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Tinubu To World Leaders: Africa Will Fight Climate Change ‘In Our Own Terms’

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has pointedly told world leaders gathered at the 78th United Nations General Assembly in London that African nations are ready to tackle climate change but must do so in their own terms.

https://www.primebusiness.africa/tinubu-to-world-leaders-africa-will-fight-climate-change-in-our-own-terms/

PDP Condemns Sack Of Abia Civil Servants By Gov Otti

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abia State Chapter has condemned what it termed the “unconscionable and inconsiderate” sack of Abia civil servants by Governor Alex Otti’s government.

The party said that a memo from the office of the Abia State Head of Service, Lady Joy Maduka, addressed to all Commissioners, Secretary to the State Government, Chief of Staff to the governor and other key officers and heads of parastatals and agencies of Abia State government on the sack issue caught its attention.

https://www.primebusiness.africa/pdp-condemns-sacking-of-abia-civil-servants-by-otti/

Another Coup In Africa As Gabon Military Seizes Power, Ends Civilian Regime

The wave of military coups in West Africa is still on as the Gabonese military on Wednesday announced on television that they have cancelled the country’s election and have seized power.

This comes as the West African country was wrapping up voting in the Saturday, August 26 general elections.https://www.primebusiness.africa/another-coup-in-africa-as-gabon-military-seizes-power-ends-civilian-regime/

Nigeria Has Not Applied To Join BRICS - Shettima


Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima says the country has not formally applied for membership of BRICS, an emerging economic/political bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, India China, and South Africa.

Shettima said the country has not applied to join because President Bola Tinubu is a true democrat who believes in consensus building and must therefore engage in consultation with various political and economic stakeholders, and the citizens before a decision on that is finally made.

https://www.primebusiness.africa/nigeria-has-not-applied-to-join-brics-shettima/

COVID-19: NCDC Vigilant As New Variant Spreads To 51 Countries

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it has stepped up vigilance as two new subvariants of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, named EG.5 and BA.2.86.

The NCDC revealed on its website that the EG.5 variant has spread to 51 countries, including China, the United States of America, and several other nations across the globe. The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified EG.5 as a “variant of interest” (VOI), with a low-risk assessment on a global level.

https://www.primebusiness.africa/ncdc-vigilant-as-new-covid-19-variant-spreads-to-51-countries/

Nigerians Reject Requirements For Accessing Student Loan[b][/b]

Reactions have continued to trail the student loan scheme recently introduced by the Federal Government, especially the requirements for accessing it.

The loan which was meant to help Nigerian students in tertiary institutions mitigate their financial challenges, was signed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on 12 June 2023.

Titled Access to Higher Education Act 2023, its provisions apply to all matters pertaining to the application and granting of loans to Nigerians seeking to fund their education in higher institutions of learning in the

https://www.primebusiness.africa/nigerians-reject-requirements-for-accessing-student-loan/

BRICS: Why Nigeria Was Snubbed


In a week full of high drama on the international scene – the murder of Yevgeny Prigozhin in Russia; Donald Trump’s mug shot in a Georgia prison; India landing a spacecraft on the moon and the cable car rescue in Pakistan – the 15th Summit of the BRICS nations in South Africa managed to grab a few headlines.

For Nigeria, the meeting turned out to be another humiliating moment as its application to join the economic bloc was turned down. Instead, Ethiopia, Egypt; Argentina; UAE and Saudi Arabia were invited to join with effect from January 2024. Twenty countries, including Nigeria and Indonesia applied to be members, and 20 others had expressed interest, but had not applied. So, why did our country seek to join BRICS in the first place, and why were we rejected and why was Ethiopia, a relatively smaller economy currently wracked by civil war, chosen? Is this rejection yet another national embarrassment for this country which had suffered severe mismanagement in the hands of its corrupt political leaders? Is this a vote of no confidence on the Tinubu administration?

https://www.primebusiness.africa/brics-why-nigeria-was-snubbed/

Black Market, Official Window Forex Dealers Drop Dollar Rate

Black Market, Official Window Forex Dealers Drop Dollar Rate
Authorised dealers and their clients traded the dollar at the rate of N771.69/$1 at the close of trading in the Investors’ and Exporters’ (I&E) window of the official market on Thursday. This is slightly below the N773.42/$1 rate reported on Wednesday, indicating the naira appreciated in value by 0.22 per cent, while the price of the United States currency fell by N1.73 kobo. At some point during trading in the official market, the dollar cost the clients as much as N799.90/$1 and as low as N700/$1, FMDQ Exchange disclosed in its foreign exchange (forex) data. FMDQ Exchange also reported that

https://www.primebusiness.africa/black-market-official-window-forex-dealers-drop-dollar-rate/

Considering the controversial and shady nature of the relationship between President Vladimir Putin and Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Wagner, Prigozhin’s alleged death in a plane crash inside Russia today raises many questions. This was the same Prigozhin reportedly in Mali two days ago with two separate aeroplanes said to have been filled with weapons. A video released also same day has Prigozhin promising to “free” African countries — an indirect reference to their subjugation to former colonial masters.

Although various versions of what caused the downing of the aircraft in which Prigozhin was traveling would continue to be subjects of arguments for a while, the possibility of the invisible hands of the Kremlin in the disaster will not be far-fetched. This was a man who was returning from Africa and his aeroplane was downed between St. Petersburg and Moscow. He could have made some grave miscalculations since his mutiny against Putin’s regime exactly two months ago on June 23.

https://www.primebusiness.africa/wagners-yevgeny-prigozhin-gone-for-better-or-for-worse/

Time was in English football, when attending a football match was a matter of life and death. In those days, a typical football fan wishing to watch his dear club live on the pitch must as a matter of fact take out a life insurance policy upon renewing his annual season ticket.

He must prepare his soul for the after life by attending a confession on the night before the match day and for prudence, taking Extreme Unction on the match day is highly recommended. The aforementioned measures were necessary to ensure one’s soul was saved for heaven on the unlikely event that one fell in battle, but only on rare cases throughout the cherished history of this event did it ever happen.
https://www.primebusiness.africa/an-unwonted-hat-trick-in-the-english-premiership/

[url][/url]Crisis In Nigeria’s Tertiary Education: ‘ECOMOG’, Financial Corruption, Management Deficiencies Et al

In a shocking exposé, it has come to light that the Nigerian tertiary education system is entangled in a web of corruption, dubious accreditation practices, and a deficit of competent management. What follows underneath is a harrowing reality of financial corruption, the detrimental “ECOMOG” syndrome surrounding the National University Commission (NUC) accreditation, and the severe lack of management skills plaguing Nigeria’s public tertiary education. The repercussions of these systemic failures are detrimental to students and the country’s future as a knowledge-driven nation.

https://www.primebusiness.africa/crisis-in-nigerias-tertiary-education-ecomog-financial-corruption-management-deficiencies-et-al/