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A total of N14.86 billion has been invested by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) operated Joint venture on Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) clusters in Rivers State, giving communities a highly-valued opportunity to decide and implement projects and programmes that have a lasting impact on people’s lives. The funding, since the […]
BudgIT has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to be more transparent in its operations, even as it applauds the corporation on the plan to end the prevalent but disadvantageous practice of gas flaring. The Minister of State for Petroleum, DrIbeKachikwu, in 2015 initiated the process of publishing monthly financial and operational reports of […]
Eleven new cases of hemorrhagic fever, including one death, have been reported since Tuesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Minister of Health Dr. Oly Ilunga said Thursday in Kinshasa. Two of those cases are confirmed to be Ebola. Lab results are pending on the other nine cases which are suspected to be Ebola. Ebola virus disease, […]
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari for embarking on a medical trip to the United Kingdom. Speaking during his appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily in Lagos, the human rights lawyer believes the President and other Nigerians who travel abroad for medical attention are ridiculing the nation. He […]
With six weeks of declining numbers and only a handful of confirmed cases reported in recent weeks, the critical phase of Nigeria’s largest-ever Lassa fever outbreak is under control, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). However, Nigeria is endemic for Lassa fever and people could be infected throughout the year, making continued efforts to […]
A 19-year-old Sudanese woman has been sentenced to death for fatally stabbing the man she was forced to marry, who she says raped her as his relatives held her down. The case of Noura Hussein has shone a spotlight on the issues of forced marriage and marital rape in Sudan, where the legal age of […]
Nigeria Medical Association NMA has rejected some Joint Health Sector Unions JOHESU demands that prompted the ongoing strike embarked by the union terming it as ill motivated. In a press statement signed by NMA president and secretary general , Francis Faduyile and Olumuyiwa Odusote , NMA oppose any adjustment in CONHESS SALARY SCALE with resultant pay parity between […]
A group of Civil Society Organization worries over unwary development invading the nation’s socio-economic and political space . Speaking at Press briefing organized by Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and jointly signed by other Civil Society Organizations, The Executive Director of CISLAC, Auwal Ibrahim Rafsanjani highlighted the issues as violation of electoral guidelines and […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (Mou) with the United States Government on the Nigeria HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact assessment Survey (NAIIS). The Survey which is expected to be the largest household survey ever done in Africa would give excellent information on Nigerian Government’s effort towards HIV/AIDS tracking and showcase […]
The National Pension Commission (PenCom ) has directed that contributors of Micro Pension may choose to make contributions daily, weekly or monthly in a move aimed at making the pension scheme easier This was revealed in the regulator’s recently released draft guidelines for micro pension plan, the plan is opened to individuals who are 15 […]