Six-Year Assessment Outlines President’s Anti-Corruption Record (CDD Press Statement)     Pro-democracy think tank, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), an organization advocating for transparent and accountable public governance in the West African sub-region, has released an assessment report on the Buhari administration’s anticorruption programme. The report...

DRPC Calls For Stronger Commitment In Fighting Gender-Based Violence In West Africa       To build capacities of NGOs in Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal With the support of the Ford Foundation, the development Research and Projects Center has called on the federal and state governments to redouble their...

COVID-19: Financial Institution'll Fund N1.8trn Stimulus Package – FG       The Federal Government on Thursday said about N1.8tn of its N2.3tn COVID-19 economic stimulus package would be funded by financial institutions. It also disclosed that about N288bn from the N500bn of the package funded through the 2021...

Reps Query FG, Agency Reports On Gas Flaring     The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the amount of gas so far flared in Nigeria to address the discrepancies in the figures being released by both government and oil companies. At the plenary on Thursday, the...

Experts Insist On Mass Metering Before Implementation Of New Tariff         Experts have criticised the implementation of the new electricity tariff structure and urged the Federal Government to ensure that electricity consumers are metered first before the commencement to eliminate outrageous billings. Nigerians had heaved a sigh...

Fed Govt Pushes For Transparency In Oil Industry       The Federal Government is seeking to bring transparency in oil industry and impose sanctions on firms that fail to, or partially publish details of their contracts as well as payments to governments and private sector annually. The Federal...