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Nigeria will host the world at the first United Nations World Tourism Organisation, (UNWTO) Global Conference on Tourism, Culture and the Creative Industry, from November 14 to 16 in Lagos, Nigeria. This will be the first time the country…

Over the years and shortly before independence and after independence, oil has been the major source of income and foreign exchange for Nigeria because of its dependent on single commodity for decades. The Agricultural sectors which used…

On the 28th of September 2022, political parties in Nigeria officially began their campaigns, in the run up to the 2023 General Election. This is as stipulated in the Electoral Act of the country, which provides that campaigns are to be…

  In every corner of the globe, diplomacy is a method that governments use to influence actions through peaceful negotiation and dialogue. Executed by specific representatives of individual countries, the actions by such diplomats is…

Crude oil, often referred to as “black gold”, was first struck in Nigeria in 1956 at Oloibiri, now part of Bayelsa state, in the Niger Delta Region of the country. This followed a long period of search by Shell-BP. With the discovery,…

In February 2023, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation will be going to the polls to elect a new President and members of the Country’s Parliament. This will be followed in March 2023 by elections into the 36 State Houses of…

Telecommunication facilities in Nigeria were first established in 1886 by the colonial administration. These facilities helped to discharge administrative functions rather than drive socio-economic development of the country. As a…

As in many countries around the world, corruption in Nigeria dates back to the pre-independence era. In post-colonial Nigeria, corruption had become prevalent but was practiced covertly. By the beginning of native administration and the…

Abraham Lincoln, a former American President in 1863 defined democracy as “government of the people, by the people and for the people." Dictionary definition describes democracy "as government by the people in which the supreme…

Since independence, developmental efforts and outcomes in Nigeria have varied from time to time, as have the paradigms and influences, nationally and externally. In 1960 when Nigeria gained her independence from Great Britain, her major…