8 December 2016

Bill for Special status for Lagos, others passes second reading

by Usman Alabi The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed through second reading a bill seeking to grant special economic status to Lagos and some other […]
30 November 2016

States’ Budget Performance in the face of recession

by Ajadi Daniel Analysis Even a lay man knows that this is a peculiar period in the country’s economic sojourn, not only because of the recession, […]
16 November 2016

Tracking education in the North in the face of the Boko Haram conflict

by Usman Alabi I was in the North-east as a youth corps member threes ago, precisely in Damaturu, Yobe state. Even as at then, education in […]
31 October 2016

IDP monitor: Can the IDP camps be closed in 2017?

by Usman Alabi Analysis According to IDMC estimates, there are almost 2,152,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in Nigeria as of 31 December 2015 Recently the Displacement […]
18 October 2016

EFCC monitor: EFCC recovers N54 billion in north west states

by Ajadi Daniel The economic and financial crimes commission (EFCC) has in the last ten months recovered over N54 billion from fraudsters and corrupt politicians in […]
10 October 2016

Kano allocates N2.6 billion to education in two months

by Ajadi Daniel The Kano state government spends N2.6 billion on education in two months. This was disclosed by the State’s commissioner for information, culture, Youth […]