By Yinka Kolawole, with agency report The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disclosed that the Federal Government (FG) failed to capture public expenditure equivalent to about two per cent of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in recent national budgets, creating a mismatch between the country’s reported fiscal deficit and its actual financing needs. IMF’s Resident Representative […]

OSOGBO— PRESIDENT of the Ife Development Board, IDB, Mr Gbenga Adefaye, has announced the establishment of the first community website for Ife indigenes and tourists. Adefaye, who is also the Provost of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, NIJ, said the creation of the digital resource fulfils one of the priorities of his administration of the […]

…embraces AI to deepen inclusion By Joseph Erunke, Abuja Ten years after its establishment, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,JAMB Equal Opportunity Group,JEOG,has supported no fewer than 4,216 candidates with disabilities in accessing tertiary education, with an average of 53 per cent gaining admission annually into universities, polytechnics and colleges of education across the country. […]

ABUJA— PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has said as part of the reform of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, corps members would now be deployed to security-challenged states, guided by risk assessment.

ABUJA — The Department of State Services, DSS, yesterday, arraigned five alleged associates of a former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, for concealing his whereabouts after he was implicated as a financier of an alleged plot to overthrow the administration of President Bola Tinubu through a coup d’état.