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Do you know that jollof rice originated in Senegal? It is the traditional delicacy of the Wollof people but alas, today, Nigeria has cornered it and made it her own
If Nigeria was a functioning economy, by now one mega conglomerate like maybe Dangote Industries would have patented jollof rice and cornered the global...
Ayo Akinfe
Mali is currently being ruled by a military junta
Chad is currently being ruled by a military junta
Guinea has now followed suit with the army in power
Unless we want Western nations coming into our backyard to tell us how to live, Nigeria needs to get her act together fast
I sometimes wonder if Nigeria has...
GUINEA has been suspended from the African Union (AU) following the recent military coup in the country that resulted in Lt Col Mamady Doumbouya seizing power and arresting President Alpha Conde.
In what is a break from a commitment by African countries to allow democracy to thrive, the Guinean military toppled the...
AFRICAN Development Bank (AfDB) officials have promised that the $430m Enugu to Bamenda highway linking Nigeria and Cameroon by road will be completed later this year opening up the economies of both countries to each other.
Despite being neighbours, transportation links between Nigeria and Cameroon are very poor, inhibiting...
NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials have commenced talks with the Cameroonian and Senegalese football associations about the prospect of the Super Eagles playing friendlies against them during the two June Fifa windows.
Up until last week, Nigeria was billed to play Liberia in a World Cup qualifier on June 6 and...
NIGERIA has been excluded from the list of 28 countries granted debt pardon by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) which offers an amnesty to very poor countries.
As a result of the economic fallout of coronavirus pandemic, many poor countries have been unable to...
NIGERIA'S Super Eagles have qualified for the 2021 African Cup of Nations in dramatic fashion today after scoring an injury time winning goal against Benin Republic at the Charles de Gaulle stadium in Porto Novo ending the host's eight-year unbeaten home record.
With the game certain to end in a 0-0 draw that would have...
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(1) Maize - We currently produce about 11m tonnes. We need to up this to about 20m tonnes to have enough maize to feed livestock commercially
(2) Palm kernels - We are currently producing about 1.3m tonnes a year but need to increase this to at least 5m tonnes as we consume about 2m tonnes...
NIGERIA has entered into negotiations with her north-eastern neighbour Chad about supplying the country with electricity under the terms of a bilateral agreement under the terms of a regional agreement.
Despite the fact that Nigeria suffers from chronic undersupply of electricity, leading to constant blackouts, the country...
ABOUT 8m West Africans opened new bank accounts during the coronavirus lockdown as the reduction in commercial activities forced them to save money according to a new report just released by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
During the lockdown, markets, motor parks, supermarkets and all other commercial centres were...
