Time for Manufacturing Africa By Issa Aremu   Friday, November 20th marks 2020 edition of Africa Industrialization Day (AID). In 1989, the United Nations General Assembly, proclaimed 20 November “Africa Industrialization Day” (AID) to raise awareness about Industrialization, Diversification and beneficiation in Africa. In the past three...

COVID-19: UN Offers Nigeria $250m Support         Nigeria is to get about $250 million, following the launch of the United Nations (UN) Plus Offer for Socio-Economic Recovery. The UN Plus Offer, which was launched at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, and attended by the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Hajiya...

Nigeria Received $26.94bn Donations In six years – Fed Govt         The Federal Government has said Nigeria received a total of $26.94bn development assistance funds from international donors between 2015 and 2020. The amount, according to the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba,...

Trade In Medical Supplies Rise By 50%         Trade in COVID-19 medical supplies such as personal protective equipment, disinfectants, diagnostic kits, oxygen respirators and other related hospital equipment has risen by 50 per cent since April. A new study by the United Nations Conference on Trade and...

A massacre without dead bodies By Salisu Na'inna Ɗambatta     The misapplication of media power for the mass distribution of content, enabled by the pervasive nature of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) via the world wide web, has manifested in Nigeria during the so-called EndSars protest. And...

Population Of Extremely Poor Persons In Nigeria Hits 102m — NECA         There are indications that Nigeria’s poverty level may have further deteriorated as the latest reports of the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, shows a 10 percentage point rise in the number of the extreme...