In preparation for impacts from global economic downturn due to covid-19 pandemic and fall in Nigeria’s oil revenue, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has set up a team with mandate of increasing internally generated revenue of the State . This is  through innovations, fiscal discipline, blocking of leakages and priority funding. The Governor […]

Amidst dwindling fortune of crude oil in the international market, the Niger State Governor  Abubakar Sani Bello has harped on the imperative of diversifying the State economy. This step, Governor Bello observed,  has become necessary following the inconsistency in the prices of crude oil. The Governor was speaking when he led a delegation from the […]

The newly elected Life Patron of the Nigeria Textile Manufacturers Association, Senator Walid Jibrin has said the partial closure of Nigeria’s land borders by President Muhammadu Buhari is a blessing to the ailing textile industry in the country. The  Second Republic Senator told journalists in Kaduna  shortly after his election, that the border closure had […]

Africa is not only ready for the fourth industrial revolution. It is set to outdo the achievements of the developed world. That was one of the messages that emerged at a seminar hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB.org) at its headquarters in Abidjan. The event attracted Ivorian and regional ministers as well as officials, […]

Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, has told Governor Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufa’i of Kaduna state that the positions they held were transient and therefore, they should impact positively on people’s life. Speaking at the 60th birthday celebration of Governor Ahmad El-rufai I. Kaduna on Monday, the Emir said no leader from the north was happy due […]

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convened a meeting for African heads of state, foreign ministers and representatives of the United Nations and other multilateral bodies on Monday to discuss ways to secure peace across the continent as a necessary condition for prosperity. Trudeau, the 2020 chair of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission, called for cooperation […]