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Nigeria relied too long on oil –Buhari – Calls for international support to resettle IDPS  – by Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye

Nigeria relied too long on oil –Buhari

Buhari’s battle to clean up Nigeria’s oil industry – The revelation by Nigeria’s auditor general that $16bn (£11bn) of oil revenue went missing in 2014 has emphasised the scale of the task facing President Muhammadu Buhari in his efforts to clean up the oil sector. Neil Ford, an expert on oil, crime and security in Nigeria, outlines some of the ways in which huge amounts of money are stolen and assesses the president’s chance of success.

Buhari’s battle to clean up Nigeria’s oil industry

Power generation drops to record 1,580MW in Nigeria – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) yesterday confirmed that the power generation level has dropped to an all-time low of 1,580 Mega Watts (MW), thereby dampening hopes of early resolution of the nation’s power supply crisis.

Power generation drops to record 1,580MW in Nigeria

Revelations have emerged on why President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, sacked 27 heads of federal parastatals and agencies. National chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, who led the national executive of the governing party to a meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday, said the sacked officials were appointees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) involved in acts of sabotage against the present administration.



Why Buhari Sacked Heads of Parastatals As More Sack Looms

40% don’t access education in a language they understand- A new paper by UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM Report) reports that 40% of the global population does not access education in a language they understand. The policy paper, ‘If you don’t understand, how can you learn?’ released for International Mother Language Day (21 February), argues that being taught in a language other than their own can negatively impact children’s learning, especially for those living in poverty.



 40% don’t access education in a language they understand

ideo- Climate Change Agreement and Nigeria: Minister – The Nigerian Minister of Environment, Mrs. Amina Mohammed has spoken of Nigeria’s effort to implement the Climante Change Agreement, regardless…………..

She says it is a good development because “we now know what to do regardless of the challenges from the lack of uniform action and acceptance by all countries”.

We will do what we have to do now and work towards the future.

Video- Climate Change Agreement and Nigeria: Minister

FG, IOCs, banks in talks over $4bn debt  —  Nigeria is in talks with oil majo rs and banks to raise capital for new drilling and to repay up to $4bn in debt that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has accumulated over years of mismanagement.

FG, IOCs, banks in talks over $4bn debt

Significant demand for foreign exchange for payment of school fees, BTA and PTA among others appeared to exert undue pressure on the local currency and have continued to deplete the country’s foreign reserves.

