archiveOctober 11, 2017

People Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart and former Secretary to Osun State Government, Engr Fatai Akinbade has said that it will require dedication, honesty of purpose, discipline and forgiveness for the party to regain its lost glory. He said this in his remarks at Unity Dinner organised by the Osun State...

*Family planning crucial to national development, says VP Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to securing the release of the remaining abducted Chibok girls, and sending a clear message to the rest of the world that such criminal acts of abduction would not...

For the second successive year, Nigeria has won the Ideas for Action Initiative, a youth competition on financing for development, which is yearly organised by the World Bank Group in collaboration with the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research. Nigeria’s winning proposal, “Kitovu”, came out tops from among 743 proposals...

Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to be 2.4 percent in 2017, the World Bank said on Wednesday, down from the 2.6 percent projected in April. It said the downgrade was due to a number of reasons, including Nigeria’s failing to meet expectations but also broader conditions. “Regional per...

Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, has emphasised that there is no difference in intelligence, capacity and resourcefulness between a boy and a girl, He said this in Abuja on Wednesday when he received Girl-Child Advocates from Abuja schools on the commemoration of the International Day of...

PROTOCOL It is a pleasure to be here at this year’s National Economic Summit. I bring you the warm greetings of President Muhammadu Buhari who sends his best wishes for successful deliberations at this meeting. The annual Economic Summit occupies a special place in our national economic dialogue. It is...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its current World Economic Outlook projects that Nigeria’s economy will record a growth of 0.8 per cent for 2017. Presenting the report in Washington DC on Tuesday, Maurice Obstfeld, Economic Counsellor and Director of Research Department, attributed the projection to stability in crude oil...