Nigeria, Turkey Sign Eight Pacts On Energy, Mining, Others   Nigeria and Turkey have signed a series of bilateral agreements and memoranda of understanding on a number of key sectors of energy, defence industry, mining and hydrocarbons among others This was the outcome of the two-day official...

AfDB Pledges To Support Nigeria In Tackling Food Insecurity   The President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has said that the bank will provide Nigeria with strong support to tackle its food security challenges. He said this while he received a high-level Nigerian...

World Bank Reviews $157bn Support To Nigeria, Others   The World Bank Group (WBG) has assessed its $157 billion support given to Nigeria and other developing economies to fight COVID-19 pandemic. Nigeria got $3.4 billion support from the bank in May to strengthen the economy and...

Nigeria’s Oil Output Lower Than OPEC Quota Nigeria saw its crude oil production increase slightly last month to about 1.25 million barrels per day, which is 360,000 bpd lower than the quota given to it by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries. The country told OPEC...

IMF Increases Nigeria’s 2021 Growth Prospect To 2.6%   The International Monetary Fund has increased Nigeria’s growth prospect to 2.6 per cent and 2.7 per cent for 2021 and 2022, respectively, despite reducing the rate of global growth prospect due to the COVID-19 Delta variant. According to...

NIGERIA: Women, Girls, And The Power Of Technology, by Hawwah A. Gambo “I always say the future is female, but indeed technology is the future.” On this International Day of the Girl Child, I urge all of us to look for ways to empower girls to...