Nigeria needs not less than 337 billion dollars to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from 2019 to 2022, the UN Support Plan for the Sahel has estimated. The cost of implementing the SDGs in Nigeria, according to the plan is 80.65 billion dollars in 2019, 82.83 billion dollars in 2020, 85.07 billion dollars in 2021 and 87.37 billion dollars in 2022.
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has slated January 8th, 2019 as a day of national protest on the call for an improved minimum wage. The labor unions reached this agreement after a national executive council meeting was held in Abuja on December 21st, 2018.
Residents of Birnin Magaji Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara State fled their communities following a siege by armed bandits.
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has successfully arrested one of the most wanted suspect in the country; Umar Abdulmalik. The suspect was described as a Boko Haram Commander who was involved in a series of attacks in Abuja and its environs.
Five generals on Tuesday, 18th December 2018, pulled out from the Services of the Nigerian Army. The retiring generals comprised two Major Generals and three Brigadier Generals of the Nigerian Army Medical Corps.
Security has been beefed up in and around the National Assembly complex ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to present the 2019 Appropriation Bill.
