The African Development Bank (AfDB) has warned that Nigeria, Ethiopia, Angola and Kenya risk social unrest owing to the rising prices of fuel and other commodities. The AfDB gave the warning in its macroeconomic performance and outlook for 2024 wherein it projected the continent’s economy to grow higher than the 3.2 per cent recorded in…
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation is ranked 40% on the list of the most promiscuous countries in the world. Australia has also been identified as the most sexually liberated and open-minded country globally. In a global study that examined the sexual behaviours of 45 nations, Australia obtained the highest score on the Global Promiscuity Index….
The Minister of Works, David Umahi has called for a meeting with leading cement producers in the country to address the increasing prices of their product. A statement released by his Special Adviser on Media, Orji Uchenna Orji, in Abuja on Saturday, revealed the minister’s concern over the significant rise in the cost of cement,…
In the 2023 Global Hunger Index, Nigeria ranks 109th out of the 125 countries with sufficient data to calculate 2023 GHI scores. With a score of 28.3 on the 2023 Global Hunger Index, Nigeria has a level of hunger that is serious. Data for GHI scores, child stunting, and child wasting are from 1998–2002 (2000),…
African leaders will this weekend gather in Addis Ababa for the annual summit of the African Union (AU) to discuss key business issues, including plans to make Africa a global economic powerhouse. In the spotlight during the two-day high-level meeting, starting on February 17 is a treaty that the AU says will revolutionise trade on…
Laura Bray is not a doctor but some call her a healer. Laura Bray is not a pharmacist but she finds drugs for people. In 2018, Bray’s 9-year-old daughter was diagnosed with cancer. Five months later, the drug she needed to survive, Erwinaze, was in short supply, with a 15-month waiting list. Her daughter, Abby,…
It has emerged that 18 Nigerian States in the Federal Republic of Nigeria have failed to attract foreign investments for three consecutive years. Recent reports have revealed that 18 states in Nigeria have failed to secure any foreign investments for three consecutive years, raising concerns about their economic viability and attractiveness to foreign investors. Checks…
A woman has been jailed for taking a three-year-old British child to Kenya for female genital mutilation (FGM). Amina Noor, 40, from Harrow, north-east London, travelled to Kenya in 2006 where she took the child to a private house for the procedure, the court heard. At the Old Bailey, Noor was sentenced to seven years…
Nigeria among others will benefit from a $50m grant donated to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) by the Government of Japan. A statement by the WFP said beneficiaries of the grant are 20 countries, mostly in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, adding that the fund would help countries in serious economic crises…
Jumoke Olasunkanmi The Nigerian armed forces said that it has successfully thwarted attempts by nefarious elements to steal oil worth over N2 billion in the South-South region of the country. During the past week, military troops neutralized 254 insurgents and apprehended 264 suspects involved in various illicit activities ranging from oil theft to Kidnapping. Additionally,…
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