By Rukayat Moisemhe, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) For decades, the Nigerian oilseed industry has quietly sustained rural livelihoods, supplied factories and supported household food security across the country. The oil ecosystem, woven around palm oil, soybean and other oilseeds, links smallholder farmers, processors,Continue Reading
**How and on what basis the continent’s governments can secure financing should not be based on external discretion By Bola Ahmed Tinubu Africa is paying too much to borrow. Calls to end the “Africa premium” — the gap between how Africa is assessed and the reality of itsContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) At a time when Africa is confronting complex development, governance and security challenges, Ministers of Foreign Affairs from across the African Union (AU) have called for renewed commitment to strengthening the organisation’s institutional frameworks. They emphasised that a more sustainable, united andContinue Reading
By Maureen Okon, News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) Established in 1987, the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps (NTAC) serves as a key foreign policy tool under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It was designed to provide technical assistance to African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries as a strategic alternative to directContinue Reading
By Victor Okoye, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) As countries compete through ideas, culture is becoming an important tool for economic growth and international influence, not just raw materials. For Africa, long seen only for its resources, the question is now who is using its culture wisely andContinue Reading
By Chijioke Okoronkwo, News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) Daily, especially in morning and evening hours, shouts of ‘bola! bola! bola! rend the air in the streets of satellite towns in the Federal Capital Territory. These screeches signal the arrival or presence of informal refuse collectors known as ‘Mai Bola’ orContinue Reading
By Tosin Kolade, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Nigeria’s efforts to provide safe water and sanitation to millions of citizens have suffered a major setback following a broad suspension of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) programmes. Reports indicate that Nigeria’s access to a 602.95 million dollar grant for 2025Continue Reading
By Tosin Kolade, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) A few years ago, an incident at Gadadin Primary School in Kachi Ward, Dutse Local Government Area of Jigawa exposed the grave risks children face when basic Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities are lacking in schools. At the school, which hasContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) For decades, the oil-rich creeks of the Niger Delta symbolised both Nigeria’s economic lifeline and one of its gravest national security challenges. Vast mangrove forests concealed illegal refineries, crude oil thieves and armed criminal networks that siphoned national wealth, devastated the environmentContinue Reading
By Ahmed Ubandoma President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s participation in the 2026 edition of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) marked a transformative shift in Nigeria’s foreign policy and economic strategy. The ADSW summit, a premier global platform for sustainability, clean energy and climate finance offered Nigeria a high-visibility stage toContinue Reading
