A Nigerian, Eze Izu Daniel, on Saturday night emerged winner of the 2024 SDGs Short Film Challenge and Awards, which took place inside one of the glitzy cinema halls of the Silverbird Cinema, Central Area, Abuja. The young filmmaker’s entry, ‘Wasted’, triumphed over 2,249 other entries from across 119 countries, including Europe, America, and Asia,…

Delta State government has vowed to apprehend anyone flouting government orders to eradicate the menace of scavengers at households and dump sites across the state.   This was made known by the State Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Ejiro Jamani, at a one-day workshop held in Asaba, Delta State.   The workshop, themed "Zero Waste," was…

The Federal Ministry of Education is set to 'defend' and produce its budget, currently before the National Assembly, with a whopping sum of N285 million. Specifically, while the ministry will defend the 2025 budget with N175 million under the "ERGP30204384 Budget Preparation, Defence and Administration Ongoing," the Ministry headquarters will also produce the 2026 budget…

The proposed borrowing of about N9.3 trillion through discretionary loans to partially finance the N13.4 trillion deficit in the 2025 budget could worsen Nigeria’s debt problem, according to Professor Uche Uwaleke, Director of the Institute of Capital Market Studies at Nasarawa State University Keffi. Other sources of funding for the deficit, according to the proposed…

The absence of a medical school in a Federal University in Abia State has stalled the upgrading and conversion of the Umuahia-based Federal