By Muhammad Inuwa, Dutse The Jigawa State Executive Council has approved ₦1.48 billion for constituency projects across the state’s 30 constituencies and endorsed a new policy to promote gender equality and inclusive education. The Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sports and Culture, Alhaji Sagir Musa, disclosed this while briefing journalists after the State Executive Council meeting […]
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Workers in the Federal Capital Territory FCT have endorsed President Bola Tinubu for re-election in 2027, pledging to mobilise supporters across the six Area Councils for his second-term bid. The endorsement was announced by the FCT coordinator of Working People United WoPU, Comrade Musa Fadawa, on Wednesday in Abuja. Fadawa described […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that the only way to remove the threat posed by Iran was to topple its government.
By Golok Nanmwa, Jos The Plateau State Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old man, Aweng Josiah, for allegedly mobilising hoodlums to assault Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) officers after they impounded his vehicle over traffic violations. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Alfred Alabo, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Jos, saying the […]
The Oyo State House of Assembly has approved a fresh N100 billion loan for Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration to finance infrastructure projects, alongside a separate N300 billion facility to refinance an existing contractors’ loan, in a financial arrangement involving a combined N400 billion.
Recover 59 ATM cards, two motorcycles, weapons By Boluwaji Obahopo, Lokoja The Kogi State Police Command has arrested 11 suspects over alleged cultism and ATM card-swapping fraud in Itobe, Ofu Local Government Area, and Idah, respectively. The police also recovered 59 ATM cards belonging to different banks, two motorcycles, an axe, a cutlass and a […]
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, has asked members of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the FCT to support President Bola Tinubu and candidates of the All Progressives Congress APC in the 2027 elections. Wike, who is the coordinator of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu/APC Presidential Campaign […]
By Steve Oko UMUAHIA — Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has announced plans to flag off the construction of ultra-modern court complexes in Aba and Umuahia in November. Each complex, according to the governor, will have an auditorium with a seating capacity of 1,000. Otti also announced plans to commission 15 additional court halls […]
Iranian authorities sentenced a 23-year-old student to death for blasphemy in social media posts, rights groups said, as the judiciary’s use of capital punishment on political charges mounts.
By Muhammad Inuwa, Dutse The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested three suspected criminals and recovered a locally made pistol, ammunition and other weapons along the Nguru–Birniwa Road. The command’s spokesperson, SP Lawan Shiisu Adam, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists. He said operatives of Operation Salama arrested the suspects on October […]
Will the Kano voters give their support to President Bola Tinubu, who is still running on the plank of APC and ensure he secures more than the 517,341 votes he got in 2023?
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*As Over 600 Innovators, enterprise leaders grace Innovate Africa By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor Africa’s technology conversation is shifting from simply producing digital talent to building the products, businesses and innovation systems capable of solving the continent’s most pressing problems. That was the central message as more than 600 product managers, founders, enterprise executives and […]
By Prince Osuagwu As the world braces for the annual Black Friday shopping frenzy, Nigerian e-commerce giant, Konga, is preparing its own answer to the global retail phenomenon — Konga Yakata 2026 — with a promise to triple the shopping experience for consumers.The month-long retail festival, expected to kick off on November 1, is shaping […]
Cost of 11,000 rural base stations, 40m litres of diesel expose details By Juliet Umeh With more than 11,000 rural telecommunications base stations consuming an estimated 40 million litres of diesel monthly, Nigeria’s drive to connect underserved communities faces a costly infrastructure challenge that extends beyond building network towers. The challenge is compounded by the […]
For Francois Charles, mathematician and department head at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, two separate issues are playing out.
By Elizabeth Osayande LAGOS: James Hope University, Lagos, is pushing a new model of collaboration between academia and government to strengthen public-sector capacity in Nigeria, beginning with an exploratory meeting with the Lagos State Ministry of Information and Strategy. The postgraduate-only university, the first of its kind in Lagos State, is proposing capacity-building, joint research, […]
By Adesina Wahab Experts in education and technology sectors have emphasised the need for policymakers, administrators, teachers and learners to keep abreast of the changes the use of Artificial Intelligence, AI, is bringing to the education sector and the ways it is changing the careers of people. They spoke in Lagos at StudyIn Global Study […]
…Varsity to honour Cavista Holdings chairman, two others as 286 students bag first-class degrees By Rotimi Ojomoyela ADO-EKITI — The Founder and Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, will receive honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from two foreign universities as the institution prepares to graduate 2,194 students at its 14th convocation […]
The federal government has pledged to honour its agreements with tertiary institution workers, declaring that Nigerian students must no longer lose precious academic years to strikes triggered by unfulfilled government commitments.
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