President Muhammadu Buhari with Bill Gates of the Microsoft Corporation.
Nigeria's Economy is Expected To Grow at a Faster Rate

President Muhammadu Buhari with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, HRH. Muhammadu Sanusi II , 14th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aliko Dangote of the Dangote Group and other business leaders.
Nigeria's economy is expected to grow at a faster rate and hence the purchasing power of people is also expected to increase in the coming years.
Indices of the current economic growth in Nigeria can be seen in this report and the report I shared yesterday on the increase in the international hotels in Lagos and Abuja.
These facts confirm the economic success of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Da Bazar Mu…broadcast on Satellite and State TV stations in northern Nigeria, reaching a viewing area of over 10 million. Interactive voice calling during the TV broadcast provided provide insight into viewer’s reactions and opinions.
Anyone connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) and M2M communications industries will be acutely aware of the levels of ambition and investment being set for the Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card, more widely known as eUICC, or the eSIM.
A 2017 report from IHS Markit, for example, suggests that eSIM shipments will increase from 109 million in 2016, to 986 million by 2021. This growth will largely be driven by continuing IoT development, with eSIMs set to play a major role in ensuring the connectivity of billions of connected devices around the world.
The automotive industry is a prime example of a sector that has been keen to drive the technology forwards. With connected cars quickly becoming mainstream, the eUICC compliant eSIM has the potential to empower manufacturers by offering new opportunities to simplify logistics and optimise costs.
Afe Babalola University Confers Honorary Doctorate Degree on African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina
In his acceptance address, Adesina lauded the Institution as an epitome of academic excellence commended its high standards of discipline
ADO EKITI, Nigeria, October 22, 2018/ -- The Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria, has conferred a Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa on the President of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), Akinwumi Adesina in recognition of his immense contributions to socio-economic development on the continent.
John Olachy Momoh, Chairman of Channels Media Group, Nigeria’s multi award-winning television station also received an Honoris Causa at the 6th Convocation ceremony of the University held on Sunday 21 October 2018 at the University Campus in Ado Ekiti.
Interview With Africa's Richest Woman, Isabel dos Santos of Angola
WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, October 20, 2018/ -- Many people around the world are familiar with Aliko Dangote, a Nigerian who is often described as Africa's richest man. But Isabel dos Santos, 45, an Angolan businesswoman, is Africa's richest woman and the eldest child of Angola’s former President José Eduardo dos Santos, who was in power from 1979 to 2017.
In 2013, according to research by Forbes, her net worth had reached more than three billion US dollars, making her Africa's first billionaire woman. Five years have passed ever since and her wealth has continued to grow.
“By now every one of us has seen it practically that the Blacks cannot rule themselves. Give them guns and they will kill each other. “They are good in nothing else but making noise, dancing, marrying many wives and indulging in sex. Let us all accept that the Blackman is a symbol of poverty, mental inferiority, laziness and emotional incompetence.”
~ Pieter W. Botha, (12 January 1916 – 31 October 2006), leader of South Africa from 1978 to 1989, serving as the last Prime Minister from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive State President from 1984 to 1989.
From Nigeria to Sudan; Rwanda to DRC and other countries in Africa, what Botha said is 90% fact. Even in South Africa, black South Africans are attacking and killing fellow Africans. South Sudan is in chaos since becoming independent of the predominantly Islamic Republic of Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo was the location of Africa's first world war, which led to the loss of some five million lives between 1994 and 2003, but many eastern areas are still plagued by violence as various rebel groups continue to operate there.
President Akinwumi Adesina with some young farmers sponsored to an agribusiness mentoring programme at Purdue University, U.S.
Young Africans Fired Up by African Development Bank Agribusiness Mentoring Partnership with Purdue University

ABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire, 18 October 2018 / PRN Africa / -- For Miriam Ahuna Ofoeze, nothing now stands between her and her cherished goal of becoming a successful agribusiness entrepreneur. Thanks to an innovative training programme sponsored by the African Development Bank at Purdue University, Indianapolis, the young Nigerian is even convinced she now has what it takes to become a future World Food Prize winner.
The reality is that over 40 million people are victims of trafficking – girls are forced to marry instead of getting an education, communities are blind to the signs of trafficking happening next door and businesses and banks enable traffickers to succeed. To reap the rewards of a traffic-free world, we need to invest.
TOGETHER, WE CAN STOP THE TRAFFIK
Today, we're joining with multiple partners, hundreds of volunteers and thousands of organisations to mark #AntiSlaveryDay2018, the national awareness day of modern slavery in the UK. This year we're working with Barclays, Border Force, local councils and community groups to raise awareness of this global crime.
Join STOP THE TRAFFIK | People shouldn't be bought and sold.
Governor General of Canada To Visit Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria
OTTAWA, Oct. 16, 2018 /CNW/ - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced that Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, will visit Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Nigeria, from October 23 to 30, 2018.
Human Rights Council Election: 5 Things You Need To Know About It

