Tag: nigeria
Insecurity: Niger State govt spends N5bn on 151,380 IDPs
The Niger State Government has spent over N5 billion in the maintenance of 151,380 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) currently taking refuge in about 50,584...
78% of girls in Northern Nigeria marry before age 18 –...
A staggering 78 per cent of girls in Northern Nigeria get married before the age of 18.
Save the Children International (SCI), the world’s leading...
FEC approves ambitious N348.7trn National Development Plan
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the National Development Plan (NDP) for 2021 to 2025 to succeed the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan...
Senate approves Buhari’s $16.2bn, €1.02bn external loan request
The Senate has approved the Federal Government loan request of $16.2 billion and 1.02 billion euros, under the 2018-2020 eternal borrowing plan.
This followed the...
EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria seeks $360m loan for mosquito nets, malaria drugs, surveillance
The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) is seeking $360 million loan for the purchase of Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) and malaria drugs, and for...
Nigeria in bad shape, APC incompetent to rescue – Atiku
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has said that Nigeria had never been in such a bad shape as it was currently.
Atiku, who spoke on Saturday...
Military action alone can’t solve insecurity in Nigeria – U.S. envoy
The U.S. Consulate in Lagos has explained that Nigeria’s success does not just depend on its military effectiveness on the battlefield but it requires...
Climate change: Nigeria plants over 6.2m trees in 3 years
The Federal Government has planted 6,248,240 trees between 2019 and the second quarter of 2021.
Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, said this at...
Fashola seeks monthly rent payment, urges states to enact laws
Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday advised state governments to enact laws to make mandatory monthly rent payment to make...
Four policemen detained for extorting N25,000 from travellers
For extorting N25,000 from a traveller and physically assaulted another as revealed in a trending video, the Police have arrested and detained four of...
