Tag: Nigeria
Nigeria renews military technical agreement with Russia
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Russian President,
Vladimir Putin, have agreed to put the Nigeria-Russia relations on a fast track
with the signing of agreement on...
Five reasons Nigeria will remain poverty capital until 2023
….with leadership and a sense of purpose, we can lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in ten years — President
Dele Sobowale
Possibly, several...
Nigeria takes 85th position on Global Happiness list
As the world marks the International Day of Happiness,
Nigeria is ranked 85 out of 156 countries and second in sub-Saharan Africa.
This is according to...
Nigeria’s terms of trade declines by 2.8%
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday said Nigeria’s terms of trade (ToT) declined by 2.8 per cent in Q4 of 2018.
ToT can...
Violence against children costs Nigeria N1.42trn –Report
Ime Akpan, Lagos
A report launched by the United Nations International
Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the ministry of budget and national
planning and the ministry of women...
Nigeria, India set to sign BASA
Indian high commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Abhay Thakur, has
said that Nigeria and India are set to sign a Bilateral Air Services Agreement
(BASA) before the...
Nigeria lost $2.8b in 2018 to oil-related crimes –UN report
The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS)
has said in its latest report that Nigeria lost about $2.8 billion in revenues
in...
Nigeria’s problem is poor management of resources–Osinbajo
The vice president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said that Nigeria’s problem is not basically about resources or planning, but the poor management of resources...
Nigeria, home to 60m illiterates—Education Minister
The minister of education, Mallam Adamu Adamu said on Wednesday that Nigeria with a population of about 180 million people has about 60 million...
Nigeria loses $6bn to underhand oil deals–Report
Nigeria will lose an estimated $6 billion in revenue to international oil companies, Shell and Eni, over the deal on the controversial oil block,...