President Bola Tinubu has said that it is not in his character to blame past administrations for the socio-economic and security challenges Nigeria is facing. Speaking on Monday, March 11, at the flag off of Agric Mechanisation Revolution for Food Security in Minna, the Niger State capital, Tinubu stated …
Read More »FAAC distributes ₦1.127tn December revenue to Federal, State, Local Governments
The disclosure was made in a communique issued following the FAAC’s January meeting, chaired by the Accountant General of the Federation, Dr Oluwatoyin Madein. The breakdown of the ₦1.127 trillion total distributable revenue includes ₦363.188 billion as distributable statutory revenue, ₦458.622 billion as distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue, and …
Read More »Trump Received Millions From Foreign Governments as President, Report Finds
Donald J. Trump’s businesses received at least $7.8 million from 20 foreign governments during his presidency, according to new documents released by House Democrats on Thursday that show how much he received from overseas transactions while he was in the White House, most of it from China. The transactions, detailed …
Read More »Borno Governor, Zulum, excludes Christians and their communities from Nigerian government?s N3billion palliatives ? Centre for Justice claims
The Center for Justice on Religious And Ethnicity in Nigeria (CJREN) has accused Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, of deliberately excluding Christians in the state from benefitting from the Federal Government palliatives given to the citizens and residents of the state. The CJREN Director-General, Reverend Kallamu Dikwa, also alleged that …
Read More »To End Child Marriage in Southern & East Africa, Governments Need to Strengthen Laws & Implementation
Nafissa, 17 from Niger, was married at 16. Three months after marrying she became pregnant. She gave birth to a still born baby. Credit: UNICEF/Marieke van der Velden Opinion by Divya Srinivasan (geneva, switzerland) Tuesday, October 10, 2023 Inter Press Service The UN commemorates International Day of the Girl Child on …
Read More »Free Speech Video Platform Rumble Refuses UK Government’s Attempt to Cancel Russell Brand
Comedian and former Hollywood playboy turned social media provocateur Russell Brand is facing sexual assault accusations from over ten years ago. While he hasn’t been charged with anything by law enforcement, let alone convicted of anything in a court of law, that hasn’t stopped mainstream media from publicly lynching him …
Read More »Reality is Governments Not Truly Held Accountable to Implement SDGs
The SDG Summit gets underway in the General Assembly hall at UN Headquarters in New York. September 2023. Credit: UN Photo/Cia Pak Opinion by Simone Galimberti (kathmandu, nepal) Friday, September 22, 2023 Inter Press Service KATHMANDU, Nepal, Sep 22 (IPS) – What does transformative and sweeping really mean in the overarching …
Read More »Governments in Thailand and Cambodia Play a Poker Game for Power
Cambodia’s prime minister, Hun Sen. He will hand power to his son later this month, after rigged elections. Credit: Shutterstock. by Kris Janssens (phnom penh) Thursday, August 17, 2023 Inter Press Service PHNOM PENH, Aug 17 (IPS) – Democracy is declining in Southeast Asia. The Cambodian prime minister will hand over …
Read More »Governor Otti dissolves LG transition committees, approves removal of education secretaries in all Abia local governments
The local government transition committees in Abia state have been dissolved by Governor Alex Otti. The Governor has also approved the removal of the education secretaries of the 17 local governments in the state. A statement released by his media aide Ferdinand Ekeoma read; “The Governor of Abia …
Read More »China’s cash-strapped local governments can’t pay workers on time
Hu Mingdan, a civil servant in eastern China, prided herself on landing a job known as an “iron rice bowl” – the kind where you don’t worry about being laid off or chasing payment. That is until late last year when, for the first time in more than 10 years …
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