Over 800 youths trained on remote work skills amid rise in virtual workplaces

Holds consultative meetings with religious leaders Ondo State Governor, Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, yesterday, said that his administration had begun move to engage investors towards reviving the Ifon Ceramic Company, Okitipupa Oil Palm Limited, and other moribund industries across the state. According to the governor, the move was hinged on the determination to provide employment opportunities…

• Demand review of Tinubu's economic policies • Others present demands amid peaceful demonstrations in Oyo • APC, PDP trade words over alleged sponsorship of protest Youths, students and civil society organisations, under the aegis of Coalition of Concerned Nigerian Citizens (CCNC), Osun State chapter, yesterday, stormed major streets in Osogbo, the state capital, to…

No fewer than eight persons killed and several others injured, yesterday, in Jigawa and Niger States. Two of the eight died along Shuwarin-Dutse Road, and in front of Govt House, Jutse, Jigawa State, as a team of security personnel patrol the capital to ward off protesters from destroying public buildings. Consisting of youths, students, women and…

‘Religious bodies implement relief programmes’ The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, yesterday, urged the people of the state to hold Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki responsible for the hardship in the state for allegedly diverting palliatives meant for the people from the Federal Government. Briefing newsmen in Benin, Edo APC Chairman, Jarrett Tenebe, accused Obaseki…

An economist, Dr. Godwin Nwabunka, who is the Founder/Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the ‘Grooming Centre,’ a non-governmental organisation, has urged governments at all levels to create the enabling environment to attract more investments in tertiary institutions, especially in the rural communities. This, he said, would help accelerate development in the rural areas.…

• Five banks accounted for 80.8% industry PAT in 2023 Business confidence in Nigeria at the start of the second half of the year is at an all-time low, judging by July’s Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI), which shows a steep deterioration from the preceding month of June.     According to Stanbic IBTC’s readings, headline…

An international non-governmental organisation, Actionaid, has urged the federal and state governments to adhere to the Maputo Declaration by allocating 10 per cent of their budgets to agriculture to ensure food security in the country. Actionaid gave the advice at the end of a three-day conference, titled “National Stakeholders Consultative Meeting on 2025 Agricultural Budget,”…

Property worth millions of naira was razed in three shops yesterday following a fire outbreak at the famous Ladipo plank market, Baale Roundabout, Orile-Iganmu, Lagos. The Guardian learnt that the fire started at about midnight. The spokesperson for the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Nosa Okunbor, who confirmed the incident, said the agency received…

• NCC keeps mum, service providers deny obstruction • 9mobile blames fibre cuts • Protesters torch, loot NCC Kano facility As the #EndBadGovernance protest lasted yesterday, Nigerians experienced partial Internet service with downtime noticed for the better part of day.The subscribers accused Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the telecoms operators of deliberately ensuring that telephony…

Apex pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday thanked all Igbos at home and in the diaspora for their unwavering commitment to the decision to boycott the nationwide protests. Taking an inventory of its political stewardship, it further affirmed its support for the President Bola Tinubu administration. In a statement on Thursday by its Secretary-General, Mazi…