TAF Africa
16 Nov
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been urged to improve on the treatment of persons with disabilities (PWDs) during elections. A group, TAF Africa made the demand on Saturday in its preliminary report on the experience of PWDs during the Ondo State governorship election. TAF Africa in the report signed by representative, Adeolu Kilanko,…
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UNICEF has entered into a long-term collaboration with the Department of Science Education, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, to train pre-service teachers on the Nigeria Learning Passport (NLP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)reports that this bold move was part of the strategy to revolutionize teachers’ education in Nigeria. According to UNICEF, the partnership presents…
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The Governor of Kaduna, Senator Uba Sani, has signed the 2025 budget titled “Sustaining Transformation and Inclusive Development” into law, 10 days after presenting the draft to the State House of Assembly. The total budget is N790,439,580,083, with N551,582,867,194 allocated for capital expenditure and N238,856,712,888.86 for recurrent expenditure. Signing the budget on Monday, Sani commended…
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Gov. Alex Otti of Abia has presented 20 Toyota Hilux Trucks to security agencies in the state in line with his administration’s commitment to security of lives and property. In a speech at the event on Monday in Umuahia, Otti said that the gesture was aimed at sustaining the progress achieved in security, especially during…
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President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman on winning the 2024 CAF Men’s African Footballer of the Year. The President also congratulated Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie for clinching the CAF Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year award and the Super Falcons for being named the Women’s National Team of the Year. The…
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The expanded Nigerian mobile phone market has continued to create room for an influx of more devices into the country with the latest Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) statistics putting type-approved phones at 2,346 within the over two-decade revolution of telecoms in the country.
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The aggressive monetary and fiscal measures taken to check headline inflation appear to be slow in taming inflation as the consumer price index rose to 34.6 per cent in November, setting a new multi-decade high and suggesting that the war against price crisis is far from being won.
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As expected, Super Eagles star, Ademola Lookman, who almost single-handedly won the 2023/24 Europa League for Italian side, Atalanta, was yesterday in Marrakech, Morocco, crowned African Footballer of the year.
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Amid growing political manoeuvres ahead of the 2027 presidential election, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been urged to lead efforts to unify opposition parties to challenge the incumbent, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
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Since the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost power to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015, the ‘umbrella’ has been unable to weather its in-house storms or pose a formidable opposition for a potential comeback.
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The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy and his counterparts across the African continent, yesterday, opened conversation on strategies to reduce the burden of debt servicing, estimated at $174 billion in 2024.