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Kano presents N549bn proposed budget, allocates 31% to education, 16.5% to health. KANO State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Friday, November 8, presented the state’s 2025 appropriation bill, totaling N549.16 billion, with significant portions allocated to education... Mustapha USMAN.
Responsibilities of the Federal, State and local governments
Apr 30, 2022 · Some other functions of the local governments are: naming of streets and roads, numbering of houses, registration of births, marriages and deaths, construction and maintenance of local roads, construction of drainages, construction and taking care of cemeteries and burial grounds, and supervising homes for the destitute and infirm. Niyi OYEDEJI.
Key issues in Nigeria's new National Health Insurance Authority Act
Jun 20, 2022 · ON May 19, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the National Health Insurance Authority Bill (2022) into law. The ICIR’s Marcus Fatunmole x-rays the law vis a vis the current state of health insurance coverage in the country while highlighting what could be contentious sections of the new law, written in 10 parts and 60 sections.
How elections are conducted in Nigeria
Jan 12, 2023 · The first step in the election process is voter registration. Voter registration is conducted by INEC and is open to all Nigerian citizens who are 18 years of age and above. The registration process includes the capturing of the voter’s personal details, as well as photographs and fingerprints. After the registration process, INEC issues a ...
Nigeria’s inflation rate jumps to 20.77%, hits 17-year high
Oct 17, 2022 · The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, while confirming fears of another global recession in 2023 at the institution’s 2022 Annual meeting, warned that inflation had the tendency to affect poor people.Georgieva explained that support would be needed, especially in terms of monetary and fiscal policy.
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Twelve different online scams you should know
Feb 26, 2022 · According to the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS) fraud analysis, web channels account for 51 per cent of fraud attempts in 2019 and 47 per cent in 2020.. The FactCheckHub, a fact-checking arm of The ICIR, in a report, highlighted some ways of recognising phishing websites to avoid becoming a victim.. 2 – Another method is what can be termed card skimming fraud.
Nigeria, two other African countries sign MoU on gas pipeline to …
Jul 30, 2022 · Algeria, Nigeria, and Niger Republic have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a 4,000-kilometerrme (2,500-mile) Trans-Saharan gas pipeline that will traverse the three African countries across the Sahara Desert to Europe.. The MoU was signed on Thursday, July 28, 2022 in Algiers by the Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines, Mohamed Arkab; Nigerian Minister of State for ...
Insecurity: Over 8 years of education collapse in Benue
Jan 5, 2024 · Lingering crises. The state of insecurity in Benue State has grown increasingly precarious over the last eight years. According to The ICIR report, official records from the state indicate that over 5,000 deaths were attributed solely to attacks by herdsmen during the administration of the former governor, Samuel Ortom.
How work pressure forces Nigerian doctors, nurses to relocate abro
Jan 26, 2021 · As of March 2020, the nurse to patient ratio in Nigeria was 1: 1135, which translated to 88.1 nurses per 100,000 persons. The figure was disclosed by Mr. Shakuri Kadiri, deputy director, and head of human resources for health in the federal ministry of health, Abuja. Analysis of work pressure on Doctors and Nurses in Nigeria.