New reports by an international aid organisation, Mercy Corps, have revealed how Boko Haram insurgents use informal micro credit schemes and promises of safety to recruit hundreds of youths and pupils as fighters. The beneficiaries, the reports funded by the…
Rice smugglers have devised new method of importation by packaging the commodity in form of a corpse, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN reports that the smugglers now wrapped bags of rice as corpses and smuggled them in…
Rice smugglers have devised new method of importation by packaging the commodity in form of a corpse, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN reports that the smugglers now wrapped bags of rice as corpses and smuggled them in…
Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has said that in Global Competitiveness Report for 2015/2016, Nigeria recorded a score of 3.0 out of 7 and ranked 106 out of 140 countries on Technological Readiness and a score of…
Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has said that in Global Competitiveness Report for 2015/2016, Nigeria recorded a score of 3.0 out of 7 and ranked 106 out of 140 countries on Technological Readiness and a score of…
Seye Joseph With development taking new sphere that determines the total wellbeing of the people irrespective of where they live and what they do, the International Press Centre with the support of Action Aid Nigeria and Department for International Development…
The coalition of Nigerian Youths for Change Initiative has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack the Acting Chairman of EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu over his indictment by Mohammed Umar’s revelation that he was fronting for Mr. Magu. EFCC…
The world may have finally woken up to the child hunger emergency in northeastern Nigeria, but the latest data shows, if anything, a deepening crisis. In a special report on the “possibly deteriorating” situation in the states of Borno…
Wal-Mart is eliminating 7,000 positions in its back offices across the U.S., spokeswoman Deisha Barnett confirmed. The cuts, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, affect employees working in accounting and invoicing positions. The reductions will be rolled out over…
Creating markets, developing infrastructure and providing financing for farmers are key ingredients for transforming agriculture in Africa. President Akinwumi Adesina of the African Development Bank made these remarks Saturday at the Sasakawa Symposium on “Contributing to Social security and jobs…
