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President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Al’amin Muhammed Idris, chief executive of Interface Africa, on winning the NextGen Innovation Challenge. Interface Africa, representing Kaduna, won a cash award of £1.5 million at the challenge’s grand finale, held on Thursday at the Hilton London Paddington. The NextGen Innovation Challenge is a national initiative spearheaded by the National […]
Baze University, Abuja, on Monday, October 7, 2025, commenced its annual Career Week, a three-day event designed to promote mental health awareness, career development, and student engagement. The programme has once again positioned the institution as a champion of student wellbeing and holistic education. The week began with a Health Walk organised by the Student […]
New York Attorney General Letitia James, the Democrat who led the landmark civil fraud case against President Donald Trump, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Virginia on charges of mortgage fraud. The indictment, confirmed Thursday by multiple US media outlets, including CNN and The Washington Post, marks a stunning turn in the […]
Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has faulted the Nigerian Supreme Court for what he described as inconsistency and excessive reliance on technicalities at the expense of substantive justice. Osinbajo, a Professor of Law, made the observation in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, during the second Prof. Yusuf Ali Annual Lecture organised by the Kwara State University […]
Ahead of the fourth edition of the Kings Concert, which will be held on October 11 at the Blake Resort, singer and entertainment executive, Michael Oyibo, has urged upcoming artistes to stay true to their craft and in the grind. Oyibo, nicknamed Kaycee Kline, said since the creation of Kings Concert, it’s become a platform […]
The family of late General Mamman Jiya Vatsa has reacted to the state pardon granted to him by President Bola Tinubu following the ratification of the Council of State on Thursday, saying it welcomed the decision but insisting that late Vatsa was innonent. The spokesman of the Vatsa family, Hon. Jonathan Vatsa, in a statement, […]
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize.
What led to Senator Natasha Hadiza Akpoti-Uduaghan’s six-month suspension from the Senate by the Committee on Ethics and Privileges needs little elaboration. It was, in essence, an avoidable clash of ego between two powerful figures—one a rising political star, the other the presiding officer of Nigeria’s upper chamber. What should have been a routine administrative […]
The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings has ranked the University of Lagos (UNILAG) as the first-ranked university in Nigeria. The 2026 THE World University Rankings, released on Thursday, October 9, 2025, indicates that UNILAG shares the first spot in Nigeria with the University of Ibadan in the 801–1000 range of over 2,191 […]
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has emphasised the need for the Nigerian government to accelerate economic reforms to stimulate sustainable growth, improve living standards, and restore investor confidence. LCCI stated this in its presentation of the private sector perspective on the recently released Nigeria Development Update (NDU) 2025 by the World Bank, […]
