The general perception about sea level rise even in global context should not ne taken lightly as one of those natural occurrences or acts of God that would come and go casually.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo last Sunday took a swipe at past governments in Nigeria accusing them of draining huge funds with little or no investment in infrastructure.

The Nigerian Academy of Education (NAE) has expressed readiness to partner with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to lift the quality of education at all levels in the sub-region.

Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Benin, Togo and Niger Republic for a joint patrol of the Maritime Zone ‘E’. The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, signed the pact with heads of navies of countries that make up Zone E at the weekend. It was during…

Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Rashid Bawa, has said that the relationship between the two countries can be further be strengthened by the legacies entrenched by the late UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Bawa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the former UN Secretary-General lived a life worthy of emulation. He…

Being text of a paper delivered by Prof. Adesegun Olayiwola Fatusi, professor of Public Health & Community Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State...

The Benin Monarch, Omo N’ Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, has called for the establishment of Council of Traditional Rulers to support efforts at riding the West African sub-region of cross-border crimes. The Benin Monarch made this submission in a lecture entitled, “The Role Of Traditional Institutions In The Preservation Of Cultural Values…

Overland Airways has begun flight services from Lagos to Lome, Republic of Togo. The inaugural flight was warmly received by the aviation, business and leisure communities as an essential quick-link between both countries. Overland Airways’ inaugural flight took off from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos with a brief stop-over at the Cadjehoun International Airport,…

Nigeria’s economic diversification initiative has been more about political pronouncements than real efforts to not only broaden the base of the country’s resources...

The ECOWAS Peace Mission in Guinea Bissau, ECOMIB, has reassured a visiting delegation of the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) of its total commitment to complementing the national security agencies in securing Guinea Bissau’s parliamentary elections slated for November 18.

Bureaucratic bottlenecks in the registration of products under the ECOWAS Trade Liberation Scheme (ETLS), currently being managed by the Foreign Affairs Ministry are impede export goods from Nigeria to other West African countries, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has said. The ETLS is the main ECOWAS operational tool for promoting the West…

Nigeria president Muhammadu Buhari has been elected as the new Chairman of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Buhari was announced as the chairman on Tuesday at the ECOWAS Summit in Lome, Togo, after a closed session of Heads of State of the Commission. He took over from Faure Gnassingbé, president of Togo who…