YALI
29 Jan
Experts and stakeholders in the education sector have called for urgent action to curb the increasing rate of out-of-school children, particularly in the northern part of the country. Speaking at this year's International Day of Education on Monday, which was organised by the Northeast Zonal Coordinator of Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI), Dr. Peter Ajanson,…
5 Dec
The West African Regional Leadership Centre of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), organised the homecoming in-person event for 2023 in Accra, Ghana. Themed, ‘Empowering Young Leaders: Unleashing Youth Potential to Explore and Actualize', it had in attendance the Acting Mission Director, the United States Agency for International Development, (USAID), Gregory Howell; YALI West Africa…
3 Nov
Notwithstanding the federal law mandating hospitals to treat victims of gunshots with or without police treatment in order to save precious and innocent lives, it has become necessary for the government to embrace sterner measures to make this effective, following various incidences...
3 Jun 2023
Subomi Plumptre is championing financial prosperity among Africa’s middle class through her role as co-founder of Volition Cap (Nigeria) and Volition Blue (USA).
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Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, yesterday, urged researchers and institutes in the agricultural sector to align their research with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda on food security to have enough food to feed Nigerians.
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Nigeria may face worse power outages given rising attacks on transmission infrastructure, a development the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) blamed for grid collapse.
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Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) has dedicated this year’s edition of World Book and Copyright Day to Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, for his dedication to the promotion of reading culture and the protection of copyright.
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Report released yesterday by an international child rights group, Save the Children, indicated that about 15.6 million children in Nigeria faced hunger as the lean season starts in June.
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An advocacy group, the Coalition for Land Rights Advocacy in Nigeria (CLARAN), has called for compensatory justice for victims of the Lagos-Calabar Superhighway project and amplified the voices of affected individuals in matters of land rights.
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Citizens Gravel, a non-profit organisation, has said Nigeria has over 27.5 million legal problems with land disputes accounting for 30 per cent of the legal issues.
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Government at all levels have been enjoined to activate policies aimed at encouraging learning among children.
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Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered that the charges on alleged N80.2 billion fraud filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, be served through his lawyer, Abdulwahab Mohammed.
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Residents of Taraba, Gombe and Adamawa states are facing severe hardship as a result of widespread power outage, which has crippled businesses and exacerbated economic challenges in the region.