OBJ Updated: Speaking in Kigali on 29 June as a Special Guest at activities marking the 24th Annual General Meeting of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Chief Obasanjo said Nigeria should adopt a two-track approach to the introduction of a…
Nigeria: Petroleum business is, maybe, the greatest wellspring of stress for the Nigerian economy. Its most touchy part is the downstream fragment where the populist item, petroleum, is botching up both the economy and the financial profile of the Federal…
Nigeria’s Ministry of Budget and National Planning, in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Africa’s Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, on Friday launched the West African nation’s 2016 Country Profile. The Country Profile contains country-specific policy analyses and recommendations for…
Background YIAGA implements the #WatchingTheVote project under her election program. Watching The Vote (WTV) project is a citizen led election observation initiative aimed at enhancing the integrity of elections in Nigeria using technological tools like SMS and evidence-based research methodology tools. The project is designed…
Mainstreaming sustainable development goals into national development plans requires governments on the continent to build public awareness on the SDGs and their relevance to national strategies and plans, says Sylvain Boko of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). In his…
BY AYO OYOZE BAJE The piece of heart-warming news that our own Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, current President, African Development Bank and former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development under President Goodluck Jonathan has been named the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate could not…
Job Openings in Abuja NGO: 1.Policy and Advocacy Officer (PAO) 2.Media and Communications Officer (MCO) 3.Capacity Building and Partnership Officer (CBPO) About DRAC Disability Rights Advocacy Center (DRAC) is an Abuja-based, Non-Governmental, Not-for-Profit Organization that works to protect the Human…
This is a pathetic story of Mr. Nwokoma Donald, a young Nigerian parent who is being hounded by his extended family for refusing to allow the circumcision of his daughter, an act that defies age-long tradition of the south-eastern part…
By Babatunde Okunoye & Tomiwa Ilori* Digital rights concerns for Africa seem to be on the rise and so does the need to mount guard for its protection and respect across the region. Chief among these concerns is the wanton…
To what has been described as what is frequent with Africa – Europe bound flights, the uncultured attitudes of foreign airlines spraying insecticide on passengers travelling from Africa to Europe before taking off has been totally condemned. Describing his experience…
