FG launches nationwide learning assessment to tackle education crisis
By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The Federal Government has launched a nationwide National Learning Assessment as part of efforts to address Nigeria’s learning crisis, improve teaching standards and reduce learning poverty across the country. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, disclosed this on Friday while monitoring the exercise at Government Secondary School, Kuje, Junior Secondary School, […]
Laboratory science is the missing link in earlier blood cancer detection today
Every week, somewhere in a hospital, a patient receives a blood cancer diagnosis that should have come months earlier. Not because their doctor failed them. Not because the technology did not exist. But because the diagnostic chain that should have caught it earlier was either under-resourced, undervalued, or simply not understood by the people making […]
Africa is moving up the value chain—will the West keep pace?
…Africa is moving from raw material exports to industrial production, creating new investment opportunities …Dangote’s success in Nigeria is inspiring similar industrial ambitions in Tanzania …Western investors must invest in Africa’s industrial growth or risk being left behind by rising resource nationalism. Africa’s industrial transformation is accelerating, and Western investors face a strategic choice: become […]
Kebbi governor commissions N4.53bn Sokoto road, hails regional development
By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto Governor of Kebbi State, Nasir Idris, on Thursday commissioned the 14.5-kilometre Zawaiyya–Unguwar Maidaji–Gwangwan Dikko Road in Tambuwal Local Government Area of Sokoto State, describing investment in road infrastructure as a key driver of economic growth and rural development. The road project, completed at a cost of ₦4.53 billion, is part of […]
Osun 2027: Ijesa North monarchs back Olajengbesi’s Rep bid
Ijesa North Traditional Rulers’ Council in the Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State on Thursday endorsed the quest of Accord Party candidate, Pelumi Olajengbesi, to run for the Oriade/Obokun Federal Constituency seat in the 2027 election. The council voiced its support during a town hall meeting at its headquarters in Iloko-Jesa, in the presence […]
Oyetola’s son donates N15m to 300 widows, elderly in Osun
By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo No fewer than 300 widows and elderly persons in Osun State on Thursday received a total of ₦15 million from Mr. Femi Oyetola, son of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, as part of activities marking his birthday. The beneficiaries, drawn from the 10 local government areas of […]
