NAF Commissions Multi-Purpose Fitness Centre
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commissioned a multi-purpose fitness centre at its base in Yenagoa, as part of efforts to promote the physical fitness of its personnel. The Chief…
Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote shares secret of backward integration with investors: “Produce the entire value chain”
Mastering detailed production statistics and highly-compelling demographics on promising sectors of the African economy, Dangote outlined the key to his success: self-sufficiency and backward integration, a manufacturing strategy that extracts…
WHY NIGERIA’S ECONOMY IS WORKING UNDER BUHARI – VP OSINBAJO SAYS AT FINANCIAL TIMES AFRICA SUMMIT IN LONDON
The Buhari Presidency is making specific efforts to enable the private sector to thrive specifically by undertaking extensive ‘ease of doing business’ reforms, in addition to on-going investment in infrastructure,…
Baru hits back at Kachikwu: Your allegations baseless; I followed due process
Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, has finally broken his silence with a formal response to the grave allegations of insubordination and arbitrary award…
Merkel says to begin three-way German coalition talks next week
Chancellor Angela Merkel said her conservative bloc would begin exploratory talks next week on forming a three-way German coalition government with the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) and the environmentalist Greens….
Kenya police use teargas, shoot in air during opposition march
Kenyan police fired teargas and shots in the air on Monday as hundreds of demonstrators marched through the capital Nairobi to protest against proposed legal changes that would make it…
Nigerian VP Osinbajo says running for presidency not ‘on the cards’
Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who has served as acting president for much of this year, said on Monday he had not given any thought to contesting the country’s next…
George Weah in Liberia’s presidential contest
Mr. George Weah, Liberia’s ex-football star, will never have a more realistic chance of winning the presidency than on October 10 when some two million of his compatriots go to…
Museveni urges more work, not prayers
Uganda’s leader since 1986, President Yoweri Museveni has urged the people to spend more time working, not praying. The president said the people’s fundamental mission on earth was to work…
Do Not Re-Arrest Nnamdi Kanu, Please; Col. Abubakar Umar(Rtd) Begs FG
“One of the swiftest ways of destroying a kingdom is to give preference to one particular tribe over another, or to show favour to one group of people rather than…