The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that global growth will decline to 2.8 per cent in 2025, as significant policy shifts continue to unfold across the world. This projection is contained in the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update for April 2025, titled “A Critical Juncture Amid Policy Shifts”, released on Tuesday. According…
The Regent Secondary School, Abuja, has been named the first and only secondary school in Nigeria and West Africa to be rated ‘outstanding’ across all nine categories by British Schools Overseas (BSO) inspectors. The inspection, commissioned by the UK Department for Education (DfE), places Regent Secondary School, Abuja, among an elite group of international schools…
Gov Hyacinth Alia will not honour the House of Representatives Committee invitation scheduled for Thursday, May 8. His Chief Press Secretary, Mr Tersoo Kula, confirmed this to journalists on Wednesday in Makurdi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the House had summoned the Governors of Benue and Zamfara, alongside their Assembly leadership. Kula…
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Malam Abubakar Abdullahi, has said that there is no way defections can be avoided in Nigerian politics. Abdullahi, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, attributed cross carpeting by some politicians to desire for political protection. “You see in Nigerian politics, defections…
Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd.), has charged newly promoted Nigerian Army officers to remain loyal, disciplined, and committed to the sustenance of democracy in the country. Buratai gave the advice on Tuesday in Abuja during the decoration ceremony of Col. Ibrahim Bunza and Col. Adetunji Idowu of the Nigerian Army Corps…
The Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Dr Ben Nwoye, has described the recent dissolution of the ward and local government executive committees as a strategic step to rebuild and strengthen the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the dissolution was announced on Sunday at the…
The Acting Director-General, Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC), Ms Wofai Samuel, says that Nigeria is yet to fully explore its potential in technology, in spite of the sector’s vast opportunities. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, Samuel said that stable power and technology, which are crucial drivers of…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted 66 parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the drugs which were seized by operatives of…
George Onafowokan, Managing Director of Coleman Wires and Cables, has praised the economic policies of President Bola Tinubu, describing them as bold corrective measures that have started to reposition Nigeria’s economy on a sustainable growth trajectory. In remarks released on Sunday, Onafowokan acknowledged that the past year had been particularly challenging for the private sector….
Gov Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has described Saturday’s governorship election as the best organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state’s history. Soludo made the remark during his victory speech in Awka on Sunday, after being declared winner of the November 8 governorship election by INEC. Prof. Edoba Omoregie, the Returning…
