• Turchia Nigeria

    Arrested students: Turkey on a vendetta mission, says FG

    The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaye, has said that the Nigerian students who were arrested in Turkey may have been paying for the refusal of the Nigerian government to shut down some Turkish schools and institutions in Nigeria. This was just as the Charge D’Affaires ...

  • Nigeria

    Gowon,Obasanjo, Tinubu hail President

    •Foreign leaders, others at presentation of biography All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart  Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday described President Muhammadu Buhari as “a true democrat”. He spoke in Abuja during the public presentation of a book entitled: “Muhammadu Buhari – The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria”. Tinubu, one of the reviewers ...

  • Nigeria

    A handshake and its import

    They looked at each other eyeball-to-eyeball. Their faces wreathed in smiles, they shook hands and exchanged pleasantries. Businessman Ismaila Isa Funtua watched, obviously with some incredulity as ex-Lagos State Governor, the Jagaban of Borgu Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman John Odigie-Oyegun seemed to be telling ...

  • Nigeria

    Police declare factional cult leaders wanted in Oyo

    •Carnivals banned POLICE in Oyo State have declared wanted two leaders of rival cult groups that unleashed bloody mayhem on the people of Ekotedo, Ibadan during the last Eid-El-Kabir carnival. The two cult leaders are Okungbemi and Ojowelili. The police command reminded the residents that the law prohibiting carnivals in ...

  • Nigeria

    NNPC laments low oil production

    The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has expressed its readiness to partner with stakeholders in oil and gas to grow the nation’s fast depleting reserves. The Group Managing Director (GMD), NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, made this commitment when the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) hosted him to a dinner ...

  • Nigeria

    Dana Air, NESG Partner On 22nd Economic Summit

    Frontline domestic airline, Dana Air has announced that it is partnering the Nigerian Economic Summit Group on the forthcoming Nigerian Economic Summit scheduled to hold from 10th to 12th October, 2016 in Abuja. In line with this year’s theme, the Nigerian Economic Summit 22, will provide the platform to facilitate ...

  • Nigeria

    Budget Reforms: Stakeholders List Solutions To Padding, Delay

    Subjecting the budget process in the National Assembly to public hearings to provide for an inclusive multi-stakeholder involvement has been identified as one of the key solutions to reforming the country’s public finance and ensure equitable nationwide development. In a similar manner, upscaling transparency and accountability through workable budget tracking ...

  • Turchia USA Iran Pakistan

    Afghanistan’s underestimated humanitarian crisis

    Source: International Crisis Group Country: AfghanistanInternational donors and the government should look at the rapidly deteriorating economy before this and an escalating humanitarian crisis merge to reach a dangerous critical mass, says the ICG.Donors and Afghan state agencies must urgently tackle an economic crisis building up since 2014, when foreign troops ...

  • USA Ecuador Pakistan

    New York Declaration a ‘once in a lifetime chance’ for refugees

    Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: South Sudan, Uganda, WorldUNHCR’s protection chief says commitments adopted at the UN Summit in New York on 19 September will revolutionize the international community’s engagement with refugees and migrants.UNHCR’s protection chief, Volker Türk, says commitments adopted at UN Summit will revolutionize the international community’s ...

  • USA

    Por sobreoferta mundial, el precio del cerdo alcanza su precio más bajo en los últimos siete años

    Los futuros de cerdos para entrega en diciembre cayeron 6.4% el viernes y tocaron $0.43  por libra en la Chicago Mercantile Exchange, el precio más bajo para uno de los contratos más activos según el volumen abierto desde 2009.