The Federal Government has issued a seven-day flood warning for 15 states, but the alert has already moved beyond forecasts in Lagos, where residents of several low-lying communities have been told to prepare for temporary relocation. The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NiHSA) warned of a high risk of riverine flooding from September 19 to 25,…
Nigeria may be moving away from treating suicide attempts as a crime and towards treating them as a mental health emergency. The Federal Executive Council has approved an amendment to the National Mental Health Act that would remove attempted suicide as a criminal offence. The proposed amendment will now be sent to the National Assembly…
The Federal Government has released a new Reform Scorecard defending the economic policies of President Bola Tinubu’s administration and arguing that the painful changes of the past three years have helped Nigeria avoid an even deeper economic crisis. Presented by Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Taiwo Oyedele on Wednesday, the scorecard says…
Nigeria’s latest move to refinance Project Gazelle is less significant because of the headline $4.5 billion figure and more because of what the restructuring could change about the country’s access to cash. The National Economic Council has approved a new $4.5 billion financing arrangement, Project Gazelle 2, to refinance the outstanding balance of about $1.5…
