Governance

In July 2014, Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan sought approval from the National Assembly to borrow $1 billion (N168 billion) to fight Boko Haram. Many immediately rose against this move, alleging ulterior motives. One of…
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Pictures and videos flew across the airwaves, on Monday, of President Muhammadu Buhari receiving the "First Black History Month National Black Excellence and Exceptional African Leadership Award". An award ceremony, which…
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Safe drinking water is a luxury in Nigeria and only a negligible percentage of the population has access to this luxury. Budgeting for clean and safe drinking water provision has been abysmal over the years. As a result, 57 million…
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In reaction to 2017 Corruption Perceptions Index by the Transparency International (TI), the Nigerian government wondered where the Berlin-based corruption watchdog got its facts to rank Nigeria 148 out of 180 countries, despite the…
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On Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari launched what the Nigerian Air Force described as the first Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), popularly known as drone, that was completely manufactured in the country. "The Nigerian Air Force (NAF),…
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Additional reports by Damilola Ojetunde and Victoria Nwaziri For three consecutive years, President Muhammadu Buhari has presented budgets that are more reckless and ridiculous than his predecessor's. Buhari did not only adopt…
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Additional reports by Damilola Ojetunde and Victoria Nwaziri Twenty states that have so far presented their 2018 budgets are proposing to spend a total sum of N6.1 trillion. When the remaining 16 states present theirs, the…
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On this day last year, Team Nigeria arrived Rio, Brazil, for Paralympics 2016. Fourteen days later, they landed Nigeria’s Abuja Airport to a cheering crowd of dancers and onlookers who gathered for a glimpse of the champions and their…
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His findings at the mortuaries include bribery and corruption among morgue attendants, indiscriminate stacking of corpses, decomposition of corpses, and unhealthy and substandard preservation of corpses.
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While the Federal Ministry of Education will spend N205.8 million to purchase three exotic Toyota LC V8 2016 model at the rate of N68.6 million each, it will spend just N7.2 million for all the activities to improve early childhood…
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