U.K., U.S. increases spending on Nigeria’s election in 6-year to $60m

United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), yesterday, signed an agreement to increase their funding for Nigeria’s elections till 2020, bringing their total commitment to Nigeria to $60 million. According to a statement made available to newsmen by the British High Commission Press and Public Affairs […]

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Babatunde Fashola

NASS to probe Power Ministry, World Bank GEM project

The Federal Ministry of Power and Housing, headed by Mr. Babatunde Fashola, is now being fingered by the Senate in a $350 million fraud. According to the upper chamber, Fashola’s Ministry got part of $1 billion from an Euro bond issued by the Federal Government in 2013, which he said, he intended to spend on […]

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Oxfam officials probed over allegations of harassment, covering up of exploitation

Seven senior male Oxfam officials have been investigated over safeguarding allegations in the past year, including sexual harassment and the covering up of exploitation. The seven men in question are working as country directors in Africa, Asia and Latin America. A total of 37 country directors are supervised by Oxfam GB. These particular cases are […]

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18 States produces 5.7 million metric tonnes of rice – UK’s DFID

The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development has said that 18 states in Nigeria now produce about 5.7 million metric tonnes of milled rice, bringing the country’s production closer to the seven million metric tonnes projected milled rice requirement for 2016. According to a report on Growth and Employment in States, which was funded by […]

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