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TITUS ALLI , Abuja   President Muhammadu Buhari leaves Abuja Friday for the Thirty-third (33rd) Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.    President Buhari will join leaders…

African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an €8 million grant drawn from the European Union’s Africa Investment Platform (EU-AIP) to support the preparation of the Ruzizi IV Hydropower Project to provide electricity for…

President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that Nigeria lost an estimated $157.5 billion to illicit financial flows between 2003 and 2012. Mr Buhari quoted from the 2014 Global Financial Integrity Report in his address to the High-Level…

Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo and Chairman, Advisory Board of the First Intra-African Trade Fair holding in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday lamented Nigeria’s failure to sign the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), despite its…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received double honours as the State of New Jersey and City of Philadelphia gave him special citations in New York. Buhari had made a presentation at the ‘High-Level Roundtable on Corruption,…

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, says Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Federal Government agencies should be given more revenue targets and probably have their tenures tied to it. She said this on Wednesday in Abuja at the…

New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), on Friday, sought the cooperation of BRICS on infrastructure, agriculture, and other fields, Macky Sall, chair of NEPAD said. “We would like to engage on BRICS as well as Turkey, as well…

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has approved the partial dissolution of the Benue State Executive Council. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Terver Akase made this known in a statement on Sunday in Makurdi. According to the…

Youths and women in Itesiwaju local government Area in Oyo state are to undergo skill and vocational training owing to the partnership between the Council and the New partnership for African Development (NEPAD).  Adeniyi Abdullatifi,…

The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) says it has earmarked 38 million euros for poverty eradication and empowerment in five countries. Mrs Gloria Akobundu, the Chief Executive Officer, NEPAD Nigeria, made this known at a…