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WorldStage Newsonline– Ogun State has moved from 35th place on Nigeria’s subnational Doing Business Index to the fifth place since 2011 and has announced the aspiration to move to the 1st.
Ogun State targets 1st in Nigeria’s Doing Business Index, as 148 new firms inject billions of dollars Read More
Kwara State Government is to put in place a law that will checkmate the activities of charcoal dealers in the state in order to guide against deforestation.
Kwara to stop indiscriminate deforestation Read More
WorldStage Newsonline– Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun on Wednesday confirmed that the Federal Government had saved N68 billion on personnel cost in 2017 with the aggregate savings since 2007 to date put at N288 billion.
Nigeria: FG saves N68b on personnel cost, captures 511 MDAs under IPPIS – Adeosun Read More
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has called on state governments that are still owing workers salaries to resign now to avoid disgrace come 2019 election. The Labour Centre added that it is unfair and inhuman for governors after sharing a total of N1.9trillion and Budget Support Facilities since the inception of this administration to fail to meet their obligations.
N1.9tn Paris Club Refund: Govs who couldn’t pay salaries should resign now or face workers wrath – TUC Read More
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Government of President Muhammadu Buhari to “prioritise the well-being of the released Dapchi girls by immediately providing them with adequate medical and mental health services. These include post-rape care and psychosocial support for those who have survived abduction by the Boko Haram terrorist group.”
SERAP to FG: Prioritise medical needs of released Dapchi girls Read More Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has confirmed the release of 101 of the 110 Dapchi schoolgirls who were abducted 19 Feb. 2018 by Boko Haram terrorists.
UPDATED: 101 of the 110 Dapchi abducted students released Read More
WorldStage Newsonline— Four high profile Boko Haram members have been arrested by the Nigerian Army in Adamawa.
Four Boko Haram members arrested by army in Adamawa Read More
WorldStage Newsonline— The office of the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Nigeria has expressed concern about the rate at which Anglophone Cameroonians are fleeing a violent crackdown in their country and seeking asylum in Nigeria.
More Cameroonians are seeking asylum in Nigeria – UN Read More
WorldStage Newsonline— Boko Haram has released 105 out of 110 girls kidnapped from the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi in Yobe on February 19.
Dopchi Schoolgirls: 105 released by Boko Haram, 5 still missing Read More
Nigeria’s Vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has further gave on insight into the reason behind the country’s recursive growth, saying it “is not just a matter of our relying heavily on a single commodity, it is the fact that the proceeds of that single commodity were regularly hijacked consistently by a few.”
N150b Shared In Three Days: Osinbajo explains how proceeds of Nigeria’s oil were hijacked Read More