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A New Financial Year?
Eze Onyekpere The budget in virtually all countries of the world is governed by laws and policies laid down to serve the best interest of the country. These laws and policies are subject to change when empirical evidence proves that…
Police Ready to Review Deployment of Special Units’ Personnel
Joseph Edeh The Acting Inspector-General of Police(IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris, on Wednesday said that the force would review the deployment of special units’ personnel to individuals and private companies. Idris disclosed this at the handing over ceremony between him and…
Instagram Announces over 500 Million Active Users Monthly
By Our Reporter Instagram has announced that it now has more than 500 million monthly actives, and more than 300 million who use the app daily. The photo and short video app’s monthly user base more than doubled in size…
BudgIT Urges FG to Open up Economy
By Our Reporter A civic technology organization, BudgIT Nigeria, has urged the Federal Government to liberalize the economy by pumping money into it to ease up the system and attract investments and save jobs that had already been lost. It…
UN Centre in YABATECH Organises Skills Competition for Students
Olayinka Olawale The Yaba College of Technology UN Entrepreneurial and Vocational Centre (UNEVOC) in Lagos on Monday called on interested students of the College to apply for its 2016 Youth Skills Competition. The YABATECH UNEVOC Coordinator, Dr Funmilayo Doherty, told…
AfDB Plans $175m for Agricultural Transformation in North-West Region
Suzzy Tolofari The Country Director, African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Ousmane Dore, has earmarked 175 million dollars for Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Programme (ATASP-I) as instrument for consolidating the bank’s investments in Nigerian agricultural sector. The latest edition of the…
Nigeria Police: New Acting IGP Installed
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr Ibrahim Idris Kpotum as the new Acting Inspector General of Police. He replaces Mr Solomon Arase who retired on Tuesday. Arase accompanied the new IG to the president’s office when the appointment was…
140bn Loan Facility Should be Disbursed to Local Manufacturers Alone’ NANT President Warns FG
Seye Joseph The National Association of Nigerian Traders has commended the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari for the provision of One hundred and forty billion Naira (N140 billion) in the 2016 budget, for allocation to traders, market women and other…
Universal Health Coverage: A Goal all Countries Can Reach
By Our Reporter You may have already heard the exciting news: The Elders have launched a new campaign to fight for universal health coverage worldwide. As part of the campaign, this group of global leaders—founded by Nelson Mandela and now led by visionaries…
