By Stephen Adeleye AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF Nigeria) has called for increased budgetary allocation to the health sector, particularly for HIV/AIDS and TB treatment, amid significant reductions in international donor funding. Mr Steve Aborisade, the Senior Advocacy and Marketing Manager, AHF-Nigeria, made the call during an advocacy meeting with KogiContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan The National Population Commission (NPC) has called for a decisive shift toward domestic financing of population programmes amid dwindling global donor support, stressing national ownership as critical for sustainable development. NPC Chairman, Mr Aminu Yusuf, made the call during the unveiling of the report of its 13thContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo The Joint Committee of the National Assembly on the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has praised the agency for swift and quality road maintenance nationwide, while urging increased funding to sustain operations. The commendation was given on Wednesday in Abuja during the agency’s defence of its 2025Continue Reading
By Talatu Maiwada The Civil Society–Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria has urged Adamawa Government to invest N9 billion as counterpart funding to address child malnutrition in the state. Mr Sodangi Chindo, Chairman, Steering Committee of CS-SUNN, made the call in a press statement titled “Investing in Nutrition Now”, on Saturday,Continue Reading
By Tosin Kolade, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Nigeria’s efforts to provide safe water and sanitation to millions of citizens have suffered a major setback following a broad suspension of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) programmes. Reports indicate that Nigeria’s access to a 602.95 million dollar grant for 2025Continue Reading
By Kemi Akintokun A former Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has advocated for improved funding to enhance the research capacity of the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR). Fashola spoke on Tuesday at the institute’s monthly media chat organised to inform the public onContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo Mrs Florence Wenegieme, a Fellow of Disaster Risk Leadership has called on the federal, state and local governments to increase public investment on disaster prevention. Wenegieme, who is also a Fellow of Risk Managers Society of Nigeria, made the call in a statement in Abuja on MondayContinue Reading
Funding By Tiamiyu Prudence Arobani The UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), has endefd its fixed-wing air service in Nigeria due to lack of funding. Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, disclosed this during the noon press briefing at the UN Headquarters in New York. UNHAS, which is operated by the WorldContinue Reading
By Justina Auta The Federal Government, through the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), and other stakeholders will convene in Lagos in August for the 7th meeting of the National Council on AIDS (NCA) to develop sustainable strategies for HIV prevention, care, and control. Chairman of the PlanningContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai President Bola Tinubu has pledged his administration’s continued support to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, to continue delivering life-impacting projects in the territory. Tinubu made the pledge in Abuja on Tuesday, while inaugurating the newly constructed Collector Road CN-8 (Asuquo OkonContinue Reading