NEW YORK, 15 October 2018 / PRN Africa / -- While the institution has been the subject of controversy since its creation in 2006 – culminating in the withdrawal of the USA this past June – UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated that it plays “a very important role” in the UN's human rights architecture.
Think exponentially, not incrementally: How the rules of the game are changing in Africa’s banking sector
by Sunil Kaushal, CEO, Africa & Middle East at Standard Chartered Bank.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, October 17, 2018/ -- Think exponentially, not incrementally: How the rules of the game are changing in Africa’s banking sector
Sunil Kaushal, CEO, Africa & Middle East at Standard Chartered Bank.
An abundance of opportunities
We are fortunate to witness a period of monumental progress in Africa. The changes are visible across all sectors. African start-ups have raised a record breaking $560 million in 2017, an increase of 53% from the previous year. African governments have welcomed technology into the continent, hoping to inspire a revolution across all industries and sectors. Some of the brightest minds are determined to rewrite the rules of the game by harnessing technology to tackle some of the continents greatest challenges – with one of them being the distinct lack of access to banking services for large parts of the population. Only 4 years ago, an astounding 66% of Sub-Saharan Africans (http://bit.ly/2PDboRb) did not have a bank account. Now, Africa has been described as a “leapfrogger” with the application of a technology driven economic model to reach the unbanked.
Nigeria - Canada Investment Summit NOVEMBER 5TH – 6TH, 2018 IN ABUJA, NIGERIA
TORONTO, Oct. 16, 2018 /CNW/ - Canadian businesses, organizations and government agencies are invited to attend the Nigeria Canada Investment Summit on November 5th and 6th, 2018, in Abuja, Nigeria's national capital. The theme is, "Fostering Strong Business Partnerships Into The Future." Coupled with news that the Governor General of Canada Julie Payette is visiting Nigeria at the end of October and will be in Abuja and Lagos, the Summit affirms the warm and fruitful relations between Canada and Nigeria.
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A camp for conflict-affected people in Rann, north-east Nigeria.
UN Welcomes ‘Milestone' Release of 833 Nigerian Children from Anti-Boko Haram Force

NEW YORK, 12 October 2018 / PRN Africa / -- “This is an important development for boys and girls of north-east Nigeria whose lives have been deeply affected by violence and insecurity,” said the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba. “I also want to highlight that today's release of children is the result of months of productive work and collaboration between the CJTF and the United Nations… We expect more children to be separated from the CJTF soon.”
Channels TV:
In your book, you refer to Muhammadu Buhari as the candidate who won the most votes in each of the last three elections in Nigeria, and was defeated by his opponents rigging efforts, how did you arrive at that?
John Campbell:
You arrived at that conclusion by talking with people who were intimately connected with the entire process. Dt included individuals but also NGOs, NGOs that were foreign based and that were Nigeria based. And the rigging took place not so much at the actual polling places, but rather at the places where all the polling results were brought together.
Channels TV:
Was this information from the INEC perhaps?
John Campbell:
Well INEC, I was the US ambassador at the time, and working officially with INEC. All INEC gave me was their talking points.
Those whining about hardship in Nigeria and expecting to magically land in the Promised Land flowing with milk and honey remind me of the ignorant and ungrateful pessimistic Jews lamenting after crossing the Red Sea and started cursing Prophet Moses and Aaron that they preferred to return to their days in Egypt.
Those who want to return to the days of looting by wheeler dealers in the corridors of power in Abuja are the enemies of our progress. And I say this without apologies and without regrets.
They are those who don't want to make sacrifices for the nation building of a New Nigeria.
I know Who is Who in Nigerian political leadership since working for the Alhaji Bamanga Tukur's presidential campaign in 1990.
The Secret Chinese Arms Trade in the Horn of Africa
China is actively positioning itself as a major supplier of arms to the African continent and is stepping up its shipments of weapons to conflict zones through Djibouti in the Horn of Africa.
To support and vote for President Muhammadu Buhari for second term is not a personal choice, but a patriotic duty to save Nigeria from being relooted by political criminals and their ass lickers who have no conscience and no shame. This is a war between light and darkness; between good and evil.
Obasanjo's Endorsement of Atiku Will Not Distract President Buhari
The Presidency has received the news of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s predictable U-turn and somersault on the endorsement of the PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar, at a meeting Thursday, and to say that we are the least surprised by the well-rehearsed theatre.
They will lose together. Listening to the prepared statement of the former President after the meeting showed the usual ego trip and “I know it all” character of Chief Obasanjo.
In the first place, we dare to say that a pompous statement from the former President advising Nigerians on a vote against President Buhari is the best recommendation that can come at this time.
Transcript of the Press Conference on the Release of the October 2018 World Economic Outlook

