The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has disbursed over N1.08 billion to support the education of 5,381 student nurses and midwives across 21 Federal and state institutions. The Fund disclosed this over the weekend in a statement signed by its
Suspected bandits have attacked a security base of Operation Burst along the Igbeti-Igboho Road in Oyo State, setting the facility and an abandoned vehicle ablaze and carting away a generator and motorcycle. The incident occurred in the early hours of
African-built AI-powered media intelligence platform for public relations and communications teams, AGENTPR™, has introduced managed AI-agent access to its intelligence environment, allowing authorised communications professionals to interact directly with organisational media intelligence through AI assistants. The new capability enables compatible
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The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has stated explicitly that they are pursuing good alignment with the ongoing national dialogue with the Federal Government to resolve the age-long three decades crisis for the resumption of oil
For Nigerians struggling with the rising cost of food, transportation and accommodation, the 2027 presidential contest is beginning to take shape around a question more immediate than campaign slogans: which candidate can make life better for ordinary citizens? KEHINDE OLATUNJI and
Team Delta, at the weekend, delivered a commanding performance at the South-South Zonal Elimination of the National Intermediate Games, securing qualification in 14 team sports. While Team Delta emerged overall winner with 14 spots, Bayelsa and Rivers states picked seven

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Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has said she no longer wants to return to Nigeria following the death of her 21-month-old son, Nkanu Nnamdi. Adichie spoke during a recent interview with The New York Times, months after Nkanu died following
Technology firm, ipNX, has called for stronger collaboration across the telecommunications industry and wider adoption of open-access infrastructure models to bridge Nigeria’s connectivity gap and accelerate nationwide broadband penetration. The call was made during the first panel session of the

By Akin Olukiran I read in the UK The Independent newspaper with no small measure of admiration a few weeks ago that Gary Lineker, the former English footballer, joined more than 100 British millionaires in making what can only be

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Jennifer Lisa Uloko is the Founder and CEO of YangaBeauty, a Nigerian beauty brand she founded in 2014 with women of African heritage in mind. With over a decade of experience as a beauty entrepreneur, makeup artist and business leader,
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By Oluwadamilare Sadare As Nigeria continues to confront food insecurity, post-harvest losses, and weaknesses across its agricultural value chains, Nigerian researcher Oluwadamilola Esan is advocating greater attention to the role that emerging technologies can play in strengthening the infrastructure that
Your body may have a reason for waking you before dawn. We look at what could be interrupting your sleep and how to get back to it.