At the beginning of 2015, then U.S. President Barack Obama invoked the Leahy Laws against Nigeria by allocating a mere $700,000 and blocked the sale of Cobra helicopters to the

As respected leaders from the southeast mount pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to grant amnesty to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, the one thing they

Dr. Kingsley Moghalu, politician, university professor and former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, is still in the race for the 2023 presidential election, but with a different

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Wildlife laws in Nigeria are generally regarded as outdated and not stringent enough to really tackle the illegal wildlife trade. Many state wildlife laws were enacted in the 60s and

The last three days have shown that the conversation around the report submitted by the Lagos State Judicial Panel set up to, among other issues, investigate the Lekki tollgate shooting

Former minister of finance Dr Kalu Idika Kalu joins Rotus Oddiri on the Global Business Report to discuss privatisation of assets in Nigeria. Watch the interview…   [bc_video video_id=”6282599817001″ account_id=”6116119081001″

Last week, Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council approved a five-year National Development Plan, NDP, targeting N348.7 trillion in investments from the federal and state governments as well as the private sector.

Earlier this month, Nigeria’s vice-president, Yemi Osinbajo, criticised the Central Bank Governor for what he called an “artificially low” exchange rate. Osinbajo went on to say he was convinced that

[bc_video video_id=”6282081979001″ account_id=”6116119081001″ player_id=”default” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” playsinline=”” picture_in_picture=”” max_width=”640px” mute=”” width=”100%” height=”100%” ] Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has urged African leaders to support local entrepreneurs in order to improve

Last week, a bill seeking to include Bauchi, Kogi, Lagos and other states as members of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, passed its second reading in the Nigerian Senate.

The conduct of the just concluded Anambra State governorship poll once again brought to the fore the inability of the Independent National Electoral Commission to hold hitch-free elections in Nigeria.

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  In 2015, Nigeria emerged as Africa’s key transit hub for the trafficking of pangolin scales and elephant ivory. According to the Environmental Investigation Agency, wildlife criminal networks in Africa

26 years ago, the regime of the late Nigerian dictator General #SaniAbacha, hurriedly tried renowned environment activist and poet, Ken Saro Wiwa, alongside eight of his kinsmen of the #Ogoni

Controversy continues to swirl around the Paris Club loan refunds, following the concerns raised by the Nigerian Governors Forum over the decision by the attorney general and minister of justice,

Having listened to Abubakar Malami’s defence of his directive on the payment of $418 million to the consultants, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, Head of Media and Public Affairs at the Nigerian Governors’

Ahead of Peace Forum due to begin on Thursday, The Nigeria International Partnership Forum: Beyond the Pandemic” has just started in Paris. Nigerian President, Muhammad Buhari is expected to deliver

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For 16 unbroken years, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has remained the ruling party in Anambra State, southeast Nigeria. And now, with the victory of its candidate, Prof Charles