•Tinubu and DICON logo A think tank, Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has urged the federal government to prioritise local arms production with the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) leading the charge. In a policy statement yesterday, signed by its Chairman, Dr. Omoniyi Akinsiju, the think tank urged President Bol...
The budget of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a partnership including the World Health Organisation and the Gates Foundation, has been slashed by 30% in 2026. Funding will also face a $1.7 billion gap up to 2029, the organisation has said. The shortfall is largely caused by a global drawback in foreign aid, led by […]
•Tinubu and ASUU logo University lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have called on the federal government to improve funding for public universities. It warned that sustainable investment in education remained the only path to ending strikes and raising the global ranking of Nigerian universities. The ...
•Amotekun operatives Over five years after its establishment, the Southwest security network code named Amotekun has identified inadequate funding, inferior weapon, logistics and lack of power to prosecute as some of the major hindrances being faced in its efforts at maintaining security of the southwest region. But despite the challenges, the...
•US President Donald US President Donald Trump’s administration slashed cancer research funding by 31 per cent in the first three months of 2025 compared to the same period last year, according to a Senate report released today that accuses the White House of waging a “war on science.” The analysis, commissioned by the leftwing Senator [&helli...
•A USAID officer watches as a US military C-17 cargo plane taxis to a stop at Kathmandu’s international airport Former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev Samson Ayokunle, has described as belated, a claim by United States Congressman Scott Perry that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) funded terroris...
•Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has expressed concerns over the recent revelation by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, about the inability of Nigerian intelligence agencies to trace and disrupt the funding and training networks sustaining Boko Haram ...
•Tajudeen Abbas Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, yesterday said although a considerable amount of money is appropriated to the health sector annually; it has remained grossly inadequate and far below what is invested in other countries. Speaker Abbas said both the federal and state governments need to do more if the lif...
•The Nigerian Senate Following the creation of the Ministry of Regional Development by President Bola Tinubu, a slight ruckus ensued on the floor of the Senate today over the source of funding recommended for regional commissions. This came during a clause-by-clause consideration of the South-South Development Commission Establishment Bill 202...
•Dr Mukail Akinde The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Dr Mukail Akinde, yesterday, said that improved funding of the polytechnic education will help bolster the country’s desire for technological development and reduce heavy importation. Akinde has equally demanded the revitalisation of Ajaokuta Steel, saying that the resuscitation o...
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