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Nigeria Declares UN Security Council Obsolete, Undemocratic

Nigeria has decried the obsolete and old-fashioned composition of the UN Security Council, and described it as undemocratic. The Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Bande, told the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York that there was...

Dubai Plans World’s Largest Solar Power Plant

Dubai, with peerless monuments such as the world’s 7-star hotel and tallest building, is taking its record breaking obsession to solar power. The small state, that is a part of the United Arab Emirates will implement the world’s largest Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project valued...

NDIC Extends DIS Capacity Building TO Ghana Deposit Protection Corporation

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) is organising a five-day capacity building programme for senior officials of Ghana Deposit Protection Corporation (GDPC) as part of the NDIC’s efforts to assist member countries in the West African sub region to comprehend the relevance of Deposit...

Trump Renews Threat To Scrap Trade Agreement

President Donald Trump of U.S has renewed his threat to scrap North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and ripped on trading partners Canada and Mexico.   Trump issued the threat in a tweet early on Sunday, days before the three countries were scheduled to hold a...

UN allocates $10.5m for poverty alleviation in northeast

The UN has allocated over $10.5 million to help thousands of vulnerable in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance in the devastated Nigeria’s northeast. The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Edward Kallon, said that the fund would prioritise life-saving assistance to victims of...

World Needs $94trn For Infrastructure By 2040-GIH

The world needs to spend 94 trillion dollars in global infrastructure by 2040 to eliminate infrastructure deficit, the G20-backed Global Infrastructure Hub (GIH) said on Tuesday. The GIH said to close the spending gap, annual infrastructure spending needs to rise to 3.5 percent from 3...