By Adeola Badru A new wave of Nigerian innovation is making global ripples as Henry Sanmi Makinde, a researcher and AI systems developer, unveils a patented technology that could redefine assessment across medicine, engineering, and other certification-heavy fields. His system, “Multi-Stage Agentic Automated Item Generation and Validation System,” places Nigeria firmly on the map of […]

By Providence Ayanfeoluwa In response to evolving challenges and opportunities,  the New Partnership for Africa, NEPAD, Business Group Nigeria, NBGN has commenced a rebranding programme with renewed focus on economic development. In a statement made available to Vanguard, Chairman, NBGN,  Bashorun Randle, said NEPAD has been a driving force in advancing economic growth, regional integration, and […]

•As U.S. inventories hit 3.6m barrels By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor THE price of Bonny Light, Nigeria’s premium crude dropped further by 20 per cent to $67 per barrel from $84.02  per barrel on January  2025, fuelling fears over achievement of  Federal Government’s budget 2025 revenue target. The Budget 2025 is based on crude oil price […]

The political crisis rocking Rivers State appears to be unending. The state House of Assembly, led by Mr. Martin Amaewhule, has asked Governor Siminialayi Fubara to sack all commissioners within 48 hours and submit a new list of nominees for appointment within the same time.

National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday, revealed that its security team has recovered two rifles, live cartilages, a machete, and other weapons hidden by unknown persons at the drug market, Niger Bridgehead, Onitsha in Anambra State, amidst the on-going clampdown on fake and counterfeit drugs.

THE First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Thursday, announced the plan to distribute 37,000 disposable sanitary pads, 10,000 per state including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, to female students in secondary schools.

Nigeria has climbed to sixth place in the 2025 Global Terrorism Index (GTI) with a score of 7.658, moving up from eighth position in 2023 and 2024.

The recent Supreme Court verdicts on some of the lingering, clearly unnecessary political cases emanating from Rivers State may not end the imbroglio.

By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,512 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,515 per dollar on Tuesday. However, the Naira depreciated to N1,505 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM). Data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the indicative exchange rate for the naira rose […]

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, urged Nigerians, irrespective of their ethnic, religious and political affiliations to be patriotic in building Nigeria to an enviable status in the comity of nations.