…To increase monthly IGR to N30bn by 2017, N50bn by 2018 …Plans efficient revenue collection, blocking of leakages The Lagos State Government on Sunday announced its readiness to massively reduce dependence on federal allocation and increase the Internally Generated Revenue…
Franka Osakwe The Lagos State Government in collaboration with Global Emerging Pathogens Treatment Consortium (GET), the West African Task Force for Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks (WATER), African Gong and the Global Partnership Programme (GPP), Canada is organising a…
The trailer to the South African adaptation of Chris Houghton book Unthinkable is finally out. The film, which was shot on ARRI Alexa and BlackMagic Cinema camera, highlights critical issues regarding human trafficking in Africa. It narrates the how and…
Franka Osakwe The Federal Medical Center, Bida, has recorded another uncommon medical feat of delivering and managing another baby with 600gms baby weight. The Honourable Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire noted this achievement lately while on a…
The African Centre for Citizens Orientation in collaboration with Youth Crime Watch of Nigeria, the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) and other stakeholders present, SECURE AFRICA 2016. Recognizing that the rise of radicalization to violence and violent extremism among young people…
President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwande, a professor in the electrical engineering and computer science department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as the executive chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). Akinwande (pictured) will succeed Sam Amadi…
In and around Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo State in Nigeria, Prophet Richard Adebayo Kolawole, founder of Christ Apostolic Church, Arogungbogunmi, Olomi Area, is one man of God who needs no introduction. Those who have not met him have…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), an NGO, has called for an independent investigation by the EFCC and ICPC into the alleged N40 billion 2016 budget padding by the National Assembly (NASS) This is contained in a statement signed…
A conceptual structure agreed upon by Nile Basin riparian countries for organising policies, strategies and guidelines for sustainable management and development of the Nile River Basin some five years ago has enabled speedy development within the basin region. Talking to…
Extreme droughts, floods and other climate challenges are leading to an increase in both the number and intensity of disasters all over the world and in Africa in particular. Countries in the Sahel regions in Africa are worst affected, experts…
