Africa Nigeria 7 UN agencies have been indicted for tax evasion by the local revenue agency of Borno State; although international laws exempt them from paying taxes as an entity, this principle cannot apply to their employees and contractors in Nigeria
Africa Nigeria Early and forced marriages are still widely spread, with very high rates compared to the continent, as federal and state governments do not enforce existing laws to prevent them, as Human Rights Watch recalled in a recent press release
Africa Nigeria The World Bank expects the country's growth to strengthen by 2,5% in 2022 and 2,8% in 2023, in the face of global growth expected to decelerate markedly from current 5,5%
Africa Nigeria Design and production studio Storyland Studios will design a film city and campus for the film and television industry in Lagos
Africa Nigeria For the third time in five years, senators rejected a bill seeking to promote gender equality in the country, attributing their resistance to strictly religious reasons; only 7% of senators are women
Africa Nigeria The federal government has estimated that the total number of poor citizens will reach 109 million by the end of 2022, out of a total of 210 million, with the increase linked to the pandemic
Africa Nigeria The World Bank Group has called on the government to impose special taxes on alcohol, cigarettes and sugar-sweetened beverages in order to save lives and improve primary health care
Africa Nigeria More than 1.440 pupils have been abducted during this year, according to the latest UNICEF report; since last January, 25 schools have been the target of attacks in the country
Africa Nigeria Despite losing big international funding for an alarmingly growing birth rate, the government refuses to project interventions on family planning and birth rate reduction; Nigeria will be the third country for population in 2050
Africa Nigeria eNaira, the digital version of the national currency, was recently launched with the aim of facilitating money transfers and promoting economic inclusion
Africa Nigeria The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a US$500.000 grant agreement with Y'ello Digital Financial Services for a study on the economic, religious and social factors that hinder access to finance for women in the north of the country
Africa Nigeria About 20 % of Nigerian workers lost their jobs due to the pandemic, according to the National Bureau of Statistics and the UN Development Programme
Africa Nigeria Nigerian dried fruit company ReelFruit has raised US$3m in Series A funding to expand production with a new factory, more product development, building of export opportunities