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INTERVIEW: Africa needs 10-fold increase in development financing to make impact - AfDB presidential candidate Sidi Tah

Nigeria, May 9 -- With Akinwunmi Adesina's 10-year tenure as President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) coming to an end, a new president will be elected on 29 May during the 2025 Annual Meeting... Read More


Trump administration quietly shuts down CDC's infection control committee

Nigeria, May 9 -- The Trump administration has shut down a key advisory committee at the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that is responsible for setting infection control standards... Read More


Tinubu requests for land in Anambra to build own retirement home

Nigeria, May 9 -- President Bola Tinubu has asked Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State to provide him with a plot of land in the state to build a retirement home. Mr Tinubu spoke on Thursday duri... Read More


Tinubu requests land in Anambra to build own retirement home

Nigeria, May 9 -- President Bola Tinubu has asked Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State to provide him with a plot of land in the state to build a retirement home. Mr Tinubu spoke on Thursday duri... Read More


Who is Pope Leo XIV?

Nigeria, May 9 -- Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American, has been elected as the Catholic Church's 267th leader. Following his election, Cardinal Prevost announced his papal name as Leo XIV. According... Read More


'Salawa will forever be my wife; her husband is loaning her from me' - Kollington

Nigeria, May 9 -- Fuji music legend, Kollington Ayinla, says songstress Salawa Abeni, known as the Queen of Waka Music, is still legally his wife. Abeni married Lateef Adepoju, the founder of Leader ... Read More


Tinubu asks Senate to confirm nominees for regional development commissions

Nigeria, May 9 -- President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to screen and confirm nominees for the South West Development Commission (SWDC), the North Central Development Commission (NCDC), and the S... Read More


APGA has adopted Tinubu as party's 2027 presidential candidate - Soludo

Nigeria, May 9 -- Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State says the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has adopted President Bola Tinubu as the party's presidential candidate ahead of the 2027 gen... Read More


Adesina, Onanuga and the matter of being better off, By Azu Ishiekwene

Nigeria, May 9 -- The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, ruffled presidential feathers on Monday when he said in a speech during the 20th Anniversary dinner of the fi... Read More


Tinubu promises to revive South-east gas plant, tackle Anambra erosion

Nigeria, May 9 -- President Bola Tinubu has promised to revive a gas plant in the South-east and tackle the worsening erosion menace in Anambra State. Mr Tinubu spoke at the Alex Ekwueme Square in Aw... Read More