Buhari seeks Senate Approval to Borrow 2.10trn
President Muhammadu Buhari, has sent a supplementary appropriation bill for the 2015 fiscal year to the Senate for approval. The president, in a letter conveying his request, which was read…
The Brutal Challenges of Nigerian Youths by Chambers Umezulike
I’m writing this with a heavy heart, being a young Nigerian who fully knows what young Nigerians pass through in Nigeria. The statistics are sobering. 60% of Nigeria’s population is…
ANONYMOUS HACKERS DECLARE WAR ON ISIS
Anonymous, a loose-knit international network of activist hackers, is preparing to unleash waves of cyber attacks on Islamic State following the attacks in Paris last week that killed 129 people,…
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT SAYS ISIS IS FUNDED BY 40 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING G20 MEMBERS
Russian President, Vladimir Putin said on Monday that funding for the extremist group Islamic State comes from sources in 40 countries, including several members of the G20. These undisclosed countries…
SNG GIVES BUHARI 72 HOURS TO SACK CCT CHAIRMAN!
The Save Nigeria Group (SNG) has asked PresidentMuhammadu Buhari to sack the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Justice Danladi Umar, within the next 72 hours or expect…
Five reasons donors give for not funding local NGOs directly
by Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah Only about 1% of all official aid, and an even smaller portion of humanitarian assistance, goes directly to the global south. Unpublished research into private foundations suggests…
Call For Entries: Post Popup Incubator Contest
Social Good Nigeria hereby open the call for entries for its Post Popup Incubator Contest. With the successful activation of Popup incubators in six cities across Nigeria with support from…
SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE CHALLENGES OF RAISING CAPITAL
By Gbenedio Praise Capital has been defined by various schools of thoughts in various ways. A similarity amongst most of these definitions is the factor that capital is expected to…
Barclays latest to blacklist Nigeria
Not too long after President Muhammadu Buhari’s numerous negative comments on Nigeria outside its shores, Barclays Bank has announced it will remove Nigeria’s sovereign debt from its emerging markets local…
How N25bn is embezzled daily via Buhari’s TSA – Dino Melaye
Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye on Tuesday, raised an alarm over a massive corruption operation going on in the management of the Treasury Single Account, TSA. Melaye who made…