As part of efforts to support the funding and access to finance by operators in primary agricultural and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sectors, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the banks are to establish an Agriculture/ SME fund…
António Guterres, Secretary-General-designate of the United Nations, takes the oath of office for his five-year term, which begins on 1 January 2017. The oath was administered by Peter Thomson, President of the 71st session of the General Assembly. UN Photo/Eskinder…
Franka Osakwe Lagos state Ministry of Health in collaboration with Mamaye Evidence for Action (E4A), a programme which aims to improve maternal and newborn survival in six sub-Saharan countries, have launched the MamaYe campaign against maternal and newborn child…
Federal Government has said that the conversion of its financial statement from the cash accounting to the international Public Sector Accounting Standards have resulted into an unrecorded liability of N2.2tn to contractors. Those owed the huge amount are contractors such…
The Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions has warned that the ponzi investment scheme, MMM, is a pyramid that would soon burst. It then called on Nigerians to be wary of the investment model that originated from…
Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) has quite recently discharged the primary release of its Digital Rights in Africa report, titled “Stifling The Pipe: How Governments Hurt Internet Freedom On A Continent That Needs More Access”. This came on sidelines of the…
In continuation of annual give-back-to-host communities day organised by the giant cement multinational company, Lafarge Africa, a member of LafargeHolcim, it has expended a total of N160 million on various development projects, spanning education, youths and farmers empowerment in 12…
Contrary to some speculation, the Federal Government was not looking to source any loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A statement from the Ministry of Budget and National Planning released in Abuja on Friday explained that while briefing a…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has announced that the Federal Government Information App (FGIAPP) will be launched in Abuja on 15 Dec. 2016, as part of efforts to enhance the dissemination of government activities. The Minister…
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the European Union (EU) and the US Embassy are partnering with the government of Nigeria on the platform of the Inter-Agency Task…
