By Christopher Ameh, Bauchi The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has intensified efforts to promote exclusive breastfeeding in Bauchi State after revealing that only 26 per cent of mothers exclusively breastfeed their babies during the first six months of life, while 74 per cent do not. The campaign, launched to mark the 2026 World Breastfeeding […]

FG budgets N1tn for empowerment, SUVs amid rising borrowing pressure – Report, July 27, 2026 Veterans monitoring the formulation and execution of annual budgets can honestly admit one truth. Military regimes were more disciplined. Every annual budget ended on midnight December 31 of the year. Funds not spent by that time were returned to the Treasury. There […]

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu, is to deliver the keynote address at the 2026 National Spokespersons Awards and Economic Confidential Annual Lecture, where anti-corruption reforms, economic stability and effective communication will take centre stage.

Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has selected 12 Nigerian startups for the fourth cohort of the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship. The selected startups were chosen for the strength of their education technology solutions and their focus on addressing the needs of underserved learners. According to CcHUB, the fourth cohort targets innovations […]

By Dayo Johnson, Akure The Executive Director, Corporate Services of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Hon. Ifedayo Sunday Abegunde, has pledged financial support for security initiatives in Ondo State as part of efforts to tackle insecurity. Abegunde made the pledge in Akure while receiving the Ondo State Command of Man O’ War Nigeria on […]