The first consignment of fertilizer from Moroccon has arrived Nigeria, even as more cargoes that will fit the various blending plants are on the way, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru has said. Speaking yesterday while...

The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has called for a more robust relationship with the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the planning and coordinating technical body of the African Union. The Minister made this call when the National Coordinator/Chief Executive Officer of New...

For Nigeria to effectively diversify its economy, emphasis must be placed on agriculture, the National Coordinator/Chief Executive Officer, New Partnership for Africa’s Development, Mrs. Gloria Akobundu, has said. According to her, NEPAD under her leadership will push for economic diversification through agriculture in order to...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved new Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) for 13 Federal Government agencies. In a statement by by the Director of Press in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Bolaji Adebiyi, those appointed include Mr. Joseph Ari as...

A new Head of Office for the African Biosafety Network of Expertise (ABNE), an agency under the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) Dr. Jeremy Tinga Ouedraogo has been appointed. Ouedraogo takes over from Prof. Diran Makinde, the immediate past Director of ABNE since 2009,...