National
18 Jun 2023
A former Executive Chairman of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Prof. Maiwalima Mohammed Sani Haruna, yesterday, said that the Students Loan Bill signed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would facilitate equal access to education for Nigerian youths.
18 Jun 2023
The Rotary International District 9110 has said that about N20m was spent to train and empower women and girls in Ogun and Lagos states.
18 Jun 2023
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Kebbi Area Command, has intercepted contraband items worth N37.820m, which include 104 parcels of Indian hemp of laptop size of one kilogramme each, 99 diazepam tablets and 70 packs of tramadol in the state.
18 Jun 2023
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has expressed shock over the death of Madami Garba Madami, the member representing Chikun Constituency in the Kaduna State House of Assembly.
18 Jun 2023
Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has decried the dwindling economic fortunes in Africa, saying the continent's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), put at $2.3 trillion, was low compared to the resources in the region.
18 Jun 2023
Nigeria has been elected Chair of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), 52 years after it first occupied the position in 1972.
18 Jun 2023
An exhibition for stakeholders and players in the power and water sectors has been slated for July 4 and 6 at the Landmark Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos State.
17 Jun 2023
Leading Fintech firm in Africa, Flutterwave has responded to recent media reports from Kenya regarding the freezing of the company accounts and mobile money wallets by the High Court in Nairobi.
17 Jun 2023
The Rural Electrification Agency has begun installation of decentralized Solar Home Systems (SHS) in Makoko area of Lagos State, to bridge energy supply to underserved and off-grid communities.
17 Jun 2023
Three persons were confirmed dead and two others injured on Saturday in an accident involving a Rio car and a Sino truck on the Abeokuta-Sagamu expressway in Ogun.
17 Jun 2023
Prof. Jerry Gana, former Minister of Information and National Orientation, has assured the people of Lavun, Edati and Mokwa Federal Constituency that his son, Joshua Gana would provide quality representation.
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President Bola Tinubu and President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, have promised to give fresh direction to the justice sector in the country through a holistic overhaul.
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Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has urged the Army to establish military formations in Sambisa Forest and the Mandara Hills, bordering Cameroon and Chad in the North East, to counter terrorism in the areas.
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Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has challenged privileged Nigerians to help in tackling water scarcity and provide Almajiri children access to Western education.
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The probe instituted by the Kaduna State House of Assembly against former Governor Nasir el-Rufai has begun, as the lawmakers directed the Ministry of Finance to supply documents relating to financial transactions between May 29, 2015 and 2023.
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A joint committee of the House of Representatives has summoned the Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, to appear before it on May 8 over a probe on environmental degradation caused by the activities of oil companies in oil-producing communities.
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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, yesterday, said his successor in 2027 from the People's Democratic Party (PDP) must be between the age bracket of 50 and 52 years of age.
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Worried by challenges confronting developing countries, United Nations has called for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) stimulus of at least $500 billion yearly to scale-up affordable long-term financing for countries, alongside series of structural reforms to institutions and rules that make up the international financial architecture.
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President Bola Tinubu has approved the take-off of the first phase of the Consumer Credit Scheme, commencing with civil servants.
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National oil companies in Africa, financiers and global players, yesterday in Cape Town, South Africa moved to unlock barriers to existing oil and gas projects across the continent amid a $1.5 trillion investment portfolio.
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Due to its strategic function as an interventionist agency in the South-South region, the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has said that the commission is marred with so much distrust and suspicion by residents.