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The  NOBUL Africa Foundation, Institutional Accountability & Transparency (i-ACT) Project and Nigeria Youth Futures Fund (NYFF) have collaborated to revolutionise youth-driven governance in Benue State. The director of NOBUL Africa Foundation, Soohemba Agatha Aker, presented her keynote address at the launch yesterday in Makurdi and emphasised the urgent need for the project to thrive for […]

Professor Dung Pam Sha of the Department of Political Science, University of Jos has advocated for decentralising resources and authority to state governments while keeping federal coordination to address violent extremism in Central Nigeria. According to him, political will is urgently required to deal with foreign mercenaries, insurgents and bandits recruited to perpetrate violence and […]

As the National Assembly prepares to resume from recess, Yiaga Africa and the International Press Centre (IPC) have pressed for the immediate passage of provisions for early voting in the ongoing electoral reform process. They argued that journalists, security agencies, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and Nigerians in the diaspora are often disenfranchised due […]

A group, Movement for National Reformation (MNR), has mourned the late former chairman, Chief Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo. It described the deceased as a patriot, statesman and tireless advocate for democracy and justice in Nigeria. In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday by the secretary of MNR, Dr Philip Idaewor, said Adebayo, who passed on June […]

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) children, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), have embarked on cleaning the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp situated in the Sharing Prosperity School, Kuchingoro, and its environs. The team leader, Ashezi Akwashiki, founder of Book Buddies, who led children between the ages of 10 and 16, including mothers, […]

Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his unwavering support for the agency’s education-focused initiatives, particularly the recent departure of 161 Niger Delta beneficiaries for postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom. Otuaro, who disclosed this in a statement  by  his special assistant on Media, Mr. […]

Some of the videos trending online, arising from the current attempts to negotiate with bandits by some local government areas of Katsina State, have justified the position of most Nigerians, including this newspaper, who have kicked against negotiation with the bandits. As at the last count, eleven local government areas comprising Jibia, Batsari, Safana, Ɗanmusa, […]

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has applauded the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) for its tireless efforts in advancing Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Nigeria, especially forging the Creative Media Sector Skills Council. The Minister made the remarks at his office in Abuja on Tuesday during a […]

A former presidential candidate, Prof. Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies, has condemned an alleged plan by a Nigerian entertainer, Mandy Kiss, to have sex with 100 men within 24 hours in pursuit of a Guinness World Record. Adesanya-Davies, in a statement yesterday, noted that, “Nigerian content creator, Ayomiposi Oluwadahunsi, popularly known as Mandy Kiss, has announced plans to […]

The Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Professor Idris Bugaje, has emphasised that Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) represents Nigeria’s most viable pathway out of poverty. Bugaje made this known while speaking during the opening of a two-day capacity-building programme for TVET stakeholders in Kano under the Better Education […]