Nigeria’s Low Economic Development Blamed on Neglected Culture

The Executive Director of Nigeria’s Centre of Black African Arts and Culture ( CBAAC), Professor Tunde Babawale, says the neglect of the nation’s culture has been responsible for its inability to develop economically. Babawale told journalists in...

World Bank, International Monetary Fund to Fast Track Formation of African Central Bank

Nigerian Finance Minister, Mansur Muhtar, has said a team from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would meet in April next year to fast track the actualization of the proposed African Central Bank. Muhtar told journalists that, “Nigeria...

ECOWAS Pledges to Encourage Farming in Nigeria, West Africa

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission said on Thursday in Abuja that it would work closely with Nigeria and other member states to realize a robust farming industry in West Africa to reduce hunger and poverty. Jean Dieu Somda,...