By Lawani Mikairu A VISITOR to Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, who is used to the one duplex building NiMet was occupying as its Abuja head office will be lost when he is confronted with the current multi-storey office complex, equipped with state-of- the-art facilities, the agency currently occupies. This is one of the developmental strides […]

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations, under the aegis of Centre for Social Justice, CSJ, in conjunction with the United States Agency for International Development, USAID and International Foundation for Electoral Systems, IFES, have raised an alarm over the threat posed to the growth of the Nigerian economy by the huge spending by political parties in the build up to the elections.

During the early 1970s, I lived for about a year in north-western Nigeria in what is now Kebbi State. I had to travel on the road between Kalgo and Kamba, a town on the border with Niger Republic. The road had a laterite soil surface which was evenly corrugated. The corrugations could be removed to give a smooth surface using a grader but the corrugations reappeared within a few weeks of their removal.

Chevron Corp. will increase asset sales by 50 percent to $15 billion and curtail new investment for the next two years after plunging oil prices squeezed cash flow.

The U.S. Commercial Service, the export promotion arm of the Department of Commerce, doubled its presence in Africa over the past year to boost trade with some of the world’s fastest growing economies.