By Muhyideen Jimoh President Bola Tinubu returned to Abuja on Saturday after attending the Aqaba Process Heads of State Meeting in Rome, Italy. This is contained in a statement issued by Presidential spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga, on Saturday in Abuja. The Aqaba Process, launched in 2015 byContinue Reading
By Kadiri Abdulrahman The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Yemi Cardoso, says the country’s economic reforms are yielding visible results. Cardoso said this in Washington DC at the end of the Annual Meetings of the IMF/World Bank. He said that the reforms were placing the country onContinue Reading
By Kadiri Abdulrahman The World Bank is developing the International Finance Corporation (IFC2030) strategy to strengthen private capital mobilisation, its President Ajay Banga, said in Washington DC. Banga, who was speaking during the plenary of the annual meeting of the bank, said that such reforms were the foundation towards achievingContinue Reading
By Felicia Imohimi The One Impact Social Development Network has reaffirmed its commitment to working with girls to build a generation of confident and capable women who will lead the country. The pledge was made during the organisation’s EmpowerHer Workshop in Abuja to mark the 2025 International Day of the Girl Child. EnenedeContinue Reading
By Nana Musa The Minister of State for Finance, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, has reiterated the country’s commitment to structural reforms, job creation and resilient infrastructure as central pillars of its economic transformation agenda. Uzoka-Anite told journalists on the sidelines of the 2025 International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Group (WBG) AnnualContinue Reading
By Nana Musa The Minister of State for Finance, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, say the country has gained global investors’ confidence. Uzoka-Anite disclosed this to journalists on the sidelines of the 2025 International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Group (WBG) Meetings, in Washington. She that the investors’ interest in the country’s economyContinue Reading
By Felicia Imohimi ActionAid Nigeria, in collaboration with other stakeholders, has launched the Movement for the Transformation of Nigeria (MOTiON), aimed at promoting collective action to address social and institutional poverty in the country. MOTiON brings together Nigerians from mass democratic and workers’ organisations, pro-democracy movements, social justice advocates, womenContinue Reading
By Nana Musa The Director-General (D-G) of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Abdullahi, says the country is strategically positioning itself to lead Africa’s digital transformation. Abdullahi said this in Washington, on the sidelines of the 2025 IMF/World Bank Group Annual Meetings. He said that Nigeria was taking theContinue Reading
By Lilian U. Okoro The Commissioner for Health, Lagos State, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has decried the many lives lost on Lagos roads due to delays caused by onlookers taking videos instead of assisting first responders. Represented by the Director of Medical Services, Lagos Health Service Commission, Dr Olawale Adegbite, AbayomiContinue Reading
By Abiodun Lawal Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says adults and societal leaders owe it to the youths to provide truthful, transparent, transformational, and selfless leadership. Obasanjo spoke in Abeokuta on Saturday at the grand reunion and maiden lecture series of the Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS), United Kingdom AlumniContinue Reading
