Stunting, wasting as hidden threats to child’s cognitive development, productivity
2023-12-22
Stunting, wasting as hidden threats to child’s cognitive development, productivityContinue Reading
Military operational successes, setbacks and Nigeria’s stability
2023-12-22
By Sumaila Ogbaje Nigeria has been in the grip of long-running trends of security challenges that have affected no fewer than 32 out of the 36 states in the country. The challenges of terrorism, insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, farmers-herders crisis, ethnic agitations and economic sabotage have continued to evolve in differentContinue Reading
Economy: PAPSS and West Africa cross-border digital payment revolution
2023-12-21
By Usman Aliyu, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) In the bustling and diverse landscapes of West Africa, where cultures intertwine and economies thrive, a shared struggle unites its peoples; the ordeal of cross-border digital payments. According to the ECOWAS, the total trade of the region has averaged 208.1 billion dollarsContinue Reading
AfDB: Boosting public finance management through capacity building
2023-12-19
A news analysis by Kayode Adebiyi, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Public financial management implies the elements of budget cycles built around auditing, accounting and reporting, budget formulation, execution and performance. Its main focus is economic and governance reform programmes for developing economies emphasising transparency, accountability, fiscal discipline, predictability withContinue Reading
Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service and gender equality in tax administration
2023-12-17
By Philip Yatai, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) In 2020, a local Hausa delicacy seller, Zainab Mai-Masa, received the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) Micro Business Tax Award. Hajiya Mai-Masa, a 60-year-old widow, who sells masa (aka waina), a spongy rice cake delicacy at Signboard, Unguwan Dosa Junction, Kaduna,Continue Reading
How new NCC boss will navigate telecoms headwinds
2023-12-16
Features How new NCC boss will navigate telecoms headwinds An Analysis by Funmilola Gboteku, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) If any sector of the Nigerian economy prides itself as recording tangible achievements in recent times, certainly it must be the telecoms industry. It is one of a few sectorsContinue Reading
“Poisonous ponmo” and Nigeria’s untapped recycled tyre ecosystem
2023-12-15
By Muhyideen Jimoh, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) At Dei-Dei abattoir, located on the outskirts of Abuja, a thick smoke is billowing continuously. Idris and other sweating young men work energetically, hauling large chunks of hide skinned from slaughtered cows into the smearing fire fuelled with tyres and plastics. UnderContinue Reading
Appraising the nexus between cyber security and robust digital economy
2023-12-09
By Kayode Adebiyi, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Recently, the Nigerian Senate issued a public hearing notice inviting stakeholders and the general public to contribute to the amendment of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act 2015. The Senate Joint Committee on ICT & Cyber Security, and National Security & IntelligenceContinue Reading
Addressing HIV/AIDS through prevention of mother to child transmission
2023-12-02
By Justina Auta, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) As the world marks World AIDS Day many countries have spent several billions of dollars in several interventions as they strive to halt its transmission and mitigate its impacts 37 years after the case of the infection was detected. In 2022,Continue Reading
CPHIA2023: Charting course to breaking health barriers in Africa
2023-12-01
By Vivian Ihechu, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) For four days, African scientists, policymakers, healthcare workers, scholars, NGOs, civil societies and diverse stakeholders gathered in Lusaka, Zambia, for the International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA2023), to share experiences and find solutions towards safeguarding public health on theContinue Reading
