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…