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Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi, has reiterated the federal government’s commitment to opening up the south west corridors for massive economic growth, saying the ongoing Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway holds the magic wand. Umahi highlighted ongoing work across multiple sections, including those in Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Akwa Ibom, and Cross River. Over 30 dredgers are […]

Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu and the president of Gemstone Leadership Initiative, Mr. Fela Durotoye, have called on youths to imbibe moral values, especially the virtue of integrity. The duo spoke at the Y2025 International Youth Day Summit, organised by Lagos Ministry of Youth and Social Development at the weekend. They said the […]

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has urged critics and opposition members to embrace objective criticisms rather than making unguided remarks about Nigeria and President Bola Tinubu’s government. Oyintiloye, a former member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), spoke with newsmen yesterday in Osogbo. He declared […]

New president of the Methodist High School Old Students Association (MEHSOSAI), Dr. Clement Obadimu, has promised to focus on entrepreneurship and the empowerment of the members in the next two years to ensure they become labour employers. Obadimu, who reeled out his 8-point agenda, after he was elected at the 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) […]

Plans are ongoing for the 2025 edition of one of the highly anticipated comedy shows in Abuja,  “Vintage With Gana,” the brainchild of veteran comedian and MC Gana. The 2025 edition of the top-rated comedy show, tagged “Goals Before Gold, ” is scheduled to hold at the Abuja Transcorp Hilton Hotel on October 11. As […]

Experts have urged young people to embrace innovation, technology and value-chain development to contribute to economic growth and social change. A lecturer at the Federal Polytechnic Dana Tutu, Muhammad Sani Muazu, said Bauchi’s reliance on traditional farming methods had limited productivity, particularly in animal agriculture. He said while pastoralists still depend on local breeds producing […]

The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has called on the Nigerian government and other stakeholders to empower the girl-child in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Dr Adebisi Osim, the national president of APWEN, made the call over the weekend in Bauchi during the 2025 APWEN, Bauchi State chapter’s public lecture and […]

Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi (JOSTUM), has reiterated its ban on final-year students ” signing out” and called on parents, guardians, staff and security personnel to help the authorities enforce it. The university Senate, which outlawed the practice on 15th February, 2025, said the federal government has reinforced the ban in all Nigerian tertiary institutions. […]

The International Fertiliser Development Centre (IFDC), through its Soil Values programme, a DGIS-funded Programme, has begun training 50 extension workers to improve soil fertility and restore degraded lands in Bauchi State. This development follows a similar exercise held in Kano and Jigawa states. The programme organised a two-day training for extension agents and led farmers […]