BRITAIN has expressed satisfaction with the improvements Nigeria's government has made with regards to addressing the country's security challenges over the last year as well as the strides that that have been taken to improve transparency and accountability in governance.

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[1] Every state capital must be home to at least one waste-to-energy (WtE) plant that processes urban garbage into electricity

[2] Every industrial park must have a WtE facility where its waste is converted into power

[3] Every WtE facility will have a micro grid attached to it that can distribute the generated power within the state in which it is located

LONDON-based Nigerian charity the Hospital and Prison Action Network (HPAN) has concluded the construction of 12 self-contained flats in Abeokuta the Ogun State capital to serve as accommodation for any Nigerian deported from the UK and in need of somewhere to stay.

SENATOR Ali Ndume the chief whip of Nigeria's senate has lampooned suggestions that corruption is just a matter for the elite pointing out that it is indeed people-driven as politicians who steal state funds share it with members of the public.

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[1] We may not appreciate it but the global fashion industry is currently buzzing with Meghanmania at the moment. They are all drooling over her wearing our aso oke during her recent visit to Nigeria

[2] What is catching attention in particular is that wrap-around skirt given to her by the chair of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa. Surely, as a nation, we must have plans to cash in on this global popularity

ORGANISED labour has pulled out of the ongoing minimum wage negotiations with Nigeria's federal government after ministers and private sector employers submitted two bids of N48,000 and N54,000 which the trade unions dismissed as ridiculous.

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[1] If Air Peace are going to survive over the long term, they simply need to be able to match the economies of scale provided by the likes of BA, Virgin, Emirates, KLM, Air France, Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa, etc

INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) officials have warned that Nigeria's federal government may need to raise a supplementary budget to accommodate the new minimum wage increase for workers due to come into effect soon.

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[1] Barrack Obama

[2] Richard Branson

[3] Pep Guadiola

[4] David and Victoria Beckham

[5] Mike Tyson

[6] Lionel Messi

[7] Angela Merkel

[8] Usain Bolt

[9] Madonna

[10] Jennifer Lopez

[1] Our reality is that exporting primary commodities can no longer sustain us. We either attract investors to build processing plants to convert them into finished goods or we perish

NIGERIA'S diversification drive suffered a major setback last year as export earnings from manufactured products fell by 166% to N778.4bn ($554.84m) in 2023 from the dizzy heights of N2.1trn ($1.47bn) that were recorded in 2019.