FORMER President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Dr. Akinwumi Adesina for the successes he achieved as president of the Africa Development Bank (AfDB). This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Abuja. “I am happy with the enormous success Adesina has achieved at the end of …
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Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has urged Nigeria to urgently transform its economy to become a developed country by 2050. Adesina made the call in a statement on Thursday, following his keynote address at Chapel Hill Denham’s 20th anniversary dinner. He said Nigeria must abandon …
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PRESIDENT of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has paid a courtesy visit to former President Muhammadu Buhari to express appreciation for his unwavering support during his tenure at the Bank. Adesina’s second term as AfDB President concludes in September. He said the visit was an opportunity to …
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IN a packed auditorium at Chatham House, African Development Bank President Dr Akinwumi Adesina delivered an inspiring address to a diverse audience of diplomats, investors, academics, politicians, and media, emphasising Africa’s untapped potential and abundant opportunities. During his presentation on Friday, titled Envisioning Africa’s Economic Prospects, Adesina highlighted his optimism and …
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THE President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Akinwumi Adesina, has urged African leaders to provide jobs for the teeming unemployed youths to stop the mass migration in the country. Adesina stated this in Abuja on Friday at the second Veritas University Digital Innovations Exhibition and 12th convocation lecture He …
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AFRICAN Development Bank (AfDB) President, Akinwumi Adesina has called on Korean investors to seize untapped investment opportunities in Africa, especially in the energy and agriculture sectors. Adesina, in a statement on the Bank’s website said the African continent could not be ignored by investors. He spoke at a business forum …
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari shares the pain of loss with Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), over the passing of his mother, Mrs Eunice Adesina. President Buhari commiserates with family members, friends and associates of the matriarch, whose departure elicited testimonies of her dedication to God, love …
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AfDB President, Adesina Joins 2023 Presidential Race President of the African Development Bank, AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina, has joined the growing list of 2023 presidential aspirants in the All Progressives Congress, APC. A coalition of 28 groups consisting of Youth Arise Movement, Nigerians in Diaspora, One Nigeria Group, Prudent Youth Association …
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Nigeria is not in short supply of true leaders. The country’s diversity and generous human resources offer a limitless pool of talents, skills, abilities and character. Nigeria is blessed with all that a nation needs to be a lodestar in the galaxy of nations. But why do misfits end up …
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has beaten former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and former United Nations Secretary General, Koffi Anan, to clinch the African Leadership Magazine Person of the Year, 2015. Ex-president Jonathan also defeated the founder, ECONET Wireless, …
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