An estimated 2.6 billion people in Nigeria and other parts of the world are currently offline accounting for 32 per cent of the world’s population. This is down from the newly revised estimate of 2.8 billion for 2023, which represents 35 per cent of the population, according to new figures from the International Telecommunication Union…
The menace of gender-based violence (GBV) is growing in an alarming proportion, especially with the activities of the insurgency in the Northeast. From forced and early marriages to the physical, mental or sexual assault on a woman, it is said that one in three Nigerian women have experienced physical violence by age 15. The African…
Nigeria’s Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N1.298 trillion among the Federal Government, state governments, and the 774 Local Government Councils as revenue for September 2024. This was disclosed at the end of the October 2024 FAAC meeting in Abuja. The total distributable revenue comprises several components: N124.716 billion in statutory revenue, N543.518 billion…
