NIGERIA and several other developing nations could get their promised debt relief which G20 countries promised them in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic very soon after the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) promised to fast track...
NIGERIA and the UK have signed a foreign direct investment (FDI) agreement worth $300m aimed at boosting British support for small and medium sized enterprises in Nigeria that will lead to the creation of about 5,000 jobs.
This deal was...
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A nation of 42 states with each of them generating at least $10bn in wealth annually
A country accounting for 50% of global animal feed production with cassava and yam serving as the two main ingredients
A country that had...
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Every state capital must be home to at least one waste-to-energy (WtE) plant that processes urban garbage into electricity
Every industrial park must have a WtE facility where its waste is converted into power
Every WtE...
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If we delve into the history of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, it is crystal clear that without Nigeria there simply would have been no global trade in human cargo
By my estimation, about one quarter of all the slaves in the New...
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It is criminal laziness bordering on a crime against mother nature for a country with 853km of Atlantic coastline to be importing fish. I do not know of any other nation in the same position that does so
Again, this is a another...
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As a result of the Russia-Ukraine War, global crude oil prices remain over $100 a barrel again
Worth Russia being the world's second largest crude oil supplier, taking their huge reserves off the market was always going to create...
WORLD Bank officials have urged the Nigerian government to rethink its fuel subsidy regime as the policy is not only bleeding the treasury dry but also has the counter-productive effect of assisting the rich rather than the poor who it was designed...
NIGERIA'S foreign reserves grew by $243.83m during the first 19 days of this month to $39.78bn as of at April 19 due to the rise in global crude oil prices that have ensured more revenue into the treasury.
According to recent data from...
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Nigeria will have an annual budget ratio of $1bn to every 1m citizens. In 2023 for instance, with a population of 200m, our national budget shall not be less than $200bn
Every one of Nigeria’s 36 states shall generate at least...