The FEC also approved N8.6 billion for the construction of vaccine laboratory, text kits for HIV/AIDS and procurement of medical equipment. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the construction of five roads in the country worth N309 billion. The roads are located in Borno, Kaduna, Lagos and Ogun States. The Minister of Works and […]
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The lawmakers had attempted to reject and omit proposals and key priority amendments canvassed by citizens during the public hearings. The National Assembly is now set to include provisions for the electronic transmission of election results in the Electoral Amendment bill. This follows pressure from Nigerians after reports by PREMIUM TIMES and others that the […]
Mr Kanu says he was held incommunicado and chained to a bare floor for eight days in a nondescript private facility in Kenya. Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the pro-Biafra group, IPOB, has spoken for the first time from detention since he was arrested in Kenya and brought back to Nigeria about three weeks ago […]
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday said his administration places the environment at the center of its development agenda, warning the residents to stop the further destruction of critical green infrastructure. Governor Sanwo-Olu, who stated this while speaking at the year 2021 Lagos State Annual Tree Planting Day celebration held in Ajah, Lagos, […]
THE bill to prohibit open grazing and related matters in Delta State, Wednesday, passed second reading on the floor of the State House of Assembly. The bill, Delta State Livestock Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation, which is being sponsored by the member representing Ughelli South Constituency in the House, Mr Reuben Izeze and 24 other […]
The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) 2020 report notes that the news media lag in offering inclusive spaces for women, vulnerable and historically marginalised groups. The current bureau chief for the Guardian Newspaper in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Bridget Onochie, is the first female to attain such a position in the medium. Mrs […]
The World Health Organisation has reported that each year, between 5.7 and 8.4 million people die due to poor quality care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and this accounts for 15 percent of overall deaths. Majority of affected LMICs record lost productivity due to poor quality care, indicating that about $1.4 to $1.6 trillion […]
The Conversation Africa recently held its first policy dialogue session where seasoned academics in Nigeria and the country’s Minister of State, Health, Dr Adeleke Mamora, discussed the country’s handling of COVID-19 so far as well as its preparedness for the next pandemic. In this interview, Doyin Odubanjo, Folasade Ogunsola, Christian Happi and Oyewale Tomori provide […]
The Private Sector Financing Programme aims to spearhead an increase in much-needed private investment in small and medium-sized enterprises, farmers’ organizations and financial intermediaries. Rural businesses, which are so vital for transforming our food systems, will get a much needed boost from an ambitious new financing programme launched today by the UN’s International Fund for […]
French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to end Operation Barkhane, the French mission to fight jihadism in the Sahel, bears some resemblance to the ongoing removal of American troops from Afghanistan. French President Emmanuel Macron announced yesterday that Operation Barkhane, the French counterterrorism force fighting jihadis in the Sahel, will end in the first quarter of […]
Factoring, which is a financial management technique allowing a company to liquidate its receivables and recover cash, can be an alternative and complementary solution to financing, in particular for SMEs and SMIs the Governor of the Central Bank of West African States (Bceao), Tiémoko Meyliet Koné said at the official opening, on Tuesday, July 13, […]
About 51 per cent of Nigerian citizens believe that all public officials are corrupt, even as about 42.4 per cent are also of the belief that all Nigerians are corrupt. This was disclosed by a quantitative survey conducted by the Akin Fadeyi Foundation (AFF) as part of its three-year project end-line report published in Abuja […]
Abuja — NIGERIAN authorities have seized heroin allegedly from South Africa, destined for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and United Kingdom (UK). Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted the consignment of 2,615 kilograms, with a street value of over N6,5 billion (R225,6 million or US$15,8 million) at the Murtala Mohammed International […]
The federal government has named four asset managers to manage the $37 billion investment development fund in some sectors of the economy. The $37 billion is a pool of funds by a private sector-led infrastructure company of Nigeria, named Infra-Co, with an initial seed capital of N1trillion, expected to grow to N15 trillion in assets […]
The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has advocated for reforms that will reduce government spending and also curb the rising trend in the nation’s public debt. This was contained in its 2nd Quarterly Economic Review for 2021, noting that the vulnerabilities identified with the rising debt profile exposed the country to […]
The Senate on Tuesday at plenary session passed bills establishing three universities. The bills are Federal University of Science and Technology Lau, Taraba State, Federal University of Agriculture and Technology, Aboh, Delta State and City University of Technology Auchi, Edo State. The passage of the bills followed the consideration and adoption of three separate reports […]
Workers in the nation’s petroleum industry have rejected the provision in the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, recently passed by the National Assembly, NASS, that restrict import license of products to only few refiners in the country, warning that it is one of the major drawbacks of passed bill. Vanguard gathered from the leadership of Nigeria […]
James Emejo and Folalumi Alaran in Abuja The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) working with relevant research institutions in Nigeria, said it has developed a new rice variety which could increase yield by 20 per cent and significantly boost the food security agenda of the federal government. Partnering the National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI) and […]