PRESIDENT BUHARI: NIGERIA NEEDS 1.5 TRILLION DOLLARS IN TEN YEARS TO BRIDGE THE INFRASTRUCTURE GAP
Nov. 2, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari says 1.5 trillion dollars is the cumulative estimated amount needed by Nigeria over a ten-year period, to achieve an appreciable level of the National…
Global climate talks open to cries of betrayal, blame
Nov 1, 2021 A U.N. conference seen critical to averting the most disastrous effects of climate change launches amid acrimony on Monday after major industrialised nations were accused of dragging…
COVID-19: Britain to send 20 million more vaccine doses to developing nations
Oct 31. 2021 Britain will send 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to developing countries by the end of this year, in what Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell other world…
Pope Francis: COP26 must offer concrete hope to future generations
Oct 29, 2021 Political leaders must give “concrete hope” to future generations that they are taking the radical steps needed to tackle climate change when they meet at COP26, Pope…
Biden says Afghan evacuation on track as humanitarian crisis looms
Aug. 25, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden said U.S. troops in Afghanistan faced mounting danger as they pushed to complete evacuations by an Aug. 31 deadline, with aid agencies warning…
Afghan evacuation on ‘war footing’ as G7 meets on Taliban deadline
Aug. 24, 2021 Western countries worked at a “war-footing pace” on Tuesday to get people out of Afghanistan, a NATO country diplomat said, as U.S. President Joe Biden looked set…
Emergency vaccine summit needed to help Africa, says UK’s ex-PM Brown
Aug 16, 2021 U.S., British and Italian leaders must hold an emergency summit before the U.N. General Assembly to end vaccine inequality and send more shots to Africa and other…
Buhari returns, refreshed; commits to more funding for education
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after joining world leaders in making firm commitment to increase funding for education sector at the recent Global Education Summit in London, United…
World leaders, others react to climate science report as UN says human influence “unequivocally” to blame for warming the planet
Aug 9, 2021 Eight years after its last full update on climate science, the United Nations on Monday published a report that delivered even starker warnings about how human-induced climate…
TERRORISM: LET JUDICIAL PROCESS RUN ITS COURSE, PRESIDENT BUHARI, PM BORIS JOHNSON AGREE AT BILATERAL MEETING
July 30, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari and Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain Thursday, appraised the war against different forms of terrorism in Nigeria, and agreed that the judicial process…