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AI Boom Drives Record Global Intangible Investment

AI Boom Drives Record Global Intangible Investment

Mirian Gom July 8, 2026

GENEVA – AI investment is driving global spending on software, research, data and other intangible assets to...

Oil Prices Jump After US Strikes Iran Nigerian fuel station as global oil prices rise after Middle East conflict

Oil Prices Jump After US Strikes Iran

Mirian Gom July 8, 2026

LONDON – Oil prices climb to their highest level in two weeks after fresh United States military...

Otti Opens Smart School, Warns Against Extortion Governor Alex Otti commissions Ogbor Central Smart School in Umuahia South.

Otti Opens Smart School, Warns Against Extortion

Korede Abdullah July 8, 2026

UMUAHIA, Nigeria – Ogbor Central Smart School has been inaugurated by Abia State Governor Alex Otti, who...

FG Transfers Recovered Assets to Schools Education Minister Tunji Alausa receives recovered assets from the EFCC for distribution to Nigerian schools.

Education Minister Tunji Alausa receives recovered assets from the EFCC for distribution to Nigerian schools.

FG Transfers Recovered Assets to Schools

Mirian Gom July 7, 2026

FG Transfers Recovered Assets to Schools ABUJA, Nigeria – Recovered assets for schools are being redirected...

Medical Academics Issue 21-Day Strike Notice NAMDA President Nosa Orhue announces a 21-day strike ultimatum in Abuja.

Medical Academics Issue 21-Day Strike Notice

Mirian Gom July 7, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The NAMDA strike could begin nationwide if the Federal Government fails to resolve outstanding...

Nigeria Advances Lassa Fever Vaccine Research Healthcare workers attending to Lassa fever patients in Nigeria

Nigeria Advances Lassa Fever Vaccine Research

Oluwatobi Adu July 7, 2026

BAUCHI, Nigeria – Lassa fever vaccine development has received a major boost as Nigerian researchers launch a...

Expert Backs Senate on Boko Haram Programme Nigerian Senate plenary discussing mandatory antivenom stocking policy

Expert Backs Senate on Boko Haram Programme

Mirian Gom July 7, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Boko Haram rehabilitation programme should be abolished, security expert Dr Steve Okwori says,...

Almajiri Commission Defends 2026 Budget Projects Almajiri Commission Clarifies 2026 Budget Projects

Almajiri Commission Defends 2026 Budget Projects

Otamere Gladness July 7, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Almajiri Commission 2026 budget has come under public scrutiny, prompting the National Commission...

Peace on Paper, Fear on the Ground: Has Nigeria’s Deradicalisation Strategy Made the Country Safer? Repentant terrorists having training and orientation in Borno State

Repentant terrorists having training and orientation in Borno State

Peace on Paper, Fear on the Ground: Has Nigeria’s Deradicalisation Strategy Made the Country Safer?

Korede Abdullah July 7, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Nearly a decade after Nigeria launched one of Africa’s most ambitious deradicalisation and reintegration...

FG Launches First Manu-Tech Innovation Pod Education Minister Tunji Alausa launches the Manu-Tech Innovation Pod at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike.