…US, UK, Germany Among Biggest Donors …Health, Education, Governance Received Largest Share Of Aid Nigeria received approximately $37.8bn in net Official Development Assistance (ODA) from members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC) between 2015 and 2024, according to data from the OECD. The amount is equivalent to about 76.4…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas to immediately reject and withdraw the Nigeria Data Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2026, as the Bill is a backdoor attempt to regulate social media and expand governmental control over online expression, which is…
Canada has imposed temporary entry restrictions barring foreign nationals who have recently been to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from entering the country, citing the risk of importing the Ebola disease, despite the World Health Organisation (WHO) advising against travel restrictions as a public health measure. The Public Health Agency of Canada said the…
By Bimbola Oyesola The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has strongly dismissed allegations of complicity in the privatisation of the power sector made against the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and General Secretary of NUEE, Joe Ajaero, describing a recent publication by an online organisation as a “sponsored attack” aimed at discrediting…
Israel has threatened to respond with full force after Iran fired a ballistic missile toward Israeli territory on Sunday, with the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) intercepting missile fragments near the southern city of Eilat in the first direct Iranian aerial threat against Israel since the April ceasefire took effect. The IDF’s Iron Dome system was…
From Fred Ezeh, Abuja In a related development, TETFund has also invested N116 million in four strategic research projects at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), funding studies aimed at tackling cancer, diabetic wound complications, language barriers in education and Nigeria’s transition to a carbon-neutral economy. The grants, awarded under the 2025 TETFund National…
