the larger US Government’s “Feed the Future” global hunger initiative that would be used for […]
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its January edition of World Economic Outlook (WEO) slightly lowered its growth projections for the country for 2024 to three percent, from the 3.1 percent earlier projected in its WEO released last October. The IMF growth projection was lower than the 3.76 percent projection in Nigeria’s 2024 budget. The […]
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and the Nigerian government have disagreed over the latest ranking of the country by the Transparency International. Transparency International Nigeria says Nigeria now ranks 145 out of 180 on the Corruption Perception Index. The latest index, recently released by TI, indicated that Nigeria moved up five places from previous CPI […]
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Nigeria’s former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, says Russia is backing Burkina Faso, Niger Republic, and Mali’s sudden withdrawal from ECOWAS. He said Russia is seeking to weaken ‘western influence’ in Africa adding that he sees ‘the hand of Russia’ in what he described as a crisis that had befallen ECOWAS. The former […]
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The Nigerian government is partnering with a United States based hospital, St Jude Global, to combat childhood cancer in Nigeria. The Minister of State for… The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Tunji Alausa, revealed this when a delegation from St Jude Global, visited him in his office in Abuja, on Monday. […]
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Nigeria’s apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), mitigating its pledge to clear the backlog of foreign exchange owed foreign airlines in the country, has concluded the payment of all verified claims by airlines with an additional $64.44 million to the concerned airlines. Acting Director of Corporate Communications at the CBN, Mrs Hakama Ali […]
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Canada’s third largest province, British Columbia, has restricted new colleges from enrolling foreign students, as a measure to crack down on the exploitation of students from other countries. Following the same decision by Ontario, British Columbia’s Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills Minister, Selina Robinson, made this known on Tuesday, during a press conference in Surrey, […]
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The African Union (AU) on Tuesday called for dialogue between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and junta-led countries Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso who have said they will leave the bloc. The trio’s decision to exit ECOWAS, which they announced on Sunday, is a blow to the bloc’s regional integration efforts after […]
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