Adesina faults Nigeria’s imports substitution policy
By Yinka Kolawole The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, has faulted Nigeria’s ‘imports substitution’ economic model that tends to focus more on replacing imports and saving the naira rather than deliberately pursuing value-added manufacturing. Speaking at the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria’s (MAN) Annual Adeola Odutola Lecture in Abuja yesterday, Adesina […]
FG promises to make two million Nigerians literate annually
THE Federal Government has unveiled a plan to educate about two million non-literate Nigerians annually to enable them uplift their status and contribute to national development.
Anambra: IGP overhauls security landscape ahead of polls
Ahead of the Anambra Governorship election holding November 6th 2021, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered a major overhauling of the security landscape in the State.
FG, NESG hint on policy conflict in public, private sectors
By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG, has identified policy discord among various government institutions and private sector segments as a major hindrance to economic development. Speaking at the opening of the 27th summit of the NESG, Abuja, yesterday with the theme, “Securing Our Future: The Fierce Urgency of Now,” […]
COVID-19 myth vs fact: Experts dispel rumours, conspiracy theories
Call it a game-changer, disrupter of life; coronavirus disease, aka COVID-19 has remained one outbreak that has deepened the mistrust between citizens and their leaders all over the world
Music expert decries noise pollution from worship centres
Professor Solomon Ikibe, a music expert, says some worship places in the country are guilty of noise pollution. Ikibe, a lecturer of Performing Art, University of Ilorin, made the observation at the 203rd Inaugural Lecture of the university on Tuesday in Ilorin. Delivering a lecture on ”So it’s Sol in Music as Man uses Science […]