WASHINGTON, 09 October 2018 / PRN Africa / -- Participants:
Maurice Obstfeld, Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department
Gian Maria Milesi‑Ferretti, Deputy Director, Research Department
Wafa Amr, Senior Communications Officer, Communications Department
Maurice Obstfeld.
Ms. AMR: Good morning, everyone. Thank you for attending the World Economic Outlook press conference this morning. I would like to introduce Maury Obstfeld, Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department. And Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, Deputy Director of the Research Department and he oversees the production of the World Economic Outlook. Maury will give remarks and then we will take questions.
I would like to tell you that translation that is available. Channel one is English. Channel two, Bahasa. Channel three, Spanish. Channel four, Arabic. Channel five, French. Channel six, Chinese. And channel seven, Portuguese.
Maury, over to you.
MR. OBSTFELD: Thank you very much, Wafa. Good morning, everyone. I would like to say, first of all, a very big thank you to the government of Indonesia, the people of Indonesia, whose collaboration in putting together this set of Annual Meetings has been remarkable.
Over A Million Displaced Persons Reunited With Loved Ones, Rebuilding Of Destroyed Communities Underway - VP Osinbajo
*Restates FG’s commitment to the release of persons still in Boko Haram captivity
Aside from the ongoing military operations that have significantly degraded the Boko Haram insurgents, over a million people displaced by the insurgency have been restored as efforts to rebuild destroyed their homes and communities are underway, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.
Prof. Osinbajo said this on Saturday, during the Passing Out Parade of the 65 Regular Course (Army) and 66 Regular Course (Navy and Air Force) held at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna State.
The Vice President added that the Buhari administration is also committed to ensuring the release of all persons including young women and men held in Boko Haram captivity.
The presidential ticket of the PDP has been sold to the highest bidder. The most desperate of them all.
President Muhammadu Buhari and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
The problem of the presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is he is disconnected from the grassroots and he does not have the political charisma and grassroots movement of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Nigerian Defence Academy Confers Honors on Akinwumi Adesina, Muhammadu Indimi and Others

Nigerian Defence Academy Confers Honors on African Development President Akinwumi Adesina, Muhammadu Indimi, Chairman, Oriental Energy and a career military officer, retired Lt. General Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor. The honorary degrees were conferred on the trio for their distinguished services to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, during the 29th Convocation Ceremony of the institution, held yesterday in Kaduna, northern Nigeria.
In his response, Adesina lauded the academy as one of Nigeria’s finest bastions of academic, military, character and leadership training and commended its values of discipline, hard work, integrity, and patriotism.
Prime Minister Theresa May of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly.
UN Photo/Cia Pak. PM Theresa May's Speech at the Africa ‘Call to Invest' UNGA Event

LONDON, 26 September 2018 / PRN Africa / --
Transcript of the speech delivered by Prime Minister Theresa May at the Africa ‘Call to Invest' UNGA event.
I am delighted to be here, alongside President Kagame, President Akufo-Addo and Prime Minister Trudeau, to open this meeting.
President Buhari Calls for Global Action on Climate Change, Lake Chad Crisis
NEW YORK, 25 September 2018 / PRN Africa / -- “Most crises usually have a variety of festering causes and effects,” he explained.
President Muhammadu Buhari of the Federal Republic of Nigeria addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly. UN Photo/Cia Pak.
“It is the failure to address them early and effectively that lead to out-of-control conflicts,” he argued, noting that solutions include collective national and international actions.
Speaking about the fight against international and local terrorism, “Boko Haram and Al Shabaab come to mind.”
Nigerian soldiers need drones for surveillance and reconnaissance of danger zones to checkmate ambushes by both Boko Haram terrorists and unidentified gunmen. And drones can follow escaping enemies to their camps and hideouts. Drones will reduce casualties and save lives.
Full Text of the 58th Independence Day Anniversary Speech By President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR on October 1, 2018.
Today is a day of celebration and solemn reflection. It is the anniversary of the day Nigerians realised one of the most cherished of human desires – the desire for freedom. We, therefore, give thanks to and remember our founding fathers who laboured so hard and sacrificed so much to build and bequeath to us this wonderful nation. It is our duty to consolidate this great legacy.
There are no greener pastures than the blessed land of Nigeria!
HALLELUJAH!
Happy New Month! And Happy 58th Independence Anniversary of our blessed nation Nigeria with thanksgivings to our Almighty Father God JEHOVAH NISSI in the mighty name of our Lord, Saviour and Messiah, JESUS Christ and the infinite power of the Holy Spirit. AMEN!
Psalm 58 Message for Nigeria
1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.
7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
