• Nigeria

    Economic Growth: Don’t lower your guard- Buhari

    Senate, House of Reps excited Nigeria is out of recession, it has been announced. But President Muhammadu Buhari and economists, who are as excited as many Nigerians, are cautious, saying we should not lower our guard. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Report for Second ...

  • Nigeria

    Recession: Economists express fears, hopes over new status

    The economy has exited recession. But it will take some time for its effect to rub off on Nigerians’ living conditions. Many, including President Muhammadu Buhari, are cautiously excited by the development. Economists appraise the ‘out of recession’ verdict in the latest report of the National Bureau of Statics (NBS), ...

  • Nigeria

    Biafra agitation is nonsense -Clark

    ELDER statesman Edwin Clark yesterday condemned the Biafra agitation led by Nnamdi Kanu. Clark spoke yesterday when the Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debt, Senator Shehu Sani, visited him in Abuja. He also condemned the quit notice by the Arewa Group to the Igbo living in the North, ...

  • Nigeria

    Senate, House of Representatives excited

    Senate and the House of Representatives are elated by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report which yesterday suggested that Nigeria’s economy was bouncing back. Senate spokesperson Sen. Sabi Abdullahi said it was commendable that the economy grew by 0.55 per cent in the second quarter of 2017 after five ...

  • Nigeria

    Editorial de José del Rio: cuáles son los cimientos de la economía M

     

  • Nigeria

    FG Investigates more Judges, Serving Minister, says ICPC, EFCC Compromised

    …..invokes 1979 law to fight corruption   ADEBIYI ADEDAPO, Abuja  Indication emerged yesterday that more judges a well as serving ministers are being investigated by the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The new set of judges and some serving ministers whose activities are currently being investigation may be arrested in coming weeks. ...

  • Turchia

    The cost of populism in Turkish-German relations

    Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has described Germany’s anti-Turkey policies as “populism,” using an expression along the lines of “down with populism.”

  • USA Myanmar

    IOM, partners seek US$18 million as more than 123,000 Rohingya enter Bangladesh

    Source: International Organization for Migration Country: Bangladesh, MyanmarSince the latest outbreak of violence on 25 August, thousands of people are still arriving daily, and there are clear signs that more will cross before the situation stabilizes.Dhaka –  IOM, the UN Migration Agency in Bangladesh today said that humanitarian assistance in Cox’s Bazar, ...

  • USA Regno Unito

    Sierra Leone to begin cholera vaccination drive in disaster-affected areas

    Source: Government of Sierra Leone, World Health Organization, UN Children's Fund, GAVI Alliance Country: Sierra LeoneTwo rounds of vaccination will be delivered in 25 affected communities by the Government of Sierra Leone with support from Gavi Alliance, WHO, UNICEF, the UK Government and other health partners.More than 1 million doses of ...

  • Regno Unito

    UK contributes GBP 4 million to support mine action activities in newly retaken areas of Iraq

    Source: Government of the United Kingdom, UN Mine Action Service Country: Iraq, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUNMAS currently works in newly liberated areas of Ninewah, Anbar and Salah al-Din governorates to provide emergency survey and clearance, enhance government capacities and deliver risk education. Baghdad, Iraq, 5 September 2017: The ...