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As the Muhammadu Buhari eight-year reign ends on 29 May, Nigerians continue to reflect on the various challenges faced in the petroleum sector and how it affected their livelihood.

During the electioneering period in 2015, Mr Buhari and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), criticised the incumbent government of Goodluck Jonathan for failing to solve the country’s unending petroleum sector crises.

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• Adesina calls out developed nations for not honoring $100 billion-a-year pledge

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A lack of adequate financing for tackling climate change in Africa has become dire and is “choking” the continent, African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina said on Monday.

The new collection of poetry by Nigeria’s preeminent poet laureate, Niyi Osundare, ‘GREEN: Sighs of Our Ailing Planet,’ will feature in a Reading/Signing session on February 20, 2022.

Blue took reign of the Sweaterz Five- A – Side Football competition, which was contested last Sunday in the vicinity of the cricket nets at the Arnos Vale Playing Field.

Playing unbeaten in the four team competition, Blue won two of their matches and drew one.

Placing second was Yellow, while Neon Green was third and Maroon was fourth.

In the prize- giving ceremony that followed the round robin competition, Chad Haynes of Blue was the top goal scorer. Haynes scored four goals.

Blue took reign of the Sweaterz Five- A – Side Football competition, which was contested last Sunday in the vicinity of the cricket nets at the Arnos Vale Playing Field.

Playing unbeaten in the four team competition, Blue won two of their matches and drew one.

Placing second was Yellow, while Neon Green was third and Maroon was fourth.

In the prize- giving ceremony that followed the round robin competition, Chad Haynes of Blue was the top goal scorer. Haynes scored four goals.

The national debt level of a country is a measure of how much the government owes its creditors. Economists are generally divided on the question of how much debt is too much debt, both with respect to the ratio of debt to gross domestic product (GDP) as well as the total dollar amount of the debt. Some economists are concerned that excessive government debt levels can impact economic stability with broader implications for exchange rate stability, external trade, economic growth and unemployment.

The national debt level of a country is a measure of how much the government owes its creditors. Economists are generally divided on the question of how much debt is too much debt, both with respect to the ratio of debt to gross domestic product (GDP) as well as the total dollar amount of the debt. Some economists are concerned that excessive government debt levels can impact economic stability with broader implications for exchange rate stability, external trade, economic growth and unemployment.

The latest book authored by Niyi Osundare, ‘Green: Sighs Of Our Ailing Planet,’ is set for launch in January next year.

Published by Commonwealth Books alongside Black Widow Press, the anthology is Mr Osundare’s compilation of critical pastoral poems concerning the environment around the world.

Inspired by the spate of environmental crises hitting the world, from the Amazon wildfire to the desert encroachment in North Africa to the shrinking of the Lake Chad basin in his home country Nigeria, the book nudges readers to reflect on the endangered beauty of nature.

Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc yet again, reaffirms its leadership position across Africa, as the bank has been globally recognised as the African Bank of the year 2021 by the Banker Magazine, a leading global finance news published by the Financial Times of London.

MONROVIA – A Liberian national residing in the United States has pleaded guilty to fraudulent acts which amounts to corruption in relations to a US$23Million fund intended for a COVID-19 loan program for businesses in the USA.

Steven Jalloul, a 43-year-old North Texas Tax Consultant was accused of orchestrated the fraudulent act to secure more than US$23 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.