ActionAid has called for an overhaul of the tax system to provide the funding needed for education at an international conference today. Its demands are based on a new report, A Taxing business: Scaling-up domestic resources for financing SDG 4. It…
Children are the most vulnerable when conflict or disaster causes the collapse of essential services such as healthcare and unless the international community takes urgent action to protect and provide life-saving assistance to them, “they face an increasingly bleak future,”…
Four years after the Central Bank of Nigeria launched the N220 billion Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Development Fund (MSMEDF), disbursement of the fund is still shrouded in secrecy, MICHAEL EBOH of the Vanguard newspaper reports. Favour Okoro runs a small tailoring and…
The House of Representatives has directed the Minister of Transportation, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, and other stakeholders to produce the documents on the $195million waterways security contract awarded to an Israeli security firm, (HLSI Security Systems and Technologies) within 72 hours.…
Nigeria stands to benefit immensely from the Shea Industry if the informal sector is properly harnessed. The industry can boost employment generation, alleviate poverty, create wealth, sustain the environment and attract foreign investment. At the present moment, Nigeria accounts for…
In response to the clamour for restructuring in Nigeria, across the geo-political zones in the nation the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) Party Committee on Restructuring concluded its work and has released its recommendations for consideration by the government. One…
Nigeria can create more jobs for its population by utilising available opportunities to increase its export revenue. Nigerians should be able to see lots of opportunities that are close to them in the market. They should start thinking about how…
Trade relations between Nigeria and India has hit $9.4billion, according to a report by Guardian news. 2018 marks 60 years of diplomatic relations since the establishment of such relations in 1958. Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Nagabhushana Reddy disclosed that…
. Military action not effective… Global human rights watchdog, Amnesty International (AI), has described the response of the Federal Government (FG) to communal violence as grossly inadequate, too slow, ineffective, and in certain instances, illegal. This is made known by…
Mike Ozekhome, lawyer, renowned for his defence of corrupt leaders and politicians was today embarrassed by activists in annual Gani Fawehinmi symposium. Activists present at the event blocked entrance to the event to prevent him from entering but Ozekhome was…
