The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has trained 160 youths from Kebbi and Zamfara states in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Analytics to boost their digital skills and employment prospects. Mr Luka Dalang, Programme Coordinator of RimaFin Consulting, said this in an interview with Newsmen on Friday in Kaduna at the end of […]

South Africa faced an unusual backlash from fellow African football fans after a 2-0 opening-match loss to Mexico at the World Cup, with social media trending more with jokes and taunts than the usual early-tournament solidarity seen among African nations.

“All public and private schools affected by the earlier circular are to resume normal academic and administrative activities, with effect from Monday, June 15, 2026,” he added.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup may have only just begun, but concerns over stadium attendance and competition regulations have already emerged as talking points during the tournament’s opening days.

After decades of debate, failed attempts, and mounting insecurity that has left Nigerians questioning the capacity of a centralised police force to police a country of over 200 million people spread across 36 states, the National Assembly has placed before the executive a landmark constitutional alteration bill — Bill No. 7 — formally titled “A Bill for an Act to Alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 to Provide for the Establishment of State Police and for Related Matters (Sixth Alteration) 2026”.