By Hadiza Yusuf The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has called for greater participation of Northern Nigeria in the country’s digital economy, saying technology is critical to achieving inclusive growth and national prosperity. Abdullahi made the call on Thursday at the Global Tech Africa (GTA) conference in Kano, […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, in collaboration with the Benue State Government, has unveiled a Rapid Education Needs Assessment Report identifying critical gaps in educational infrastructure, access to quality learning and basic facilities in schools, particularly in Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, camps and host communities affected by insecurity. The report, […]

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power” …Abraham Lincoln, former U. S. President In leading the DSS, Ajayi, combines sheer brilliance, courage, determination, humility, qualitative vision, strategic mindset, technocratic expertise, emotional intelligence, high execution rate, empathy, and high level of integrity. Indeed, those rare […]

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo The Federal Government has allocated N2.1 billion to the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, Osun State, to revive its renal replacement programme, the hospital’s Chief Medical Director, Prof. John Okeniyi, has said. Okeniyi disclosed this on Thursday during the grand finale of the hospital’s 50th anniversary celebration at […]

By Dapo Akinrefon The Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has dissociated himself from the conferment of the designation of Senior Counsel of Nigeria (SCN), otherwise referred to as Blue Silk, upon him by the Nigerian Law Society, NLS.The High Commissioner, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Lizzy Okoji, […]