World Bank Names Former Senegal Finance Minister To Head IFC
The World Bank on Thursday announced it selected former Senegal finance minister Makhtar Diop to lead the agency responsible for private sector finance at a critical time for the global recovery. He would be the first African to lead the International Finance Corporation (IFC) which leverages financing to support private…
Matawalle To Sani Bello: Consider Peace Deal With Bandits «
Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle has advised his Niger State counterpart, Abubakar Sani Bello, to emulate him in initiating a peace deal with bandits in the state. Addressing State House reporters in Abuja after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, he said he realised that not all of bandits were criminals…
How Crypto Restriction Opens Nigeria To Fresh Foreign Scramble (business focus)
More Nigerians sign-up on trading platforms • Central banking outliving lifespan, says economist • Unmatched earnings driving the popularity of investment Foreign techies and innovators have renewed the historic scramble for the Nigerian market, following official restriction of local transactions in cryptocurrencies. The Guardian learnt that the number and intensity…
Kagara Abduction:Angry APC Senators Declare Buhari’s Government Incompetent
The kidnap students of Government Science Secondary School, Kagara (Niger State) has pushed some Senators into uncontrollable anger against the Nigerian Government. Senators Mohammed Enagi (APC-Niger South), Sani Musa (APC-Niger East), and Aliu Sabi Aliu (APC-Niger North) described as unacceptable, the worsening state of insecurity in Niger State and Nigeria…
The Era Of Kid Crime In Nigeria?As Another Young Girl Takes A Gun To School To Shoot Teacher Who Asked Her To Get A Haircut
Remember we posted in this blog yesterday (17/02/2021) of how a boy of ten years old was caught in armed robbery click to read https://marychuks.com/10-year-old-armed-robber-apprehended-by-security-operatives-in-edo-state/ “A little girl at this tender age went to school at Government Secondary School Ikot Ewa with a local gun to shoot her class teacher,…
FG To Borrow $1.2 Billion For Agricultural Mechanisation, Others
The Federal Government is set to borrow $1.2bn from the Dutch Bank and the Development Bank of Brazil to provide for mechanised agriculture in Nigeria. Senior Special Adviser to the President on Agriculture, Andrew Kwasari, told journalists in Abuja on Wednesday that the initiative was under the Green Imperative Project…
AI Makes Nearly 100% Accurate Cancer Diagnosis from Urine
This smart biosensor can detect and analyze four biomarkers of prostate cancer in urine. By KRISTIN HOUSER 23 Jan, 2021 08:40 AM An early, accurate cancer diagnosis can dramatically improve a patient’s outcome, but the tests used to diagnose some cancers are invasive at best and downright awful at worst. Case in point: prostate…
