Tag: funding
FasterCapital Finishes First Round of Funding in 2019
FasterCapital (a virtual incubator based in Dubai, UAE) has finished its first round of funding on 16 March, 2019. FasterCapital…
UI @ 70: The major problem of Nigeria’s universities is funding – UI VC
Behind every successful man, there is a woman; so says the maxim. On the evening of Sunday November 4, 2018,…
Gov. Okowa canvasses proper funding for INEC
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has called for proper funding of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to enable it…
Association demands improved funding of healthcare system
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called for improved funding of the health sector to prevent diseases and boost the…
Nigerian govt restates commitment to fight against terrorism funding
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has re-affirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to the global fight against the financing…
70 countries promise renewed efforts against terrorism funding
Some 70 countries have promised to take new measures to prevent the funding of terrorist organizations, at the end of…
Malaria Prevention: Society calls for more funding to aid research
Dr John Puddicombe, President, Malaria Society of Nigeria (MSN), has called for more investment into malaria research to reduce the…
Minister seeks sufficient funding for sports development
The Minister of Youth and Sports development, Mr Solomon Dalung said that adequate funding was necessary for the development of…
Nigeria restates commitment to fund family planning programmes
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Wednesday in Abuja renewed the commitment of the Federal Government on funding…
Education sector should get 26% of national budget – Afe Babalola
The Founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Ekiti State, Chief Afe Babalola, has called for a national emergency fund to…
Inadequate funding, bane of higher education – UI VC
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, UI, Prof. Abel Idowu Olayinka has identified inadequate funding as the main…
Space Technology: Don calls for more funding to aid development
Prof. Lazarus Ojigi, Lecturer, Department of Geomatics, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria has urged Federal Government to deepen financial support to…
Agency decries poor funding of HIV/AIDS programmes
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has decried the poor funding of HIV/AIDS response programmes by some…
Ajimobi justifies suspension of funding for institutions
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has justified the decision to stop funding of state-owned tertiary institutions. Ajimobi…
UNAIDS charges FG to scale-up funding for HIV/AIDS
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has charged Nigeria’s Federal Government to scale-up local funding to…
Anti-terror campaign: Minister seeks special funding for public media
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has advocated a special funding arrangement for public media organizations to…
Switzerland denies funding Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram
Switzerland on Wednesday said it had not given any funding to military operations against Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist insurgents, after…
Funding constrains MNJTF in fight against Boko Haram
Funding for a multinational force to combat Boko Haram’s deadly Islamist insurgency in West and Central Africa remains well short…
Senate assures EFCC of improved funding
Senator Godfrey Chukwuka Utazi, Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes has again reiterated the commitment of the 8th…
NASENI wants Onu to make funding of research work priority
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) on Sunday urged the newly sworn-in Minister of Science and Technology,…
Boko Haram: US supporting Nigeria, others with $5m, not $5bn
The United States plans to provide $5 million to help support a regional military force fighting Nigeria’s Islamist militant group…
UN Security Council seeks to choke off Islamic State funds
The UN Security Council is set on Thursday to adopt a resolution aimed at choking off millions of dollars in…
FG cannot fund universities 100%, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has told universities in the country to supplement government’s funding with their internally generated revenues. Jonathan made…
FG begs Boko Haram sponsors to stop funding them
The Federal Government has appealed to financiers of the Boko Haram insurgents to desist from sponsoring the terrorists and surrender…
Governors of NDDC states to tackle poor funding of the commission
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba The Advisory Council Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has resolved to urgently address the funding challenges facing the…
Funding, militancy, delay completion of East-West Road
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Challenges ranging from unpaid mobilisation fee, youth militancy and difficult terrain have been cited as among reasons delaying…
Shut down funds, arms to Boko Haram – Foreign Ministers
Nigeria and its regional allies on Wednesday called for greater international support to shut down Boko Haram’s weapons and funding…
Funding, major constraint to Abuja indigenes’ resettlement
Malam Yahaya Yusuf, Director of the Development Control Department, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has identified paucity of fund as…
South Sudan famine within weeks without funding
Famine will break out in war-torn South Sudan within weeks unless massive funding for food aid is provided, aid agencies…
Lawmaker seeks more funding for agric programmes
Lagos State lawmaker, Ibrahim Layode, on Saturday called for more funds to expand the Youth Empowerment Scheme (YES) and other…