Raised eyebrows as NEITI's multi-million naira data centre stalls
Aug 19, 2024 · Findings by The ICIR indicate that the sum of N141,639,720 million was appropriated for it and released in the 2023 budget, even as the same project reappeared in NEITI’s 2024 budget with the sum of N81,400,229 million appropriated.. NEITI’s helmsman, Orji, who confirmed the the allocation by the federal government from the 2023 budget, however, said the funds appropriated for the centre ...
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Insecurity: 2,336 Nigerians killed in Q1 2024
Apr 25, 2024 · At the beginning of the year, Vice President Kahsim Shettima said that President Bola Tinubu had approved N50 billion as the “Pulaaku Initiative”, a non-kinetic solution to deal with insurgency and banditry in the North.. However, the data gathered showed that the northern states have suffered more insecurity attacks in the quarter under review than the Southern region.
Insecurity: Over 8 years of education collapse in Benue
Jan 5, 2024 · The heightened insecurity in Benue state has put immense pressure on education, resulting in the closure of numerous schools due to attacks. Consequently, this situation has led to a significant increase in the number of out-of-school children, especially in LGAs like Guma, where militant herdsmen and bandits have laid siege.
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Dayo Aiyetan is the founding Executive Director of the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, ICIR, Abuja.He was a senior associate editor and Abuja Bureau chief of TELL Magazine, Nigeria’s leading political weekly, until May 2010 when he resigned to set up the Centre. A graduate of Theatre Arts/English from the University of Ibadan, he started his journalism career as a Features ...
[EXPLAINER] What does the law say about defamation?
Oct 8, 2024 · What is a defamation? is a question that followed the release of audio recordings by social media personality Martins Vincent Otse (VeryDarkMan), which alleges that Okuneye Idris (Bobrisky), a popular crossdresser, bribed Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officers with N15 million to drop money laundering charges against him.. …
What Trump's presidency means for Nigeria's economy
Nov 8, 2024 · However, this policy which has helped surge Nigeria’s bilateral trade with the United States to over $10.6bn could be halted as a result of Trump’s disposition to discontinue the policy in 2025.. 3. Energy Independence. Trump’s coming could also see more exploration of America’s oil and less purchase of Nigerian oil, informed analysts said.
'The journey is not going to be easy,' Mahama says
Dec 10, 2024 · Mahama and Bawumia had faced each other twice in the presidential elections with Mahama losing in both contests. Mahama lost as an incumbent seeking re-election in 2016 and in 2020 when he threw his hat in the ring again to face Bawumia’s principal, President Nana Akufo-Ado whose tenure ends in January 2025. Bawumia …
2024: Tackling Nigeria’s new, recurrent epidemics
Jan 6, 2024 · In its December 18, 2023 report, the Centre noted that Nigeria might have recorded the highest number of Lassa fever cases, with 8,542 suspected cases, 1,170 confirmed cases, and 200 deaths across 28 states.. Meanwhile, as of December 24, the number of suspected Lassa fever cases stood at 8978, out of which 1227 cases were confirmed, and 216 deaths were reported across 28 states.