Nigerian Government Urged To Increase Education Funding from 7% to 20%
The United Nations has sounded a note of warning that Nigeria may not achieve the global agenda for universal inclusive and equitable basic education for all school-age children by 2030 if the current...
29 Aug 20221min
Nigerian Government Advises Nigerians Against Travelling To Northern Cyprus
The Chairman of the Nigeria Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has warned Nigerians not to travel to Northern Cyprus. Dabiri-Erewa says there is little the Federal Government can do to diplomatic...
29 Aug 202252s
China Hit By Drought After Record Heatwave
A crippling drought exacerbated by a record heatwave has spread across half of China and reached the normally frigid Tibetan Plateau. The world’s second-largest economy has experienced over 70 days of...
26 Aug 20221min
World Food Programme Accuses Tigray Forces Of Looting Fuel
The UN World Food Programme says Tigrayan forces in northern Ethiopia have looted a million litres of fuel from its warehouses in Tigray’s capital, Mekelle, that was meant to be used to deliver aid. T...
26 Aug 20221min
Ghana Shop Owners Threaten To Strike Over Inflation
Shop owners in Ghana are threatening to close their business premises next Monday to protest against the weakening of the country’s currency, the cedi. At 10 cedis to the US dollar, traders are findin...
26 Aug 20221min
World Bank, Nigerian State To Construct 6,300km Rural Roads
The Kano State Government, in collaboration with the World Bank and French Development Agency, will construct 6,300 kilometres of rural roads across the state. The Director-General, Kano State Rural A...
26 Aug 20221min
Nigerian Government Says Resuming Abuja-Kaduna Train Service Insensitive
The Federal Government, says recommencing the Abuja-Kaduna train service while some of the passengers kidnapped by terrorists during the March 28 train attack will be insensitive to their families. It...
26 Aug 20221min
Nigerian Government Relies On Customs, FIRS Revenue To Pay Salaries
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, says the President, Muhammadu Buhari relies heavily on funds generated by Nigeria Customs Service and Federal Inland Revenue Service. Ke...
26 Aug 20221min
