ASHENEWS reports that as Nigeria’s national debt grows to N87.4 billion, stakeholders have frowned at the excessive borrowing by the federal government, and called for more discipline at all levels of government, especially in the face of the mounting
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The Federal Government has called on the global oncology community to support it in closing cancer health disparity in the country and other Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC).
ASHENEWS reports that the Islamic Development Bank (Isdb) has announced plans to commit $500 million for the implementation of various projects in Nigeria between 2024-2025.
The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev has pledged to work with the National Assembly for actualisation of the law establishing the Nigeria Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC).
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, has said that Nigeria has the potential to become a hub for local vaccine production and distribution in Africa.
According to the National Demographic Health Survey of 2018 (NDHS 2018), Kebbi state had the highest with 66.9 percent, while Nasarawa has the lowest with 14.5 percent.
Some climate change experts have called for increased climate investments to boost job creation and revitalise rural areas.
The Nigerian government and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have called for support from the international community to restore democratic rule in Niger Republic.
The peace talks undertaken by Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, and chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS’) high-powered delegation to the neighbouring Niger Republic, to meet with the country’s military junta, has failed.
According to Nigelec, an electricity company in Niger. The development followed an emergency meeting by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), where sanctions, including freezing utility services, were imposed on the Niger Republic over its coup.