Vice-President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for Dallas, United States, for the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit. The summit, hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa, will take place at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. According to a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Stanley…
Funding for climate tech startups in Africa from the private sector is growing, with businesses raising more than $3.4 billion since 2019. But there’s still a long way to go, with the continent requiring $277 billion annually to meet its climate goals for 2030. This Special Report looks at the perspectives tech startups funding challenges…
Nigerian authorities said they have arrested the mastermind of a 2022 terrorist attack on a moving train that killed 10 passengers. Police arrested Ibrahim Abdulahi, who is also known as “Mande,” during a raid in January at the Abuja-Kaduna road flyover near Rido junction, Police Force public relations officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi told journalists on Thursday….
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has taken legal action against the governors of the 36 states of the Federation and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over their failure to account for and publish the agreements of the N5.9 trillion and $4.6 billion loans obtained by their states and the…
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced the digitization of the recruitment process for Examination Supervisors and Assistant Supervisors for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) Internal and External. According to a statement by the Acting Director, Information and Digital Communication, NECO, Azeez Sani, on Sunday, the…
The Executive Assistant to the Oyo state Governor on Administration, Reverend Idowu Ogedengbe, unveiled plans to train over 1,000 senior secondary school students in coding and non-code technology skills. During a press briefing in Ibadan Rev Ogedengbe ,suggested that this initiative was aimed at promoting quality and long-lasting growth in the education sector, in alignment…
Concerns and knocks have greeted President bola Tinubu continued absence at home (Nigeria) with today, Sunday, May 5 being exactly seven days after he attended the World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and has yet to return to Nigeria. The two-day forum, which…
…Commends Journalists’ Role on World Press Freedom Day UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday stressed the pivotal role of journalists and media workers on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, saying, Without press freedom, we won’t have any freedom”. According to the UN Chief, “Around the world, media workers are risking their lives trying…
Russia’s Interior Ministry on Saturday added Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelesnkyy on the country’s wanted list under an article of the national Criminal Code. About 800 days into the Russia-Ukraine war, a bulletin for Zelenskyy’s arrest appeared on the ministry’s database of wanted people with the notice “wanted under a Criminal Code article,” though which article…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission NERC, has restructured the Transmission Company of Nigeria TCN, by establishing the Nigerian Independent System Operator of Nigeria Limited NISON. The NERC Chairman, Mr Sanusi Garba and Vice Chairman, Mr Muslim Oseni, made the announcement in Abuja, on Saturday. NERC stated, “This new company, to be named the Nigerian Independent…
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