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WEBDayo Aiyetan is the founding Executive Director of the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, ICIR, Abuja.He was a senior associate editor and Abuja Bureau chief of TELL Magazine, Nigeria’s leading political weekly, until May 2010 when he resigned to set up the Centre. A graduate of Theatre Arts/English from the University of Ibadan, he started his journalism career as a Features ...
Responsibilities of the Federal, State and local governments
WEBApr 30, 2022 · The constitution indicates that the federal government is responsible for matters that are of national concern, particularly in the areas of defence, foreign affairs, and monetary policy. Other responsibilities of the Federal Government include overseeing Shipping, Federal Trunk Roads, Aviation, Railway, Postal Posts, Telegraphs, Telephones ...
Key issues in Nigeria's new National Health Insurance Authority Act
WEBJun 20, 2022 · ON May 19, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the National Health Insurance Authority Bill (2022) into law. The ICIR’s Marcus Fatunmole x-rays the law vis a vis the current state of health insurance coverage in the country while highlighting what could be contentious sections of the new law, written in 10 parts and 60 sections.
Nigeria’s inflation rate jumps to 20.77%, hits 17-year high
WEBOct 17, 2022 · The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, while confirming fears of another global recession in 2023 at the institution’s 2022 Annual meeting, warned that inflation had the tendency to affect poor people.Georgieva explained that support would be needed, especially in terms of monetary and fiscal policy.
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Nigerians abroad can now return with expired passports
WEBDec 13, 2022 · According to the memo, all airlines are to allow holders of expired Nigerian passports to board without any hindrance. The memo reads, “I am directed to respectfully present the compliments of the Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service and notify all relevant authorities that the Federal Government of Nigeria has approved that Nigerians returning home can be admitted into the ...
Six key things you must know about Disability Act, 2018
WEBJan 25, 2019 · Below are key aspects of the Act that every Nigerian must know. Prohibits all forms discrimination. As a law, the Act prohibits all forms of discrimination on ground of disability and imposes fine of N1, 000, 000 for corporate bodies and N100, 000 for individuals or a term of six months imprisonment for violation concurrently.
‘One chance’ robbery attacks rise in Abuja, and ‘police are not …
WEBMay 21, 2019 · When asked how frequently Wuse District Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Unit receives one chance victims for treatment: “Everyday!” replied a healthcare worker. The medical director, Sa’ad Idris told The ICIR the hospital’s head of nursing also fell prey in April, two days to this interview.. Kubwa General Hospital.
NDLEA arrests over 8,000 drug traffickers, convicts over 2,000
WEBOct 9, 2023 · THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested 8,561 drug traffickers between January and August 2023. The anti-drug trafficking agency also seized 888,743 drugs and secured 2,224 convictions. These figures were contained in data exclusively obtained by The ICIR from the spokesperson of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi.