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In accordance with the targets of its Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), the Federal Government is open to stronger partnerships and collaborations with the private sector to build infrastructure and make the necessary progress in the economy, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo spoke today when he received on a courtesy […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Chinese President Xi Jinping on his re-election as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and the leader of the nation. The President expressed his conviction that the success of the 19th National Congress of the CPC and the implementation of its important decisions will serve to […]

The exporters of yam to the UK and US have disputed the reports, initially aired by the Africa Independent Television (AIT), purporting that the yams exported after the official flag-off ceremony on June 29, 2017 were rejected at their export destinations. This has drawn widespread criticisms on various media platforms based on the misleading reports. […]

There is no question at all that corruption is our nation’s single greatest challenge. Indeed the notion that security was a more serious challenge was exploded, when in the last administration, it became clear that the escalation of the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast was on account of the fact that billions of dollars […]

Contrary to media reports, President Buhari did not ask the World Bank to give Northern Nigeria an unfair advantage over other parts of Nigeria. What the President did, and justifiably so, was to upon assumption of office seek the help of the World Bank in rebuilding the beleaguered North-east, devastated by a long-running insurgency that […]

The Nigerian Army is not involved in any forceful immunizations of children in any part of the country. According to the Army, “the Nigerian Army does not and will never carry out its medical outreaches or vaccination exercises for that matter in Schools. We can therefore categorically inform the public that the ongoing rumours about […]

Reports circulating by the Africa Independent Television (AIT) that the yams exported abroad to UK and USA were rejected due to being rotten are false. According to Mr. Michael Adedipe of ADES UK Foods and Drinks and Mr Yandev Amaabai of Wan Nyikwagh Farms Nigeria Limited, they refuted the reports, noting that the reports were […]

Update on Latest Developments regarding Operation Egwu Eke II by the Nigerian Military in Abia, Imo, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Cross River States, HERE

Update on Exercise Crocodile Smile II by the Nigerian Military in the South West and Niger Delta, HERE

Contrary to media reports, the World Bank did not disagree with Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun over the borrowings by the Nigerian Government to stimulate the economy and finance infrastructure projects in the country. According to the World Bank, “On October 11th, during the launch of Africa’s Pulse, the World Bank’s bi-annual analysis of African economies, […]

President Muhamadu Buhari Tuesday in Niamey, Niger, urged ECOWAS member countries to tread carefully in pushing for a single currency in the sub-region by 2020, drawing attention to the challenges faced by the European Union in realising the same goal. In his speech at the 4th Meeting of the Presidential Task Force on the ECOWAS […]

Nigeria and Indonesia will work together to increase the level of economic cooperation between both countries, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo spoke earlier this morning at a bilateral meeting he held with his Indonesian counterpart, Vice President Jusuf Kalla, on the sidelines of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Beneficial Ownership […]