By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara, has called on African leaders to transit from rain-fed agriculture to climate-smart and irrigation-based farming systems to guarantee long-term food security across the continent. Governor Zulum made this call while addressing participants at the 6th African Regional Conference of...
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President Bola Tinubu on Monday declared a national emergency on food security, urging expanded irrigation infrastructure and participatory water resource management across Nigeria . Tinubu made the declaration while opening the 6th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage in Abuja. He was represented by the Secretary to the...
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has called for urgent and coordinated efforts to address the escalating impact of climate change on agriculture across Africa. Speaking on the sidelines of the 6th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage in Abuja on Monday, Zulum said that Africa was at...
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has called for the creation of an Africa-led “Marshall Plan” to rebuild regions devastated by insecurity and conflict across the continent. Adesina, in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja said,...
resident, African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has urged African governments, to prioritise health security, with the same urgency as national defence. Adesina, who said this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, also called for a more equitable global financial system, that supported the continent’s development...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu received a State Department representative from President Donald J. Trump led administration, Mr. Massad Boulos, Senior Advisor for Africa, on Thursday in Paris. A statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said the meeting focused on developing a strategic economic...
Africa’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is projected to grow by 4.0 per cent in 2025, in spite global economic fragility, says Afreximbank Research Report. The 2025 African Trade and Economic Outlook (ATEO) Report, a research by Afreximbank, said Africa’s real GDP is projected to reach 4.1 per cent...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, has commended Nigeria as a regional power and a pillar of stability on the African continent. Speaking during a high-level courtesy visit to the Chief of the...
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has advised African countries to overhaul their development models, embrace investment-led strategies instead of continuing to rely on aid for economic growth. Adesina gave the advice while delivering a keynote at the 14th Convocation Ceremony of the National...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it has approved $100 million for the establishment of the Nigerian Youth Entrepreneurship Investment Bank. President and Chairman, Board of Directors, AfDB, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said this in Abuja on Friday, when he delivered the 14th Convocation Lecture of the National Open University...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has disbursed 50 billion Dollars into various sectors of Nigeria in the last 10 years. The President and Chairman of Afreximbank, Prof. Benedict Oramah disclosed this at the Commissioning of the Afreximbank African Trade Centre (AATC) in Abuja on Thursday. Oramah said the sectors...
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has began exporting refined petroleum products to many African, European, American and Asian markets. The Deputy Regional Director, South East, Dangote Cement, Mr Ayirioritse Okerentie, made the disclosure at the ongoing 36th Enugu International Trade Fair on Dangote Special Day. The regional director listed the products...
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has raised alarm over the escalating migration of healthcare professionals from Africa. Speaking at the 7th Annual Capacity Building Workshop of the Association of Medical Councils of Africa (AMCOA) on Monday in Abuja, Pate described the mass...
Elder statesman, Afe Babalola, on Friday said academic collaboration among African institutions will make the continent attain its rightful position globally. Babalola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Ado-Ekiti He spoke on the sidelines...
Nigeria has moved one place up to 43rd position and now sixth in Africa in the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday. According to the FIFA’s website, Argentina is the highest ranked team in the world, with Spain moving one spot to second place while France drops to third....
As a new secretary-general assumes leadership of the Commonwealth, it seems de rigueur in some circles to dismiss the organisation as a relic of a bygone era. To speak of it with any seriousness places one in a social pillory, the face upturned for pelting with the fruits of...
Shirley Botchwey has assumed office as Commonwealth Secretary-General, becoming the first African woman to lead the 56-country association. Botchwey succeeds Patricia Scotland, whose nine-year term ended in March. She was appointed by leaders at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa on Oct. 25, 2024. In her inaugural...
In a bid to extend digital and financial inclusion across Africa, the MTN Group and Airtel Africa have entered into agreements to share network infrastructure in Uganda and Nigeria. Airtel made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. According to the statement, both parties will ensure the...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Africa needs a democracy of its own context that delivers to all people. Obasanjo said this on Monday in Abuja, while speaking at a Colloquium to mark the 60th birthday of former Imo Governor, Emeka Ihedioha. He said that to sustain democracy in...
The list of nominees for this year’s edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) has been released. Uzor Arukwe, Omoni Oboli, and others made the cut. Organisers of the awards which recognises excellence in filmmaking, acting, and content creation released the shortlist on Sunday night. Uzor got...