By Jeremy Herb and Curt Merrill This report is provided by the ODNI. Questions should be directed to the NIO for Near East. We assess that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman approved an operation in Istanbul, Turkey to capture or kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. There’s no walingContinue Reading
Nigeria has to act fast to develop a sustainable food system as it faces a population growth that is “handsomely” ahead of its economic growth figures, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said Tuesday. Mr Osinbajo said the need to create a food system that works “has never been more urgent andContinue Reading
The Paramount Ruler of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has disclosed Iwoland has the best species of herdsmen in South West, Nigeria, assuring peaceful, symbiotic co-existence. He described the relative peace and mutual understanding between the Yoruba and Fulanis in his domain as enviable, saying Iwo is ready to hostContinue Reading
By Hassan Gimba Last month was really not a good one for Nigeria. It was a month that witnessed more than one mass abduction of secondary school students apart from other forms of kidnappings and killings by marauders. It was also a month in which on two occasions Boko HaramContinue Reading
Joined by Muslims, Jews, representatives of different Christian Churches and other Iraqi religious minorities in the Iraqi city of Ur, Pope Francis prays for reconciliation, peace and the strength to rebuild the ravaged nation. Pope Francis travelled south from Baghdad to the ancient city of Ur to hold an historicContinue Reading
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov’s dramatic declaration that his country “will pursue the policy of active containment of the US on all fronts” if American pressure on Russia doesn’t soon end inspired a unique 20-point plan for what this could look like in practice. Russia’s Anti-American Containment Policy RussiaContinue Reading
By Agbaji Chinedu The role of Agricultural business is undisputable in carrying out the strategic approach in eradicating poverty and hunger, industrialization as well, with expected impact on investment, job creation and sustainable opportunities for a shared prosperity. Agricultural business is, and remain undoubtedly, the engine of growth and economicContinue Reading
Private Finance To Help Bauchi Achieve Urban Planning Targets – Prof. Adamu Ahmed Under a land swap arrangement, KK Kingdom Nigeria Limited will invest N4.5 billion in the first instance, to deliver top class serviced plots on 81 Hectares of prime land and a 2.8 km dual carriageway, part ofContinue Reading
By Atinuke Z. Zakariyya An Associate Professor in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Dr Abubakar Mohammed, has faulted the decision of the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji (Dr) Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, for opting out of a popular debate organized by the Kano state government between a Kano-based Scholar, SheikhContinue Reading