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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency NiMet), and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding on sharing weather and climate data, a move aimed at sharpening economic forecasting amid rising climate risks to agriculture and food security. The pact sealed at CBN headquarters Abuja, integrates NiMet’s meteorological insights into the CBN’s policy work, especially, in agriculture, energy, and transportation. NiMet Director-General Professor Charles Anosike said extreme weather—fueled by climate change—threatens crop yields and national food supplies, aligning the deal with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. NiMet in a statement on its office Facebook handle said…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday called for a sweeping reform of the international financial system, arguing it systematically hampers Africa’s industrialization by denying affordable capital and tolerating illicit outflows. Speaking at the Africa Forward summit in Nairobi, co-hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and Kenyan President William Ruto, President Tinubu led a high-powered delegation that included top Ministers and business leaders like Aliko Dangote and Tony Elumelu. Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President Bayo Onanuga in a statement said the summit drew leaders from more than 30 African nations, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and African Union Commission…
By Sunday Dare From Equatorial Guinea to Tanzania, from Accra to Addis Ababa, and now, from Nairobi to Kigali, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, with sartorial elegance and swashbuckling confidence, is traversing Africa preaching Nigeria’s reform story to the world. While the echoes of President Tinubu’s economic reforms have since reverberated across every nook and cranny of Africa, he now personally berths in Kigali to make perhaps, the most important and compelling pitch of his Presidency — an investor proposition of promise and a full blown business case of opportunity. The message is simple: Nigeria remains one of the most profitable…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike on Tuesday reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to boost infrastructure in Abuja. The Minister brushed off a recent criticism from the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) as unconstructive. Speaking during a courtesy visit from a delegation of the Body of Benchers, led by its new chairman, Albert Akpomudje, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Minister Wike addressed pointed remarks from the NBA chairman Afam Osigwe. Osigwe had suggested that government-built housing for judges risked compromising judicial independence. Minister Wike however dismissed the claim, arguing that providing residences and facilities enhances judges’ autonomy rather…
Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has urged diplomats from different countries accredited to Nigeria to deepen ties with the country, describing President Bola Tinubu’s administration as a success story of “foundational repair” and economic rebound. Speaking recently before the diplomatic corps, Governor Uzodimma credited two bold moves from President Tinubu’s May 2023 inauguration—ending fuel subsidies and floating the naira—with unlocking trillions of naira for infrastructure and social programmes. “Those two decisions…are the hinge on which everything has since turned,” he said. The Imo State Governor dismissed the subsidy as “the single largest organised corruption pipeline” that drained federal coffers for…
President Bola Tinubu plans to use the France-Africa economic summit holding in Nairobi Kyenya to showcase the country’s reforms and rally African leaders toward self-reliant growth, Daniel Bwala, his Special Adviaer on Media and Policy Communication said Monday. Speaking ahead of the summit, Bwala emphasized that six of the summit’s seven thematic areas—spanning financial restructuring, artificial intelligence, agriculture, and the blue economy—align closely with President Tinubu’s “Renewed Hope” agenda, launched at the start of administration. “This is coming up on the heels of a revival taking place in different parts of Africa,” Bwala said in an interview with reporters. He…
President Bola Tinubu on Monday appointed Major General Adeyinka Fadewa (rtd) as Special Adviser on homeland security, tapping the retired officer’s decades-long expertise in intelligence and counterterrorism to boost the nation’s internal defenses. The move, detailed in a circular signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Senator George Akume and issued by Permanent Secretary Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar Kana, signals President Tinubu’s strong drive to sharpen inter-agency coordination amid rising security threats. NewsQuest reports that the appointment also aims to fuse intelligence from military, police, and spy agencies into a unified front. General Fadewa, who served over…
President Bola Tinubu arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in the early hours of Monday, touching down at 12:18 a.m. local time for the Africa Forward Summit. Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Musalia Mudavadi, High Commissioner to Nigeria Isaac Parashina, and senior Kenyan officials greeted President Tinubu, along with staff his officials on the diplomatic mission. Co-hosted by Kenyan President William Ruto and French President Emmanuel Macron, the summit convenes African Heads of State, policymakers, business leaders, and development partners to chart paths for economic transformation, trade growth, digital innovation, infrastructure, climate resilience, and shared prosperity. Special…
By Anule Emmanuel President Bola Tinubu’s administration is intensifying its campaign to project itself as a champion of northern Nigeria’s development—and the nation as a whole—in a calculated bid to quash a pernicious, unfounded narrative. This is necessary to halt and shut the window of opportunity for the opposition to distort President Tinubu’s outstanding record as the nation gears up for the 2027 general elections. Politics, especially on the African continent, often involves portraying opponents negatively as a tactic to gain an advantage at the polls. Unfortunately, politicians do not bother whether this approach fuels division and undermines constructive debate.…
By Chief Adebisi Akande A call on the Yoruba People at The Centenary Celebration Of Pa Reuben Fasoranti. It is with profound deep sense of historical responsibility that I have to share felicitations with my compatriots today on this momentous occasion marking the centenary of Pa Reuben Fasoranti who was born on May 11, 1926 — a man whose life, over the span of a century, has come to embody discipline, moral clarity, and an unwavering commitment to the ideals thatdefine the Yoruba nation. A hundred years in the life of such a man is not merely a passage of…