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Between 2011 – 2017, the Debt Stock (External + Domestic) of States grew by an average of 190% by Geo-Political Zone.
The biggest leap came from d NW with 256% followed by d SW & NE with 242% & 241% …
Continue readingMrs Audu, 33, had just given birth to her first child at the Asokoro General Hospital. She was ecstatic and could not wait to take her newborn home but her joy was short-lived.
“We’ve been asked to stay here until …
Countries around the world wake up every new day to do something different, and of course productive. They attend to the challenges their yesterday brought them, and draw brilliant inferences from them to improve on them today. When one understands …
Continue readingThere is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed. – Woodrow Wilson
Pilgrimage, according to Merriam Webster, is defined as a journey of a pilgrim, especially one to a shrine or …
Continue readingIf latest data from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics is anything to go by, state governments in Nigeria are amassing debts that far outweigh their revenue and income. The federal government is not left out either in this borrowing spree …
Continue readingToday, we will look at the revenue figures for the states and compare them to the debt figures. The analysis will be by GPZ. But before then, let us analyse the Debt Per Capita. i.e. the debt stock (excluding cash) …
Continue readingThe Kaduna State Government has commenced the implementation of the Open Governance Partnership, OGP, of the federal government aimed at enhancing transparency, accountability and citizen participation in governance.
The state’s Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Muhammad Abdullahi, said this in …
Continue readingBetween 2011 – 2017, the Debt Stock (External + Domestic) of states in Nigeria grew by an average of 190% by Geo-Political Zone. The biggest leap came from the North West with 256% followed by the South West and North …
Continue readingAfricanLiberty.org takes a look at the recent accusations against Nigerian superstar Yemi Alade by Togolese Rights Activist and one of the leaders of the recent Togo agitations, #TogoDebout. AfricanLiberty’s Demola Adeeko takes the issue on in this short video.
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Continue readingThe International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on Saturday drew an ocean boundary that appeared to favour Ghana in a dispute with its neighbour Ivory Coast, ruling that Accra had not violated Ivorian rights in drilling for oil.…
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