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FG Partners UNICEF To Train 20m Youths In Digital Skills By 2030

04.06.2025

The Federal Government has renewed its strategic partnership with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) to train and empower 20 million young Nigerians with digital skills by 2030. This came as the Vice President, Kashim Shettima has accepted to chair the board of Generation Unlimited Nigeria (GenU 9JA), a public-privateyouth partnership platform constituted...

Ex-EFCC Chair, Bawa, Unveils Book On Nigeria’s Fuel Subsidy Fraud

04.06.2025

A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has released a groundbreaking new book titled ‘The Shadow of Loot & Losses: Uncovering Nigeria’s Petroleum Subsidy Fraud’. This exposé provides the most authoritative account yet of Nigeria’s multi-trillion-naira fuel subsidy scandal, unraveling the inner workings of one of the country’s most...

Miss Nollywood Int’l Writes Tinubu, Accuses NHIA Of Neglecting Staff, Others

04.06.2025

Miss Nollywood International, Hassana Salisu, has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, over alleged neglect of staff welfare, stagnant wages, mismanagement, corruption and lack of accountability by senior leadership of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). The letter sighted in Abuja, appealed to President Tinubu to urgently address the alleged injustices and economic...

Edun: Participation Of State Owned Coys Key To Inclusive Growth

04.06.2025

Increase in participation of Nigerianowned companies in key sectors of the economy is a reflection of a broader shift toward homegrown solutions and inclusive economic growth, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, has said. Edun, while receiving a delegation from Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited (RAEC) on a courtesy...

FG To Deploy Over 6m Metres To Close Existing Gaps

04.06.2025

Special Adviser to the President on Energy, Mrs. Olu Arowolo Verheijen, has said that over six million metres are planned to be deployed from multiple sources to address the metering gap in Nigeria. She explained that the sources include Nigeria Distribution Sector Recovery Program (DISREP), Federation Account, and the Meter Asset Fund (MAF). Verheijen, who...

Ekiti Commends Adetiloye’s Construction Of Nigeria’s First-Ever Symmetrical-Base Pyramid

04.06.2025

…highlights benefits for tourism, others Ekiti State government has commended Professor Philip Omoniyi Adetiloye for scoring a historic feat, with the construction of Nigeria’s first-ever symmetrical-base pyramid in Ise Ekiti. It is seen as a ground breaking development set to redefine Nigeria’s architectural and tourism landscapes. This development was disclosed by the Director General of...

IHS Nigeria Commissions 65 Patrol Vehicles To Enhance G4S Secure Solutions

04.06.2025

IHS Nigeria, a subsidiary of IHS Holding Limited (NYSE: IHS) and one of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared telecommunications infrastructure in the world by tower count, has formally commissioned 65 Response, Patrol, and Escort (RPE) vehicles to G4S Secure Solutions Nigeria Limited, its long-standing security partner. The commissioning ceremony which held...

Tribunal Dismisses AA’s Petition Against Aiyedatiwa’s Victory

04.06.2025

The Election Petition Tribunal sitting on the outcome of the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State has dismissed the petition filed by the Action Alliance (AA) challenging the victory of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a unanimous ruling, the Tribunal held that the...

Livestock Stakeholders To Tap Into $2.5bn FDI With Capacity Devs From NIRSAL

04.06.2025

To scale up livestock value chains in Nigeria, Nigeria Incentive Based Risk Sharing System for Agriculture Lending (NIRSAL) Plc, with support from the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, has launched a Feedlot management training Program aimed at preparing the country’s livestock value chain actors to tap into the $2.5 billion Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) deal....

Why Coalition To Remove Tinubu Slowed Down

04.06.2025

Convener of the League of Northern Democrats (LND),Umar Ardo, on Wednesday explained why the momentum of the political coalition to remove President Bola Tinubu in 2027 has slowed down. Speaking on Arise Television’s Morning Show programme, Ardo disclosed that the coalition is currently facing an ideology crisis. He stated that predominant members and leaders of...