ECOWAS unveiled on Wednesday, the West African Competitiveness Observatory (WACOB), an online platform, to facilitate regional trade and stimulate economic growth across the sub-region.
President of the ECOWAS Commission Dr Omar Touray who unveiled t…
Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, the Director-General, National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (NBRDA), has called for adequate support for biotechnology to facilitate speedy economic recovery and development in the country.
Mustapha told the…
Adoption of mobile money systems started in the mid-2000s with the Philippines, Kenya and Tanzania being among the first to do it.
The first mobile money system was launched in the Philippines in 2001.
In 2007, Kenya launched M PESA, which represen…
Chief Isiaka Ogundare, Apena of Lagos, on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to begin to support African traditional religion, just as it had always extended support to Islam and Christianity.
Ogundare, in commemoration of the World Culture Day, sa…
Addis Ababa: African World Heritage Day will be celebrated tomorrow in Ethiopia’s Tiya archaeological world heritage site situated in the Central Ethiopia region, the Ethiopian Heritages Authority disclosed.
The African World Heritage Day is annually…
Leaders and representatives of various guilds and associations in the Nigerian film industry have pledged their support for the campaign against smoking and consumption of harmful substances in Nollywood films.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report…
The Benin Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday, decried the continued infrastructural decay, poor funding and proliferation of universities in Nigeria.
Prof. Monday Igbafen, Zonal Coordinator, Benin Zone of ASUU, expre…
The Federal Government has approved the extension of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC)’s Regulatory Reform Accelerator Action Plan by 30 days.
Dr Jumoke Oduwole, Special Adviser to the President on PEBEC and Investment, m…