BUA Cement extends Eid-el-Kabir gesture to host communities in Sokoto
By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto SOKOTO: As part of its ongoing commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR), BUA Cement Plc has donated 12 cows and 200 bags of 50kg rice—valued at over ₦70 million—to vulnerable and less privileged residents across five districts in Wamakko Local Government Area, Sokoto State. This gesture, in celebration of the forthcoming […]
Livestock: NIRSAL prepares actors to tap into $2.5bn FDI
Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has commenced the training of livestock value chain actors on how to benefit from the $2. 5 billion Foreign Direct Investment, FDI from Brazilian protein giant, JBS. President Bola Tinubu signed the deal, earlier in the year, for the FDI from […]
Lagos set for high-octane action, as 4th Prime Atlantic Squash Tournament serves off
Tomi Falase, Chairman of the Lagos State Squash Association, says the Prime Atlantic Squash Tournament represents a defining moment for Nigerian squash, following the state’s dominant outing at the recently concluded National Sports Festival (NSF) in Ogun. The 4th edition of the Prime Atlantic Squash Tournament is scheduled to hold from June 9 to June […]
Toyota network, most comprehensive in Nigeria — Kunle Ade Ojo
•Rewards loyalty, honours stakeholders at 2025 Awards Night By Theodore Opara Toyota (Nigeria) Limited, TNL, on Friday night rolled out the red carpet in Lekki, Lagos, to celebrate its customers, partners, staff, and stakeholders at the 2025 Toyota Awards Night – a glittering ceremony laced with gratitude, excellence, and the reaffirmation of the brand’s commitment […]
Accesstech innovation urges Nigeria to scrap import duties on asssistive technology
LAGOS, NIGERIA –In commemoration of World Assistive Technology Day 2025, Accesstech Innovation and Research Centre, a leading Nigerian social enterprise dedicated to assistive technology, is urgently appealing to the Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Nigerian Customs Service, to remove import duties on all assistive technology products. The Chief operations officer of accesstech innovation and […]
DBI partners SBTS to roll out digital infrastructure across Nigeria
By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Digital Bridge Institute (DBI) has partnered with SBTS Nigeria Limited to roll out a landmark digital infrastructure project aimed at transforming Nigeria’s technological landscape. The initiative, anchored on two major components — a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Centre and a Security Operations Centre (SOC) — is designed to provide world-class digital […]
I see improved security in next 2 years of Tinubun – Buratai
The former Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has expressed optimism that the security situation in the country would improve in the next two years of President Bola Tinubu. Buratai stated this in an interview with newsmen at the sidelines of the 2025 VON Forum on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, […]
Adebisi calls for smarter tobacco policy as Nigeria risks South Africa’s mistakes
By Yusuff Adebisi Adebayo A new comparative policy analysis is sparking debate over Nigeria’s approach to tobacco control, as health experts point to lessons from New Zealand’s progressive harm reduction strategy and South Africa’s more restrictive, but less effective, model. The report, titled A Tale of Two Nations, draws a sharp contrast between New Zealand’s […]
Tinubu confers national honour on Bill Gates
By Bayo Wahab President Bola Tinubu has conferred the national honour of the Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) on Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates. Gates received the honour on Tuesday as part of his ongoing visit to Nigeria to discuss key health and development initiatives. Gates is in Nigeria to […]
What does The Big Picture mean to DSO? By Okoh Aihe
The news last week that the Federal Government is seemingly finalising plans to put the Digital Switchover, DSO, on an accelerator that can immediately take it to about 10 million people, was very elevating and, for me, it marks a good turn for the Tinubu administration. The story which has been in gestation but only broke […]
President Tinubu’s mid-term score, by Rotimi Fasan
The earnestness with which many opposition politicians and the disaffected conclave of commentariat (not the actual mass of hungry Nigerians that are more with the real but mundane issues of bread and butter) looked forward to the mid-term performance evaluation of the Bola Tinubu administration gave the impression that he has completed his first if not […]
