A human rights lawyer based in Abuja, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has written to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, regarding the plight of ten #EndBadGovernance protesters who are facing treason charges filed by the Federal Government. In his letter received by the AGF’s office on Tuesday, Olajengbesi stated that criminalizing […]
Application Deadline: 30 September, 2024 23:59 Applications are now open for the 2025 UNU-WIDER Visiting PhD Fellowship Programme. The Visiting PhD Fellowship Programme gives registered doctoral students the opportunity to utilize the resources and facilities at UNU-WIDER for their PhD dissertation or thesis research on developing economies, and to work with our researchers in areas of mutual interest. […]
By Peter Egwuatu Banks’ Credit to Private Sector, CPS, rose Month-on-Month, MoM, by about 3.1% or N2.3 trillion to N75.5 trillion in July 2024 from N73.2 trillion recorded in June this year. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, shows that Year-on-Year, YoY, CPS rose 34 per cent to N75.5 trillion in July 2024 from […]
Application Deadline: November 15, 2024. Applications are now open for the 2025/2026 Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) Fung Global Fellows Program. Eligibility Requirements Early-career scholars will be appointed at the rank of Visiting Research Scholar. Eligible are scholars who received their Ph.D. or equivalent generally no earlier than September 1, 2015. Early-career applicants must hold a faculty […]
By Dickson Omobola Federal Government has condemned the upsurge in substance abuse among Nigerian youths, and called for a crucial response to the scourge. It said reports have shown that about 14.4 per cent of Nigerians between the ages of 15 and 64 have used psychoactive substances, with 10.6 million individuals currently suffering from drug […]
Bank of Industry, BOI, yesterday, urged Nigerian businesses with strong local content to begin to think beyond Nigeria. Speaking during the visit, he praised the company for its remarkable achievements in producing the Imose Zedon X-Pro laptops, mobile phones, and tablets locally. Olusi expressed his admiration for the company’s dedication to local content and encouraged […]
Application Deadline: November 1, 2024 at 5pm Eastern. Applications are now open for the NED Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program. Named in honor of NED’s principal founders, former president Ronald Reagan and the late congressman Dante Fascell (D-Fl.), the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program is a federally funded, international exchange program that offers democracy activists, journalists, civil society leaders, […]
Hundreds of tricycle operators yesterday took to the streets of Kano State, protesting the hike in the pump price of Petrol. This came as the price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol has been adjusted to as high as N1, 200 across some filling stations, as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, […]
By Charly Agwam Bauchi State government has received 134,280 bottles of Multiple Micronutrient Supplement, MMS, from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, BMGF, to treat malnutrition in pregnant women. The programme which is implemented by UNICEF, aims to combat anaemia in pregnancy.According to UNICEF, the MMS scale-up, launched in collaboration with the Government of Nigeria and […]
Application Deadline: October 1, 2024 Applications are now open for the 2025/2026 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellowships. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars aims to unite the world of ideas to the world of policy by supporting pre-eminent scholarship and linking that scholarship to issues of concern to officials in Washington. Eligibility Citizens or permanent […]
