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Nigerians groan as shortage of latest naira notes hits laborious

Nigerians groan as shortage of latest naira notes hits laborious

Some Lagos residents have expressed their frustration and anger as they spend hours on long queues without being able to withdraw cash via Automated Teller Machines (ATMs).A NAN correspondent who monitored the development at some…

Atiku/Okowa PCC inaugurates 7-member advert hoc media committee in Lagos

Atiku/Okowa PCC inaugurates 7-member advert hoc media committee in Lagos

Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) in Lagos, on Monday, inaugurated a seven-man ad hoc media and publicity committee to rejuvenate the image of the PDP Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa.…

PENGASSAN urges FG to revoke licence of oil entrepreneurs promoting above authorised worth

PENGASSAN urges FG to revoke licence of oil entrepreneurs promoting above authorised worth

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), has urged the Federal Government to revoke licences of oil marketers selling above approved pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).PENGASSAN said the Nigerian…

Reality-check: Buhari’s 13m agric jobs declare conflicts with actuality

Reality-check: Buhari’s 13m agric jobs declare conflicts with actuality

President Muhammadu Buhari recently said at an interactive session in the USA that Nigeria’s agricultural revolution has created over 13 million direct and indirect jobs. However, employment in the country’s agricultural sector as a share…

Mauritius is transferring a step forward in its combat towards most cancers by extending vaccination towards Human Papillomavirus to boys aged 9 to fifteen years

Mauritius is transferring a step forward in its combat towards most cancers by extending vaccination towards Human Papillomavirus to boys aged 9 to fifteen years

Port Louis. 31 January 2023.  Mauritius is moving a step ahead in its fight against cancer by extending the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme to boys aged 9 to 15 years old as well girls.…

5 issues to know to start out your Tuesday

5 issues to know to start out your Tuesday

2023: Buhari reassures of free, fair, credible elections During a visit to the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, on Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari assured residents and Nigerians in general of his administration’s commitment…

PFAs third pay rise places insurers on edge

PFAs third pay rise places insurers on edge

Retirees under programmed withdrawal (PW) managed by Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) will be getting a third pay rise, called pension enhancement this February 2023, and this has set the stage for competition with the insurers…

Worst-ever Moody’s ranking sends Nigerian Eurobonds tumbling

Worst-ever Moody’s ranking sends Nigerian Eurobonds tumbling

Nigeria’s government bonds fell sharply on Monday after ratings agency, Moody’s slashed the country’s credit rating deeper into junk and to the lowest level on record. Longer-dated maturities were down the most, with the dollar-denominated…

Elise Trouw carried out at Barboza on January 29, 2023

Elise Trouw carried out at Barboza on January 29, 2023

Elise Trouw performed at Barboza in Seattle, Washington Elise Trouw performed at Barboza in Seattle, Washington Elise Trouw performed at Barboza in Seattle, Washington Elise Trouw performed at Barboza on January 29, 2023 Elise Trouw…

Kenya: African Economies and Overlapping Crises

Kenya: African Economies and Overlapping Crises

opinion By By Prof. Njuguna Ndung'u and Prof. Théophile T. Azomahou The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a profound setback after a quarter-century of economic and social progress. Insecurity and political instability are becoming pervasive across Africa.…

DRC’s capital, Kinshasa, able to welcome Pope Francis

DRC’s capital, Kinshasa, able to welcome Pope Francis

In Kinshasa's Ndolo airport everything is ready to welcome Pope Francis.  The Holy Pontiff arrives on Tuesday in Kinshasa, capital of the DRC and Africa's largest catholic country. On Wednesday more than a million people…

East Africa: Battle Exacerbates World’s Worst Starvation Disaster

East Africa: Battle Exacerbates World’s Worst Starvation Disaster

Nairobi — Conflict and political unrest in north-east Africa – civil wars, uprisings and attacks by armed insurgents – are fueling a famine, causing displacement, loss of livelihoods, and disrupting of food production and food…