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I have just returned from this year’s United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York. CSW is an annual gathering at the UN where member States and civil society organisations review progress made on implementing the 1995 UN Beijing Platform for Action. I started attending CSW in 1993, as a young […]
World Book and Copyright Day: The Book, The Missing Girls And The Change Agenda
Today, April 23rd, is designated World Book and Copyright Day by the United Nations. On this day, two years ago, Port Harcourt, Nigeria became UNESCO World Book Capital City (WBCC). The WBCC title is a ‘symbolic nomination to a city in recognition of its efforts in promoting books and reading’. The city holds this title […]
Interswitch, Nairametrics win EY 2023 Entrepreneur Awards
THE Group Managing Director of Interswitch, Mr Mitchell Elegbe and Founder/Chief Analyst, Nairametrics Financial Advocate Limited,Mr Ugodre Obi-Chukwu, have won the Ernst & Young, EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2023 West Africa. Elegbe, won the Master Category at the finalists Awards held on Thursday night at Eko Hotel Lagos and will represent West Africa in […]
ELECTORAL OFFENCES: INEC to review gov, states assembly polls results
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has pledged to thoroughly review results of Saturday’s governorship and States Assembly elections, following allegations of voter harassment, inducement and manipulation of results in several places. INEC also explained why it has not uploaded all the results of the February 25 Presidential election to its results viewing portal, IReV. As […]
S.Africa to call it a wrap on current hikes with last 25 bps on March 30
South Africa’s Reserve Bank will raise interest rates for the last time in this cycle by 25 basis points on March 30, in anticipation of slower inflation and a weak economy due to power disruptions, a Reuters poll found on Monday. A firm majority of 18 out of 20 economists polled on South Africa’s repo […]
Lagos governor re-elected in victory for Nigeria ruling party
The governor of Lagos easily won re-election in low turn-out local voting, figures showed on Sunday, a victory for Nigeria’s ruling party just weeks after the commercial capital backed the opposition in a disputed presidential election. With votes tallied in districts representing 95% of voters, incumbent Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the ruling All Progressive Congress had […]
Buhari Advises African Leaders On Agric Financing. Is He Leading By Example?
President Buhari advised other African leaders despite the failure of his government to improve funding for the Nigerian agricultural sector in line with the Maputo agreement. On 25 January, President Muhammadu Buhari urged African leaders to allocate 10 per cent of their national budgets to the agricultural sector in order to promote food security. Mr […]
Respite as banks, others accept old N500, N1,000 notes
The widespread rejection of the old N500, N1,000 yesterday melted as banks and Nigerians began to accept the notes in compliance with the directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The CBN on Tuesday night had directed banks to comply with the Supreme Court ruling that the old notes remain legal tender alongside the […]
Oil prices rebound after OPEC upgrades China demand outlook
Oil prices rebounded more than 1% on Wednesday, recovering from the previous day’s plunge, as a stronger OPEC outlook on China’s demand helped offset bearish global investor sentiment in the wake of the recent U.S. bank failures. Brent crude futures climbed 93 cents, or 1.2%, to $78.38 a barrel by 0324 GMT. U.S. West Texas […]
US says Russian jet caused spy drone crash over Black Sea, Moscow denies collision
The U.S. military said a Russian fighter plane clipped the propeller of one of its spy drones and made it crash into the Black Sea on Tuesday in the first such direct encounter between the two powers since Russia invaded Ukraine over a year ago. The Russian defence ministry offered a different account and Moscow’s […]
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