The Federal Capital Territory and many states are losing trillions of naira to non-payment of ground rents by property owners, Daily Trust can report. They could earn that much if they enforce efficient rent collection through Geographic Information System (GIS). Ground rent is a property tax charged and collected by a government on land with […]
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Women and girls in Kenya’s Kibera slum, the largest in Africa, are often forced to trade sex for water. The government says it now wants to tackle the problem which is also prevalent in many rural communities. Caroline Munyoki (Editor’s note: name changed to protect their identity) lives in Kenya’s infamous Kibera slums in the […]
The government says 73.6 per cent of confirmed cases occurred among children aged one to 14 years. The Nigerian government on Monday confirmed that 7,202 cases of diphtheria have been recorded in 18 states across the country. This was disclosed in a press statement jointly signed by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, […]
The death toll in an attack by terrorists in Kankara local government area of Katsina State has risen to 102. Those killed, including members of the local vigilante, are from communities under Guga, Kakumi, Kandarawa and Jargaba wards of Bakori local government area, one of the areas worst hit by the gory activities of terrorists […]
The entire presentation would have been better if the president had used a teleprompter or a tablet and avoided this habit of licking a finger to help him to turn a page of the prepared speech. Since Tinubu is neither the chairman of the African Union nor has anyone appointed Nigeria the leader of the […]