By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has urged education correspondents to use the Federal Ministry of Education’s digital data platform to hold state governments and local authorities accountable for education outcomes across the country. Alausa gave the charge in Abuja on Wednesday at the 2026 AnnualContinue Reading
By Oyintutu Oyinkolade The World Bank-supported HOPE Governance Programme, will disburse 27 million dollars as performance-based incentives to 20 states that achieved the Year Zero Disbursement-Linked Results (DLRs). The National Coordinator of the HOPE Governance Programme, Dr Assad Hassan, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday during a retreat for Commissioners,Continue Reading
By Ihechinyere Chigemeri-Uwom Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, said that the growing collaboration between the Federal Government and sub-nationals was accelerating development across the country. Onanuga said this on Tuesday during a reception organised by the Abia Government for members of the RenewedContinue Reading
By Mercy Sawok The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged state governments to strengthen child protection systems through increased funding, improved coordination and deployment of qualified social workers to safeguard vulnerable children nationwide. Mona Aika, Officer-in-Charge, Child Protection, UNICEF Nigeria, made the call in Abuja at the National PolicyContinue Reading
By Mufutau Ojo, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Like the mythical Phoenix, Tudun Biri, Kaduna State, is rising from its ashes. Only a shouting distance from the Kaduna International Airport, Tudun Biri, until December 2023, was an archetype of an agrarian community. But on Dec. 3, 2023, this rusticContinue Reading
By Kayode Adebiyi The Renewed Hope Ambassadors (RHA) says governors now embark on more developmental projects because the Federal Government’s economic reforms have resulted in increased allocations to them. The RHA, a public enlightenment platform driving President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid, stated this at a media stakeholders forum on MondayContinue Reading
By Justina Auta The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, has urged states to mobilise domestic funding for the control and elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Nigeria. Salako, represented by Daju Kachollom, the ministry’s Permanent Secretary made the call at a media conferenceContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan A report by the Society for Family Health (SFH) says its 2025 malaria intervention programme in seven states protected no fewer than 49 million Nigerians through integrated prevention campaigns. The report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday, said the interventionContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says fuel subsidy removal by President Bola Tinubu has made more money available to state governments. Wike, who stated this during his end-of-year media chat in Port Harcourt, argued that state governments now make an annualContinue Reading
By Felicia Imohimi Stakeholders have urged state governments to domesticate the National Gender Policy in Agriculture by ensuring adequate budgetary support and fostering innovation-driven communities of practice. They made the call at the National Stakeholders Validation Forum on the Revised National Gender Policy on Agrifood Systems Transformation and its 2025–2030Continue Reading
