THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $47.09 million grant for the first phase of Mozambique’s Pemba-Lichinga Integrated Development Corridor, a Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone. The grant, from the African Development Fund, will help improve agricultural productivity and agribusiness…
‘SO great has this government’s commitment to education been that public expenditure on education has almost doubled from GH¢20.7bn (about $32.4bn) between 2013 and 2016, that is in the Mahama era, to GH¢40.4bn between 2017 and 2020, that is in the…
By ABDULLAHI RABIU, Kano ONE of the richest Nigerians and Chairman of many conglomerates Alhaji Aminu Dantata has said Nigeria had fail from all dimension and that the Country has to drop the Presidential system and work with Paliamentary for…
AIRLINES have been torn on what to do with the Airbus A380 as the COVID-19 pandemic and a shift towards sustainability in the sky has forever changed how people travel. Some airlines have opted to retire the A380 while others…
THE bi-annual Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), which is a study of the global retailing landscape, reveals that Africa is poised to move away from traditional retail models and become the fastest-growing, richest, and most sophisticated market in the world. Prashaen Reddy,…
AFRICA’S call for a just and inclusive energy transition has been answered through the European Union’s landmark proposal to label natural gas as a ‘green’ energy source. Historically, Africa has always fought for sustainable development because we know, first-hand, the…
A TOTAL of $3.53bn has been paid by the Federal Government to five international oil companies as cash call arrears repayment to the IOCs, leaving an outstanding balance of $1.15bn. Latest status report on the Pre-2016 Cash Call Arrears Repayment…
A MAJOR fire broke out at South Africa’s seat of parliament in Cape Town early Sunday, sending a thick column of smoke into the sky and threatening the National Assembly building. The fire was believed to have started in one…
FOUNDER of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele, says Nigeria’s economic situation will become worse in the last 16 months of the Muhammadu Buhari administration. He said that the situation will get so bad that the succeeding administration…
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities has said the N30bn Revitalisation Fund and N22.5bn Earned Academic Allowance totalling N52.5bn released by the Federal Government is not enough to deal with the challenges facing the university system. The ASUU President, Prof…
