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Here is what we know about the 2017 budget passed by the National Assembly.
The Nigerian National Assembly (NASS) has today, 11th May 2017, passed the 2017 Appropriation Bill. This comes five months after President Muhammadu Buhari presented the budget to the assembly.
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Somalia’s president calls on the international community to lift the ban on arms.
Somalia’s president has recently called on the international community to lift an arms embargo on his country as the government soldiers battle to regain territory from the armed group al-Shabab.
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Nigeria has experienced an increase in oil production.
In April, crude oil production in Nigeria rose by 274,000 barrels per day which was recorded as the biggest increase among its peers in the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
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The government is right for sending 24 Chibok girls back to school.
In the next four months, 24 out of the 103 Chibok girls released from the captivity of Boko Haram will be returning to school.
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Bukola Saraki fulfils his promise to open the National Assembly budget to the public. But this is just the first step.
After 8 years of secrecy, the veil placed upon the National Assembly’s budget by the former senate president, David Mark, has finally been torn in two.
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Nigeria needs to quickly improve surveillance at international airports to prevent a second Ebola outbreak.
There is growing concern over the seeming lackadaisical response at Nigerian international airports towards the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) announcement of a fresh outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)...
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Second case of Ebola has been confirmed by WHO in DR Congo.
On Monday, 15th May, the World Health Organisation confirmed the second Ebola case in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Examining the challenges before Gambia and its judiciary.
Gambia’s president Adama Barrow’s promise to build a stronger institution seems to have kicked off with the swearing in of some home grown judges alongside their foreign counterparts.
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The mutiny in Cote d’Ivoire is threatening the country’s post-war success story.
A mutiny broke out in the Ivory Coast on January 6th of this year.
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NITDA’s Dr. Isa Ali Pantami says Nigeria is not yet ripe for smart cities. We agree.
The Director-General of the National Information and Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr Isa Ali Pantami has made an interesting note about Nigeria and the Smart City Project taking over the world.