Above-average rainfall and devastating flooding across West and Central Africa has affected five million people in 19 countries across the region, claiming hundreds of lives, upending livelihoods, displacing tens of thousands from their homes and decimating over a million hectares of cropland – in a region already in the...
West Africa
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), says West African countries must create export-ready MSMEs that can compete with exports from other countries. Mr Olawale Fasanya, the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of SMEDAN, said this at the ongoing 1st edition of the Gambia-Nigeria trade fair in Banjul,...
Some tourism stakeholders have called on African leaders to put measures in place in boosting seamless travels across the West African region. The stakeholders spoke during the launch of Destination West Africa Project (DWAP) in Lagos on Friday. DWAP focuses on improving intra-Africa travel as well as tourism and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in New York vowed to entrench a process of free, fair, transparent and credible elections through which Nigerians elect leaders of their choice. In his farewell speech to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) as President, he told the...
Nigeria remains an attractive investment destination of West Africa and other parts of the world, Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has said. .Bagudu made this known when the Chairman of WACOT Rice Company, Alhaji Faruk Gumel visited the governor at the Government House, Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday. The governor...
The Nigerian Navy says it is committed to protecting the country’s maritime space and enhancing security in the Gulf of Guinea. The Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Abuja, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, said this during a visit to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Lagos Office on Wednesday. He said...
Mr Francis SIMPORE, Executive Director, ECOWAS Center for Renewable and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), says the agency is set to ensure sustainable energy across ECOWAS Member States by 2030. SIMPORE made this known on Wednesday in Abuja, during a joint news conference with the Ministry of Power, ahead of the...
The United Kingdom (UK) said on Tuesday it had donated 15 million pounds for the provision of vital food and nutrition for vulnerable people in the Northeastern states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe. The UK High Commission in Nigeria which announced this in a statement said the amount was...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that security would be increased across the country to try to stamp out widespread oil theft, a week after a supertanker was detained off the coast of Equatorial Guinea. “We will not allow a few criminals to have unfettered access to the nation’s crude...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received the new President of the ECOWAS Commission and his Management Team, telling them the kind of sub-regional body West African leaders desire and must have. The president told Dr Omar Alieu Touray, the new President and the delegation at the Presidential Villa, Abuja:...
WildAid, an environmental NGO, on Wednesday said Nigeria’s lions were on the verge of extinction. This is contained in a statement signed by Kelechukwu Iruoma, WildAid Representative in Nigeria and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. WildAid said that it launched a weeklong campaign...
A firm, Evoke e-Health Solution, says it is poised to offer second medical opinion to improve health outcomes in Nigeria and the West African sub-region. Dr Ifeoma Obianozie-Amadi, a co- founder of Evoke eHealth, at a telehealth practice pre-launch event on Saturday in Abuja, described the company’s services as...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari’s trip to Liberia on Tuesday signifies the importance attached to the security and wellbeing of that country and the rest of West Africa. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s media aide, made the clarification in a statement on Monday...
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have adopted the recommendations of its mediator for Mali and Nigeria’s former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, concerning the lifting of economic sanctions on the country. in a document obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Abuja, Jonathan’s...
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB), says it is implementing infrastructure projects worth 11.5 billion dollars in West Africa. Ms Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, the Director-General, West Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office of the Bank, said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) says access to finance, markets and technologies for women will guarantee full transformation on the continent’s food system. Ms Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, the Director-General, West Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office of the Bank, said this in a telephone interview with the News...
President of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean-Claude Brou has said that the Sub-region was winning in the fight against maritime insecurity, with Nigeria being removed from the piracy list hotspot. Brou said this while delivering reports of the ECOWAS Commission before the ECOWAS Parliament at the ongoing 2022 First Ordinary...
The President, National Bambara Nut Producers, Processors and Marketers Association (NABAPPMA), Igwe Ezedioramma Aniagu, says Bambara nut is the solution to world hunger. Aniagu made this known at the sideline of the official inauguration of 11 new member associations to the National Commodity Associations of Nigeria in Abuja. He...
A cultural documentary, “Bigger Than Africa”, is set to debut May 13, on Netflix, a global streaming platform. This was disclosed by Toyin Adekeye, Founder of Motherland Productions, based in the United States, who is the director of the film, on Tuesday in Lagos. Adekeye while relaying the film...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 358 cases of Lassa fever recorded across 19 States, even as the world continues to battle COVID-19. It also said that the fever caused three deaths in Britain, diagnosed from those who recently came back from West Africa. The NCDC,...