Gov Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has called for urgent and collective action to tackle the rising number of out-of-school children in the state. The governor made the call on Monday at a one-day stakeholder engagement for the 2025 Enrolment Drive Campaign in Gombe, organised in partnership with the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and…
The Israeli military on Monday declared another of the hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip to be dead. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) wrote on social media platform X that the hostage in question is a 21-year-old Israeli-American soldier born in New York. He was killed during the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attacks on…
Gabon’s former president Ali Bongo, who was ousted in a putsch, is free to leave the country and travel abroad the leader of the coup that toppled him said on Wednesday. “He has freedom of movement… and can travel abroad if he wishes,” general Brice Oligui Nguema said in a statement read on state television….
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday completed the final phase of its automation process with the digitisation of question authoring for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this at the University of Ibadan during a training programme for test developers. Oloyede said the board began…
Nigeria’s fastest growing non-interest banking services provider, TAJBank Limited, has consolidated its frontline position by winning an award at the just concluded Islamic Finance News (IFN) Awards in Dubai. According to a statement by its Managing Director, Hamid Joda, the bank won the “Best Islamic Bank in Nigeria” award through a global survey conducted by…
President Bola Tinubu has charged the personnel of the Nigeria Police Force to protect Nigerians and not intimidate them. The president stated this at the 2nd Nigeria Police Awards and Commentators in Abuja on Wednesday night. Speaking at the event, Tinubu, who was represented by the president of the senate, Goodwill Akpabio, said “the power…
Diageo, a global leader in premium spirits, has partnered Celebr-8 Lyfe (a Tolaram Company) to transform Nigeria’s premium spirits market. This partnership, according to Kavita Hans, General Manager, Diageo West and Central Africa, on Tuesday in Lagos, via a statement, would enhance the availability of its iconic brands across Nigeria. Hans said that the company’s…
Nigeria is facing a critical funding shortfall in its efforts to combat tuberculosis (TB), with an estimated 80,000 expected TB patients in 2024 still unidentifiable or untreated. Stakeholders raised this concern on Tuesday at a pre-World TB Day press briefing in Abuja. Mr Tajudeen Ibrahim, Country Coordinating Mechanism, Global Fund, Executive Secretary, disclosed that Nigeria…
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has reported that the latest Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) submitted by 113 countries, including Nigeria, could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 12 per cent by 2035. The findings were released in the NDC Synthesis Report on the sidelines of COP30 in Belém, Brazil. Together, these countries…
The Israeli Air Force has attacked the international airport in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, according to Yemeni sources. The Yemen’s Houthi militia, reported several attacks on Tuesday on the airport by Israel and the United States, as well as strikes on a nearby cement factory and a power plant. The U.S. and Israel have not yet…
