BoI to channel 70% of EIB facility to drive cocoa, dairy sectors
By Etop Ekanem Nigeria’s foremost development finance institution, Bank of Industry (BoI) has secured a 60 million euro credit facility from the European Investment Bank to fund Nigeria’s cocoa and dairy value addition drive, with a focus on processing, ingredients and chocolate manufacturing. Managing Director/CEO of BoI, Dr. Olasupo Olusi, disclosed this during the Africa Cocoa […]
It’s now master vs prodigy as Ballon d’Or race is blown open, by Stephanie Shaakaa
The football gods did not disappoint, and the sheer grit of England collided head-on with the fierce, emotional self-belief of Argentina
Four kidnapped during NECO exams rescued – Kogi govt
Kogi State Government said it has successfully rescued the four persons kidnapped during the recent attack on an examination centre in Olowa, Dekina Local Government Area of the state.
Shettima’s final test, by Azu Ishiekwene
Vice President Kashim Shettima cannot be blamed for having doubts about whether President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would renominate him as his running mate for a second term. As governor of Lagos State for eight years, Tinubu used three deputies: KofoworolaBucknor-Akerele, Femi Pedro, and AbiodunOgunleye. Only Senate President GodswillAkpabio (as AkwaIbom governor) matched this record in the […]
The unidentified problem of Nigeria: From forced migration to AUTOSUCOM Revolution (I)
By Victor-Bandele Dada For more than six decades, Nigeria has debated its problems without ever adequately identifying the problem beneath the problems. Economists have diagnosed fiscal instability. Political scientists have examined institutional weakness. Sociologists have studied ethnic and religious fragmentation. Development specialists have focused on poverty, unemployment, food insecurity and human capital. Security analysts have examined […]
Jimoh Ibrahim is uninformed: UN intervenes in nation’s internal affairs, by Owei Lakemfa
I do not support the call by Oyo State Governor SeyiMakinde that international bodies like the United Nations (UN) should participate in probing the 56-day abduction of 39 pupils and six teachers in the state. In receiving the freed victims, he called “on the appropriate international human rights and accountability mechanisms, including those within the United […]
