The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has taken a significant step towards enhancing the welfare and well-being of its officers, recruits, and trainers with the receipt of 10 mobile medical clinics. Eko Hot Blog reports that this initiative, funded by the Government of the Republic of Germany and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Executive Leadership Retreat of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has concluded on Saturday, August 26, 2023. The retreat was organised for first and second term Nigerian Governors in Kigali, Rwanda, from 24 to 26 August 2023, under the invitation of Paul Kagame, … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the United Nations Population Fund has highlighted that inadequate funding for family planning in the country could result in a rise in unwanted pregnancies and the need for abortions. It stated this at an event to mark the 2023 World Population Day organised by the National Population Commission in Abuja … Read more
.the report assesses the impact of COVID-19 on business enterprises in the country. At least 20 per cent of the full-time workforce in Nigeria lost employment during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, a new report released on Tuesday has revealed. The report tagged ‘The Impact of COVID-19 on Business Enterprises in Nigeria’, was jointly released … Read more
…at least 35,000 people have so far been killed directly by the insurgents, with 350,000 said to have died indirectly as a result of the crisis The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has projected that over 1.1 million persons are likely to die from the crisis in the Northeast region of Nigeria. This was contained … Read more
The UN Development Programme (UNDP), has released 30 million U.S. dollars to Nigeria from the regional stabilisation facility for the humanitarian crisis in the North East. UNDP Resident Representative in Nigeria, Mr Mohamed Yahya disclosed this on Friday in Abuja at the first inaugural meeting convened by UNDP on the way forward in actualising the … Read more