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Nigeria FactCheckers’ Coalition joins Arise News Presidential Town Hall Series

By Editor November 12, 2022 128 0

Nigeria FactCheckers’ Coalition joins Arise News Presidential Town Hall Series The Nigerian FactCheckers’ Coalition (NFC)), as part of its civic responsibility to combat disinformation in Nigeria. Will be participating in the Arise News Presidential Town Hall meeting scheduled for Sunday, November 13, 2022. The coalition will conduct a live fact-checking of claims and Continue Reading

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Women lament 56% reduction in 2023 budget for WEE

By Editor November 10, 2022 160 2

By Daniel Adaji   The National Council for Women Societies (NCWS), has lamented the slash in the budget for Women Economic Empowerment (WEE) from N103 billion in 2022 to N58 billion in the 2023 Appropriation Bill. The NCWS made this known at a press conference held at the headquarters of the NCWS in Garki, Abuja […]Continue Reading

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Rising food inflation and child malnutrition in Galadimawa community of the FCT

By Editor November 7, 2022 203 0

By Daniel Adaji Baby Annabel, 15 months old, from Pergasson Galadimawa, a rural cocmmunity in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, weighs about 5.5kg and cannot walk on her own. She looks too pale and small for her age. She is barely surviving due to acute malnutrition, perhaps, because of her parents’ resolve to see her alive […]Continue Reading

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COVID-19: Nigerian farmers yet to recover from impact of pandemic

By Editor November 1, 2022 158 Post a comment

By Theophilus Abbah and Daniel Adaji While public attention on the COVID-19 pandemic has decreased, its impact on local farmers persists. Now farmers are struggling against heavy inflation to recover their businesses, attract customers, and regain their lost footing. La’ah Dauda is the President of the Progressives’ Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society in Zamaru-Kataf. Continue Reading

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Debt-servicing may affect COVID-19 financing in 2022

By Editor November 1, 2022 182 0

By Theophilus Abbah and Daniel Adaji Capital expenditure for COVID-19 in Nigeria’s 2022 annual budget looks slow to be released, 10 months into the year, data from the Open Treasury Portal (OTP) suggests. The OTP is a repository of the Federal Government’s expenditure. It shows that the last release for capital expenditure for COVID-19 was […]Continue Reading

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FactCheck: Are NBS statistics misleading, according to Governor Bello?

By Editor October 30, 2022 167 0

By Daniel Adaji  Claims: On Wednesday September 21, 2022, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State Governor and  APC Youth Coordinator for the Tinubu-Shettima campaign organization, in an interview on Arise TV, faulted the credibility of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data. He said: “Most times we question and query those statistics because I am […]Continue Reading

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FactCheck: No, Nigeria hasn’t introduced N5,000 and N2,000 banknotes

By Editor October 28, 2022 166 0

By David Ajikobi A video posted on Facebook in July 2021 shows piles of what seem to be Nigerian naira banknotes. A hand lifts bundles of the notes to the camera, revealing that they have the insignia and name of the central bank and are in denominations of N5,000 and N2,000. A woman’s voice can […]Continue Reading

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Tonye Cole urges supporters to remain calm regarding the annulment of APC primaries in Rivers State

By Editor October 27, 2022 169 0

By Daniel Adaji Tonye Patrick Cole mni, the Rivers State All Progressives Congress APC governorship candidate, appeals ruling nullifying the APC primaries conducted in Rivers State by the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. On October 25, 2022, the Federal High court in Port Harcourt in its decision, ruled in favor of the […]Continue Reading

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Dangote: Priority investments in infrastructure, core industries will boost Nigeria’s Economy

By Editor October 20, 2022 128 0

By Daniel Adaji …Says a ‘newly industrialized Nigeria within 10 years is possible Business magnate and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has identified priority investments in infrastructure and core industries among other recommendations, as vital panaceas to boost Nigeria’s economy to its desired level among contemporary nations and in the world Continue Reading

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CISA commends military actions against economic saboteurs, vessel of oil thieves

By Editor October 20, 2022 137 0

By Daniel Adaji A Non-governmental Organisation, Citizens Initiative for Security Awareness (CISA) has commended the drastic measures taken by the Nigerian military in curtailing the excesses of pipeline vandals, sea pirates and other economic saboteurs. The group also decried call for sack of Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Lucky Irabor, by some interest groups over […]Continue Reading

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Buhari to Ministers: we have met the yearning of Nigerians

By Editor October 18, 2022 123 0

By Daniel Adaji President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja declared open the last Ministerial Performance Review Retreat of this administration, saying high-impact projects have been implemented across the country meeting the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians. Addressing the Retreat organised to evaluate the level of progress made in the implementation of the Nine Continue Reading

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MRA Condemns Arrest and Detention of Broadcast Journalist by Police in Ilorin

By Editor October 16, 2022 125 0

By Daniel Adaji Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has condemned the arrest and detention of Ilorin-based broadcast journalist, Mr. Dare Akogun, by the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Police Force in an effort to coerce him to retract an allegation of corruption he reportedly made against an official of the State Government. Mr. Akogun was […]Continue Reading