5 Things You Need to Know About Inequality
Tackling inequality is not only a moral imperative. It is critical for sustaining growth. Global income inequality has declined in recent years, with the Gini [Read more …]
International
The Juju Curse That Binds Trafficked Nigerian Women Into Sex Slavery
Traditional West African ‘healers’ and Sicilian psychiatrists are struggling to help free Nigerian women forced into prostitution Every night as dusk falls in Piazza Gastone [Read more …]
IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Nigeria
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team led by Amine Mati visited Nigeria from July 20-31, 2017 to discuss recent economic and financial developments, update [Read more …]
FOR THE RECORD: President Trump’s Order Banning Muslims From U.S.
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IN FULL PROTECTING THE NATION FROM FOREIGN TERRORIST ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES By the authority vested in me as President by [Read more …]
Nigeria, China Hold Talks Over Funds For Priority Projects
Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, on Wednesday commenced follow-up discussions with the management of the Chinese EXIM Bank in Beijing, [Read more …]
Anti-Corruption: Nigeria Moves To Join League Of ‘Open Government Partnership’ Nations
Nigeria has signified its intention to be enlisted as the latest member nation of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a global coalition in the fight [Read more …]
Nigeria, China Sign 8 Million Yuan Pact For Capital Projects
Nigeria and the People’s Republic of China, on Monday signed a bilateral agreement worth more than eight million RMB Yuan for feasibility studies on the [Read more …]
Arctic Ramadan: Fasting In Land Of Midnight Sun Comes With A Challenge
In Canada’s Arctic, summers are marked by a bright light that bathes the treeless tundra for more than 20 hours a day. For some, it’s [Read more …]
‘Cameroun Encroaching on Nigerian Territories’
Mbo Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State has drawn the attention of the federal and state governments to the continual expansionist policy of the [Read more …]
Is Islamic Coalition Against Terror Necessary?
By Benedict Ahanonu That Nigeria is a member of the Islamic Coalition Against Terrorism is no longer news but the troubling aspect is the seeming [Read more …]