14% US import tariff hike: EMT goes to the drawing board to review budget assumptions
…MOFI unveils corporate governance scorecard for GOEs …Minister of Power laments uncompleted power projects The Federal Government’s Economic Management Team (EMT) may consider the option of going back to the drawing board in the event that the United States’ 14 percent import tariff imposed on Nigeria’s goods gets prolonged, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister […]
Africa’s maternal mortality declining, but progress still slow -WHO
Despite the progress made in lowering maternal mortality in Africa since 2000, new estimates by the United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Interagency Group has shown that the African region needs a 12-fold increase in the annual reduction rate to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SGD) target of fewer than 70 deaths per 100 000 live […]
Afe Babalola raises alarm over influx of “mushroom, substandard universities”
The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Afe Babalola has lamented what he described as “mass approval of mushroom and substandard universities” in Nigeria. The elder statesman also regretted that some of the universities lack basic learning and infrastructure, adding that strict compliance with law and rules in establishment of ivory towers have been […]
