The African Natural Resources and Energy Investment Summit (AFNIS) 2025, held from 15th to 17th of July 2025, with the overarching theme “Harnessing Local Content for Sustainable Development,” successfully convened key stakeholders to address the critical need for Africa to leverage its vast natural resource wealth to drive industrial growth,…
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Chidimma Uchegbu – Abuja The Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Expatriates, Badr Abdel Aaty is in Nigeria for investment opportunities for the mutual benefits of the two countries. Aaty disclosed this when he paid a courtesy visit to his Nigerian counterpart, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar in Abuja on Monday…
Chidimma Uchegbu – Abuja The Federal Government has denied a false online report claiming the cancellation of the 2025 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and National Examinations Council (NECO) examinations due to widespread malpractice. In a statement on Sunday signed by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry…
Chidimma Uchegbu The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has lauded the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) as one of Nigeria’s best-managed government institutions, applauding its transparency and impact on tertiary education. Speaking during a courtesy visit by a delegation of students from Colleges of Education across Nigeria, COEASU…
By Mohammed Bwago In the heart of northwestern Nigeria, Sokoto State has been undergoing a quiet but impactful revolution in the last 27 months. Often overshadowed by national politics and regional complexities, the state is now commanding attention for the sweeping reforms and development projects initiated under Governor Ahmad Aliyu.…
The Sokoto State Government has committed no fewer than N500 million to tackle the rising severe acute malnutrition among children in the state. Governor Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto disclosed this during a high-level advocacy visit to Sokoto, led by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Prof. Nantewa Yilwatda, according to a statement…
Chidimma Uchegbu – Abuja Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu has challenged Nigerians in diaspora to think home in their investment plans. She also implored them not to see the United States of America and Europe as their ‘permanent homes,’ but to begin to take proactive…
Chidimma Uchegbu The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has put the number of loan beneficiaries across tertiary institutions in the country as at July 2025 at 396,252. It also estimated that the total loan applications received from eligible students across Nigeria and the FCT stood at 645,692, while disclosing that…
Chidimma Uchegbu – Abuja The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has promised stronger synergy with its critical partners and other stakeholders in the conduct of the Orientation Course and other aspects of the Scheme’s operations. The NYSC Director General, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, stated this at the Opening Ceremony of…
By Abubakar Dan Ali The massive development witnessed in Sokoto state in the last 27 months is a testament to what could be achieved when an elected first-term governor focuses on delivering the dividends of good governance, rather than being consumed in the send-less scheming for re-election. Governor Ahmad Aliyu…