Prof Kevin Urama, Chief Economist and Vice President, Economic Governance and Knowledge Management, African Development Bank (AfDB), says the continent needs 74 billion dollars in 2024 for debt service. Urama disclosed this at the launch of the Debt Management Forum for Africa (DeMFA) and its innaugural policy dialogue on Monday in Abuja. The theme of…
A 20-year-old man accused of abusing children with mental health problems on the internet and driving one of them to suicide has been arrested in Germany. The arrest was possible after a tip-off from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. The police chief in the north German city of Hamburg, Falk Schnabel, told a press…
On this National Children’s Day, President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his commitment to ensuring the rights, dreams, and futures of every Nigerian child are protected. In his address for the 2025 celebrations, Tinubu remarked, “You represent the most valuable segment of our national identity, the essence of our nation’s future, and the stewards of tomorrow’s…
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, has stated that the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) has successfully addressed the long-standing problem of identity theft in Nigeria’s elections. Speaking at the 2025 Digital Nigeria International Conference and Exhibitions in Abuja, organised by the National Information Technology…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed an application by suspended senior police officer Abba Kyari and his brothers seeking to halt their trial for alleged non-disclosure of assets and money laundering. Justice James Omotosho ruled on Tuesday that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had established sufficient evidence requiring the defendants to…
Federal civil servants in Nigeria have renewed calls for the government to settle the outstanding three months of the ₦35,000 wage award, saying the prolonged delay is worsening economic hardship amid soaring inflation. Speaking in Abuja, several workers told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that they were struggling to cope with everyday expenses as…
The Federal Government says that privately-owned Computer Based Test (CBT) centres and others belonging to public institutions will be fully deployed in the conduct of school-based Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) by 2026. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this during the monitoring of a pilot CBT SSCE conducted by National Examinations Council…
The Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, has enlisted 14 professors and 23 research students from different Nigerian universities for its joint venture sabbatical and internship programmes. Igo Weli, the General Manager, Relations and Sustainable Development, made the disclosure in a statement by the company’s Spokesman, Mr Michael Adande on Wednesday. It would recalled that in…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Neysom Wike on Tuesday described political leadership as the bridge between democracy and development. Wike stated this in Abuja on Tuesday, in a lecture titled, “The Impact of Political Leadership on Infrastructural Development in Nigeria: Between Dividends of Democracy and Good Governance.” The minister presented the lecture at…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has approved the recruitment of 34 resident doctors for a seven-year residency training to enhance health-care delivery in FCT. Mr Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant to the minister on Public Communications and Social Media, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday….
