Sure, I understand Buhari’s argument… BUT I think the real reason is that if the trade deal is signed, then Nigeria, and Buhari, won’t have as much control over what/how things are produced. It is globalization, which leads to purer democracy, which is for sure something that Nigeria is lacking. I think that the trade deal is not being pursued… Read more »
The export of charcoal from Somalia has been banned, both by a 2012 United Nations Security Council resolution and by the Somali Government, due to its destructive effect on the environment and its exacerbation of conflict and humanitarian crises. At the opening of a two-day, UN-supported conference on charcoal in Mogadishu, from 7th to 8th May 2018, the Federal Government… Read more »
President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria has been reluctant to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) among ECOWAS countries to protect her economy, especially the industries and small businesses currently providing jobs for majority Nigerians. He said signing the agreement would expose industries and small businesses to external pressures and competitions, which could lead to closures and job losses. The president… Read more »
NAMIBIA has put measures in place to make sure that it benefits rather than lose from signing the continental free trade area agreement, President Hage Geingob said yesterday. Geingob made the remarks when he met the visiting African Union chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, at State House in Windhoek. Namibia is expected to sign the continental free trade agreement in July… Read more »
The Nelson Chamisa led faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) will soon release its list of members to represent the party in the parliamentary and local government elections amid indications that they have dumped primaries in favor of a consensus system where contestants will engage on their own and settle for the best candidate. Addressing a press briefing… Read more »
Nigeria has been a long-thought about country in Africa; its oil resources place the otherwise resource scarce country into the global market. Therefore, many are educated on Nigeria’s unstable, mildly predictable past. However, the current president, despite his past, is seen by the citizens as honest – an important characteristic in a leader. He has established a food security council… Read more »
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has established a National Food Security Council to address challenges in the country’s food and agriculture sectors. Food security is a huge problem in Nigeria. It ranks 84th out of 119 countries on the 2017 Global Hunger Index, coming in just below the Republic of Congo. If a person is food secure it typically means that… Read more »
By Olatunji Omirin and Judd-Leonard Okafor Thousands of Maiduguri residents fled their homes after suspected Boko Haram terrorists invaded the city on Thursday evening. Riding in large utility vehicles and on motorbikes, the insurgents stormed parts of Maiduguri, including Polo General Area through Molai axis unchallenged at about 5:25pm. They shot sporadically for an hour unhindered. Residents said Nigerian troops… Read more »
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the U.S. President Donald Trump’s invitation to President Muhammadu Buhari is a proof of the cordial relations between the two countries. Mohammed in New York during his engagements with media and a couple of think-tank in the U.S. The Minister is in the U.S. to showcase some of… Read more »
Just days before President Muhammadu Buhari meets his American counterpart, Donald Trump, in Washington DC, the United States government has released a report indicting the administration of the Nigerian leader of the festering human rights abuses in the country. The US Department of State in its “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017” blamed the reluctance of the Buhari… Read more »