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Nigeria’s parliament to start debating petroleum bill next week -Senate

March 21, 2016/Reuters Nigeria’s Senate president said on Monday that the country’s parliament would start debating next week an amended Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), a much-delayed plan to overhaul the vital energy sector hit by graft and mismanagement. President Muhammadu Buhari has made it a priority to get approval for […]

President Buhari Address at the National Economic Council Retreat on the Economy

March 21, 2016/State House ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI AT THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL RETREAT ON THE ECONOMY HELD AT THE STATE HOUSE CONFERENCE CENTRE, PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, ABUJA. MONDAY 21ST, MARCH 2016 Protocols:  I am delighted to have the opportunity to address this distinguished and all-important retreat on the […]

Africa – the next clean energy powerhouse?

March 21, 2016/AfDB Can Africa be the next clean energy powerhouse? That was the question posed by the second plenary panel at the Africa CEO Forum – and panelists reached the conclusion that the answer was yes, if the right policies and the requisite political will are in place. As […]