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...

W/Bank Upgrades Nigeria’s Economic Growth Forecast To 1.8%       The World Bank yesterday upgraded its economic growth forecast for Nigeria in 2021 to 1.8 per cent, citing higher oil prices, structural oil sector reforms, and market-based flexible exchange rate management. This represents a 0.7 percentage point increase...

Nigeria Among Top Three Countries With Electricity Deficits – W/Bank         The World Bank has listed Nigeria among the three countries with the largest electricity deficits in the world. It said during the last decade, a greater share of the global population gained access to electricity than...

PRNigeria Reporter Selected for Kwame Karikari Fact Checking Fellowship as Induction Commences       A reporter with PRNigeria, Mohammad Dahiru Lawal has been selected for the Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking and Research Fellowship as part of the 2021 cohort of fact-checkers to combat misinformation in the Wes-African sub-region. Dahiru...

WorldRemit Supports CBN’s Extension Of Naira-4-dollar Scheme       WorldRemit, a global cross-border payments company, has expressed support for the Central Bank of Nigeria’s decision to extend the deadline of the Naira-4-Scheme that was introduced in March this year. The CBN had on May 6 announced that it...

Nigeria May Lose $1bn Annually To Contaminated Food       Nigeria may lose $1billion yearly to the consumption of aflatoxin contaminated food that result in diseases such as liver cancer, stunted growth among other disease, a recent study says. To this end, stakeholders have urged the Federal Government...