Tag: Nigeria

‘Nigeria has highest number of citizens without electricity access’ – World Bank 

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W'Bank on electricity

The World Bank, in a latest report, has put the number of people without access to electricity in Nigeria at a whopping 86.8 million, the highest world-wide. The World Bank 2025 report, released on Wednesday, covers 2023, and is titled: “Tracking Sustainable Development Goal, SDG7: The energy progress report 2025”. The report, which puts Nigeria in the lowest position globally, is the third year in a row the country is so positioned, and showed that out of the top 20 countries with weakest access 18 were from sub-Saharan Africa. The…

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‘Nigeria remains Africa’s largest economy’ – World Bank

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World Bank on 9ja

World Bank’s Country Director for Nigeria, Dr. Ndiame Diop, has confirmed that Nigeria remains Africa’s largest economy by Gross Domestic Product (GDP), despite the challenges faced by its private sector. Speaking at the Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD) and Stakeholder Engagement in Abuja on Thursday, Dr. Diop stated that while Nigeria receives far less Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) than its potential warrants – especially in comparison to countries such as Indonesia and South Africa – it continues to hold its position as Africa’s biggest economy. He stated that the CPSD…

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Committee for Africa Women Conference 2025 set up

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A planning committee for the Africa Women Conference (AWC) 2025 from Nigeria and other African countries has been constituted. AWC Co-convener, Dr. Jumai Ahmadu, in a statement, said members of the planning committee include Aisha A. Adamu, Chairperson, Joseph Yaba, Blessing Ogogo Ugbem, and Shetu J. Gamaliel. She said the purpose is to provide a structured approach for planning and executing the 2025 Africa Women Conference, and revealed that at the last AWC in Zambia, it was decided that, to demonstrate their ability to build the next generation and provide…

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BRICS finally admits Nigeria as partner country 

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BRICS finally admits Nigeria

Brazil has officially declared Nigeria as a new partner country in the BRICS alliance, according to a statement released on Friday by the Brazilian Foreign Ministry. With this development, Nigeria becomes the ninth partner country in BRICS, joining Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda and Uzbekistan. The ministry’s statement read: “The Brazilian government welcomes the Nigerian government’s decision. With the world’s sixth-largest population – and Africa’s largest – as well as being one of the continent’s major economies, Nigeria shares convergent interests with other members of BRICS. “It plays…

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“US expanding biological warfare activity across Africa” – Russia

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Russian on US

Documents available to the Russian Ministry of Defense indicate that the United States is significantly increasing its biological warfare activities on the African continent, Deputy Chief of Russias Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops, Major General Aleksey Rtishchev, revealed yesterday. “The documents at our disposal confirm that the US biological warfare presence on the African continent is growing at a rapid pace. Research institutes of the US Department of Defense actively work in the region,” Rtishchev indicated during a briefing. He highlighted that branches of the US National Naval Medical…

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Climate change: EU raises $300bn annual cash offer Nigeria, other poor nations

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EU raises

The European Union (EU), yesterday raised an offer by rich nations to help poor countries worst hit by climate change to $300 billion a year in a bid to salvage talks that the developing world warned were on the brink of collapse. Negotiators worked through the night in a windowless sports stadium in the Caspian Sea city of Baku in a search for compromise as the two-week UN climate talks dragged into an extra day. In a year set to be the hottest ever recorded, developing nations bearing the brunt…

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‘Nigeria among worst governed countries in Africa’ – Mo Ibrahim Report

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Mo Ibrahim Report

Nigeria has been ranked among worst-governed countries in Africa, coming 33rd among 54 countries in Africa, according to a report published by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. The rankings cited bad and deteriorating governance in the last 10 years as reasons for ranking Nigeria among 11 other countries in this category. In the report: 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), published by the foundation, it saw Nigeria slump three places from 30th on the continent to 33rd, making it one of the worst-ruled states since 2014. Established in 2006, the…

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Labour Party raises alarm over arrest of S/East Zonal Vice Chairman Igala, accusses Abia Gov. Otti of being responsible

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Labour Party Otti

The leadership of the Labour Party has decried the arrest of the National Vice Chairman, South East, Comrade Ceekay Igara on Saturday 19th October, 2024 by the men of Nigerian Police allegedly on the orders of Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti. Comrade Igara was arrested in Aba while holding a party meeting with some of the party leaders when they were surrounded by the Police and whisked away without any warrant. A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of Labour Party Obiora Ifoh said the leadership of the party is…

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China: Xi Jinping pledges $50bn for Nigeria, Ghana, other African nations

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China pledges

China has committed over $50 billion over the next three years in financing to African nations, aiming to bolster infrastructure, agriculture, and trade, marking a significant step in Sino-African relations. The announcement came during the China-Africa Forum in Beijing, the largest summit held since the pandemic, with over 50 African leaders and UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres in attendance. At the Forum’s opening, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared, “China is ready to deepen cooperation with African countries in industry, agriculture, infrastructure, trade, and investment”. Xi’s pledge includes financial support amounting to…

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US shuts direct flights from Lagos, as bi-lateral window closes

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US on 9ja flights

Nigeria has lost the United States Category One status as the countrys airlines failed to operate directly to the country for two years. The new United States Federal Aviation Administration (USFAA) law says that the failure of any countrys airlines to operate directly to the US for two years or vice-versa would lead to the loss of the Category-One (CAT-1) Status. With this removal, Nigerian airlines, including those planning to commence direct flights from Lagos, cannot operate directly to any city or airport in the US until the country is…

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