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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in collaboration with the Nigeria Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) and their partners on Monday released findings of household seroprevalence surveys conducted in...

The Tony Elumelu Foundation’s $100 million entrepreneurship support programme, which was launched in 2015 to empower 10,000 entrepreneurs over 10 years, has already hit 90 percent of its set target...

The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) has signed a $50 million loan with Tanzania to finance what it called the “Fourth Tanzania Poverty Reduction Project”. OPEC says...

Nigeria has failed to reach its 2020 revenue performance target, despite receiving huge oil revenues within the projected period. The Africanscholar can report that the federal government income projections missed...

Auxano Foundation, a non-governmental organization (NGO), has taken the work of charity to the next level with their investment in human capital development. This was achieved through their successful sponsorship...

DRFIFA and the African Union have agreed to launch a school football competition following a meeting in Kinshasa between FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, and the president of the Democratic Republic...

Orji Ogbonaya Orji, the newly appointed executive secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), may have ended up as President Muhammadu Buhari’s only choice for the top job...

The deputy president of the senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has said Nigeria’s first lady, Hajia Aisha Buhari’s development advocacy has reflected positively on the All Progressives Congress’ progressive manifesto, as...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with a coalition of international and local partners, on Wednesday successfully concluded a community-driven conflict mitigation intervention to restore peaceful...

A Nigerian national was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for his involvement in a computer-based intrusion fraud scheme that caused approximately $11 million in known losses to his...