Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said Federal Government had obtained a 125-million-dollar loan from the World Bank to tackle fresh cases of polio and other health challenges in the country. The minister made this known while briefing the Senate…
Internally displaced persons at the Gidan Taki camp yesterday protested while demanding the immediate removal of the camp chairman over allegations of diversion of foodstuff meant for IDPs. Daily Trust gathered that displaced persons from the camp took to the…
“The adoption of SDGs in September 2015 was intended to place our world on the part of sustainable development by the year 2030. The 17 SDGs, which combined economic, social and environmental objectives are intended to be universal unlike the…
The Director General, WHO, Margaret Chan at the 66th session of the World Health Organisation Regional Committee for Africa has said that WHO is ready to support Nigeria in eliminating polio from the country. Chan recalled with admiration, the feat…
Four World Bank officials have drowned at Egbe Dam in Egbe Ekiti, Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State, South-West Nigeria. Folasade Akinrinmola, the chairman of the council and the state police command confirmed the incident to journalists in the…
The Federal Executive Council yesterday approved the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEFF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (SFP) for 2017-2019, signalling the commencement of next year’s budget process. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udoma, disclosed this to…
Church of Nigeria Anglican communion in Maiduguri has laid the foundation of an ultra-modern trauma centre for displaced victims of Boko Haram insurgency. The centre, according to the Bishop of the Maiduguri Diocese, Emmanuel Mani, who performed the stone laying…
The Federal Executive Council yesterday approved the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEFF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (SFP) for 2017-2019, signalling the commencement of next year’s budget process. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udoma, disclosed this to…
One of Africa’s largest banks by assets, Standard Bank is partnering with international news and events provider TMT Finance for the inaugural TMT Finance Africa Conference 2016, which is holding in Lagos and is bringing together the leading decision makers…
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, through the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, FMITI, has concluded plans to boost Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs in Nigeria, with the introduction of the initiative tagged- Business, Innovation and Growth, BIG Platform.…
