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Former Speaker of the House of Representatives and Senator Representing  Sokoto South at the 10th National Assembly, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to listen to the cries of Nigerians amidst the harsh socio-economic realities citizens have continued to grapple with. Speaking in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital shortly after visiting Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo on …

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An African adage says we must look at where we are coming from in order to get to where we are going. This means that to chart a successful course, we must learn from history. This is the case of Nigeria today. Myriads of problems confronting Nigeria and subsequent governments either sincere or not have tried to protect solutions but …

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Nigeria has been described in many ways in bad lights which to some extent is the true reality on ground, successive regime is worse than the previous, system decay, widespread corruption now, banditry, kidnapping, wanton killings, Boko Haram, insurgency and ethnic agitation is the order of the day. Now, there is a government which body language is aloofness and self …

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Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo today said African farmers should embrace new knowledge and technology for improved agricultural yields and increased value proposition especially for smallholder farmers. Obasanjo made this call at the announcement ceremony of the 2020 Africa Food Prize (AFP) award which held at the virtual Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRV) in Rwanda. The winners, Dr. …

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Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday called on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to invest in agriculture and particularly cassava, soybean, cowpea and plantain to help Africa cut down annual food imports that is estimated at $50billion. Obasanjo spoke during the official inauguration of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Kalambo research station in Bukavu, …

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20 years after the introduction of the Universal Basic Education Act, the commissions’ failure to implement the Act has pushed the number of out-of- school children from 6.6million to 13.5million. In his trip to Kano; a state noted for high number of out-of-school children, VICTOR EMERUWA, accompanied by a certified quantity surveyor, reports how UBEC funds is fleeced through execution …

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…As Institute Presents Agric Policy Framework To Oyo State Nigeria’s former President and IITA Goodwill Ambassador, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, at the weekend commissioned two key projects at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan. The projects include an Agricultural Transformation Building dedicated to research and delivery of innovations to farmers across …

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has formally endorsed his erstwhile deputy, Atiku Abubakar, for the presidency in 2019. Although the two have squabbled for more than a decade, dating back to their time together at Aso Rock, Obasanjo said on Thursday that Atiku had asked for forgiveness and he had “wholeheartedly” granted it. Addressing the media after hosting Atiku at his …

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Tayo Olanipekun Dangote Foundation, GBCHealth and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) have called for “greater” African private sector involvement and investment in healthcare. In the preliminary findings from their forthcoming “Healthcare and Economic Growth in Africa” report,they noted that neither government nor existing public-private partnerships are effective enough. They made this known last Thursday alongside United Nations …

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Tayo Olanipekun Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, and leading development economist, Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, will headline the second Babacar Ndiaye Lecture, to be held in Bali, Indonesia, on October 13, 2018, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced. The duo will speak on the theme, “Global Power Disequilibrium, Trade Wars and Implications for Africa,” during the international lecture series instituted …

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