World Bank project to tackle environmental degradation, boost agriculture in Northern...

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The Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL), has taken steps to tackle environmental degradation, to boost agricultural production in Nigeria’s 19 Northern states, and...

Fuel subsidy detrimental to downstream sector, economy – Don

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Prof. Adeola Adenikinju of Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, has said available data on fuel subsidy showed that its payment was detrimental to...

MOWCA begin talks with AFREXIMBANK on ship financing

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The Secretary General of the Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa, MOWCA, Dr. Paul Adalikwu, has started serious discussions with Afreximbank to support...

Guinea suspends agricultural exports to preserve stocks

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Guinea's ruling junta has suspended the export of several agricultural products, including rice, potatoes, and palm oil, for six months to preserve its "food...

Climate and violence hobble Nigeria’s push to rely on its own...

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Abubakar Salisu was terrified when he discovered arid sand in the middle of his farmland, rendering a broad strip unfit for crops. Now, extreme...

Japan PM in Qatar for gas talks on final leg of...

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived Tuesday in gas-rich Qatar, as he wraps up a Gulf tour centred on energy security and clean energy...

Ghana: New oil refinery in Tema to open in August

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A US$1.98 billion oil refinery facility at Tema, Ghana is scheduled to commence operation by end of August this year. The refinery, which is the...

Nigeria laments over decrease in VAT, says lowest in West Africa

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Government of Nigeria has lamented over the performance of the country’s Value Added Tax (VAT) as the lowest in the West African region. While...

Tinubu says Nigeria ready to remove bottlenecks to investment

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President Bola Tinubu on Friday in Abuja assured the manufacturing and service sectors that more reforms would be unfolded to enable efficiency and attract...

World Bank approves $1bn to improve security in Lake Chad region

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The World Bank has provided one billion dollars to strengthen resilience and improve the livelihood of the people in the countries affected by the...