Long before COVID-19, for example, there have been problems with Nigeria’s privatization of the power sector and the performance of the entire value chain from generation to transmission and distribution. The problem perhaps can be traced back to 2013 when the Federal Government of Nigeria decided to complete the privatization of the electricity sector.
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At return to civil rule in 1999, there was a lot of hope and enthusiasm that return to civil rule will eliminate or reduce corruption as corruption was always one of the reasons for military takeover. There was hope that development will be accelerated leading to the talk about dividends of democracy. There was expectation that the potentials of Nigeria will be realized. But 21 years later, all these hopes and aspirations remain unfulfilled.
The former Tottenham and Portsmouth manager was rumoured to have been the lined up by Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Sport to replace Gernot Rohr as the Super Eagles coach.
The Minster of State for Health, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora, made this known during the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 daily press briefing on Wednesday in Abuja.
UNICEF Nigeria Representative, Peter Hawkins, announced the appointment in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna on Wednesday.
This was made known in a statement by China’s Consul General in Lagos, Chu Maoming.
The NBS disclosed this in its GDP Quarterly Report released on Monday.
The striker, who has also featured for the Super Eagles, should join his family in Nigeria once the club gets the nod of the Federal Government for a landing permit following the stoppage of flights into the country over the Coronavirus Disease.
Obi, who was the Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 General Elections, made the call in a statement on Saturday.
She asserted UNFPA’s large imprints in prevention and curative interventions of the VVF in collaboration with other stakeholders in the country.
The Nigerian para-powerlifter, who won gold at London 2012 Olympics in the women’s 48kg, returned an adverse analytical finding for a prohibited substance in a urine sample provided on January 28, 2019 after competing at the Lagos 2019 International Para-Powerlifting event in Nigeria.
He said apart from the Osisioma interchange project, the state was still planning out the construction of 37 road projects, which was being funded by the AFDB.
Challenges around the world today point to one thing and one thing only: the need for the leadership to move away from sheer rhetoric and show capacity in areas so demand. It is in same light that the current situation in Nigeria demands of the government to put in place a watertight border management plan that could guarantee the security and safety of the Nigerian people.
Nigeria has always been an interesting case. It’s the richly endowed country that is also home to some of the world’s poorest. It is where sprawling mansions exist in close proximity to slums. For some unexplainable reason, we have struggled to transform the mineral and human endowment into a better quality of life for all Nigerians. Inequality has been a permanent feature of our nation, the rich-poor divide being one of the most dispiriting.
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said the Coronavirus Disease has had extreme impact on the Nigerian Government.
Global Citizen, a Non-Governmental Organisation fighting poverty and campaigning for a just and sustainable world, has restated its commitment to Africa, particularly Nigeria.
The combined efforts of operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service and Nigerian Navy at Ibaka in Akwa Ibom State led to the interception of 12 adult Nigerians on their way to Cameroon from Nigeria through the sea.
As Nigerians observe the 10th anniversary of the death of former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, President Muhammadu Buhari has extolled the virtues of the leader, who served as Governor of Katsina State for eight years.
A trafficked Nigerian lady, Oluwatosin Adetula, 26, has begged Nigerians to help in returning her to Nigeria before she dies in Oman.
D’Tigers’ captain, Ike Diogu, has revealed that he is closer to the end of his journey with the D’Tigers team than ever before.