Governance

The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has promised to work harder to ensure a safe, secure, and prosperous Ekiti State in 2021 where all residents will feel the better impact of governance in all the key sectors. Dr. Fayemi also pledged to deliver all ongoing projects that would add value to the economy […]

Concluding the main part of its seventy-fifth session, the General Assembly approved $3.21 billion for 2021 and adopted 22 resolutions and 3 decisions recommended by its Main Committees. Adopting a range of drafts recommended by its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), the Assembly approved resources for 2021, the Organization’s second annual budget in nearly 50 years, by a recorded vote of […]

Introduction The present report covers the period from 23 June to 14 December 2020 and provides an overview of developments and trends in West Africa and the Sahel. It captures the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) and highlights progress made in the implementation of the United Nations […]

President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has felicitated with Nigerians in this festive season and wish them joy and prosperity in the New Year 2021. According to a statement by the Senate President, “the year 2020 was full of challenges on the economic, security, health and other fronts for most nations of the world. […]

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has passed into law a Bill to provide for the Harmonisation and Collection of All Revenues in the State and Local Government as well. The speaker of the House, Balarabe Abdullahi, announced the passage of the bill into law after the House adopted the report of the House Standing […]

ABUJA – Senate on Thursday says it may be compared to invoke necessary sanctions against Managing Directors of International Oil Companies (IOCs) in Nigeria for not appearing for an investigative hearing on diving operations in the oil and gas industry.   Sen.Teslim Folarin,Chairman Senate Committee on Local Content made the disclosure at an investigative hearing […]

ABUJA – The Senator representing Benue South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Abba Moro has called on all relevant authorise to come to the aid of his senatorial District as a strange ailment is ravaging the area.   The lawmaker in a motion titled: Urgent need to deal with the outbreak of a […]

ABUJA— Nigeria’s land borders that have been closed since August 2019 may be reopened soon, said Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed. Speaking to State House correspondents on Wednesday, Zainab said the presidential committee set up on the matter has completed its job and has recommended the reopening of the borders. She […]

ABUJA – The Senate has mandated its Committees on Legislative Compliance and Communications to invite the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, to impress on him the need to implement the resolutions of the Senate regarding security related to the mandate of his ministry. The decision was reached in a resolution which […]

Donald Trump was propelled to the US presidency by promising to rewrite globalisation rules. This included restricting trade when it directly hurt the US, clamping down on immigration, and reducing commitments to the global order. His administration’s “America First” foreign policy also meant disengaging from its obligations to Africa, which he infamously referred to as “shit-hole countries”. Historically, the US […]