The Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) welcomes the election of Joe Biden as the next president of the United States (US) and urges him to keep his promise of returning America to the Paris Agreement on the very first day…
I have never experienced a near-national annihilation, as we did after the #EndSARS protest turned bloody a fortnight ago. I have heard about the Civil War, but I was not born then. I also heard about the 1993 post-election crisis,…
Despite Nigeria having achieved the wild polio-free certification, the Federal Government with the collaboration of other partners is leaving no stones unturned in making sure that all forms of poliovirus are no longer circulating in the country. The last case…
Kenneth Afor | Various stakeholders in the Lagos State education sector has identified pressing issues facing safe reopening of schools in the state, as they call for urgent attention from the state government to address the issues before schools reopen…
Kenneth Afor | The Lagos State Government in partnership with First Bank of Nigeria Limited launched a N5 billion post-COVID-19 support fund for low-cost private schools in the state to buffer the economic effect caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This…
Multiple award-winning broadcast journalist and founder of online TV channel, TV360, Deji Bademosi, has donated three blocks of classrooms and other infrastructure to St. Ambrose’s Catholic Secondary School, Ondo State Video: How Nigerian Journalist Transformed His Alma Mater The school,…
As part of its ongoing reforms to align the nation’s tax system with global standards, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has launched a new Automatic Exchange of Information-Common Reporting Standard (AEOI-CRS) system for the use of financial institutions in…
HEINEKEN Africa Foundation is donating more than £1 million (€1.2 million) to WaterAid to support the international charity’s emergency response to COVID-19 in Nigeria, South Africa, Rwanda, and Mozambique. The work will provide much needed handwashing facilities in…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has disclosed that it “spent N30,540,563,571.09, representing 84% of the N36.3 billon public funds and donations received to respond to COVID-19 between 1st April, 2020 and 31st July, 2020, leaving the balance of N5.9 billion.”…
By Dataphyte | The task ahead is enormous for Nigerian banker and AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina; With COVID-19 disruption, the AfDB leader believes an increase in economic infrastructure, quality physical infrastructure, and quality health infrastructure will tame the negative impact; In his…
