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Nigeria and Indonesia have stepped up efforts to strengthen economic cooperation, with both countries targeting deeper trade, investment, and strategic partnerships. This followed a high-level meeting in Abuja between Indonesia’s Ambassador, Bambang Suharto, and Nigeria’s Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Bagudu. Welcoming the delegation, the Permanent Secretary described…

Nigeria today joined the rest of the world to commemorate World Rivers Day 2025, with the Federal Government urging collective efforts to safeguard and restore the country’s rivers and waterways. The celebration, themed “Clean Rivers, Healthy Communities,” was spearheaded by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation through a…

TouchScience Africa, an innovative scientific research organisation, has launched its operations in Nigeria on Friday, September 26, 2025. The online event was aimed at introducing the organisation’s vision, mission, and goals to researchers and enthusiasts in science and agriculture throughout Africa. The organisation is dedicated to connecting scientific research with…

The administration of President Donald Trump in the United States has asked the Supreme Court to uphold the president’s executive order ending birthright citizenship. It asked the Supreme Court to uphold President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship, the long-held principle that children born on American soil are automatically citizens. Mr.…

Former Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has reportedly passed away in a hospital in the United Kingdom. The news was confirmed on Sunday afternoon by his former spokesperson, Mallam Garba Shehu. prompt news

Liverpool forward Diogo Jota has died in a car accident in Spain at the age of 28. Sky Sports News have received confirmation of Jota’s death from the Guardia Civil in Zamora where the accident took place. Jota began his career in his native Portugal, coming through the Pacos de Ferreira…

The significant shocks that have buffeted the global economy over the past five years have weighed heaviest on low-income countries and fragile and conflict-affected states.    The post-pandemic recovery in low-income countries has lagged emerging market economies, which began their revival in 2021, though with significant differences.   Among low-income…

Reprieve may have come the way of foreign students as the President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday, directed the resumption of student visa appointments as its foreign missions. However, the administration has also ordered a stricter social media vetting targeting applicants who may be hostile towards the United States, according…

Flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) into developing economies—a key propellant of economic growth and higher living standards—have dwindled to the lowest level since 2005 amid rising trade and investment barriers, new research from the World Bank shows. These barriers pose a significant threat to global efforts to mobilize financing…

Heightened trade tensions and policy uncertainty are expected to drive global growth down this year to its slowest pace since 2008 outside of outright global recessions, according to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report.   According to the World Bank, the turmoil has resulted in growth forecasts being cut in…