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The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) is investing heavily in Nigeria’s sustainable climate action in order to boost green economy as encapsulated in the doctrine of development and industrialization marshaled by the Agency’s Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Khalil Suleiman Halilu. Building a sustainable climate action is critical to the policy initiative of President […]
Katsina State’s one-day stakeholder engagement on reforming the Almajiri and Islamiyya system, held on September 22, 2025, represents a commendable step in tackling a longstanding national blight. Convened by Governor Dikko Umaru Radda, the forum brought together religious leaders, parents, government agencies, development partners, and stakeholders to examine the system’s challenges and propose context-specific solutions. […]
In a world that seems endlessly drawn to Africa’s crises of coups, conflicts and corruption, Namibia is quietly scripting a different story. It is a story of progress, of steady governance, of women rising to political power without fanfare or foreign headlines. Yet, the silence from the international media, and even within Africa itself, is […]
The search for the new chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced as Mahmmod Yakubu, the incumbent, has resigned. Yakubu, whose tenure expired on December 9, 2025, announced his departure during Tuesday’s meeting of INEC with states’ Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Consequently, the longest-serving National Commissioner […]
The Federal Government has announced plans to strategically refinance the nation’s expensive debt portfolio to reduce debt service costs and ease the burden of borrowing on the nation’s finances. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja while delivering a keynote address at the […]
Minister of innovation, science and technology, Geoffrey Uche Nnaji, has resigned from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s cabinet amid allegations of forgery levelled against him. The president’s special adviser on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed the resignation in a statement issued on Monday, noting that the President had accepted it “in good faith.” Nnaji’s travails […]
Newly appointed attorney-general and commissioner for Justice in Kano State, Barr Abdulkarim Maude, has vowed to instill discipline among state lawyers and introduce reforms to ensure speedy dispensation of justice and decongestion of prisons in the state. In his maiden press briefing in his office at the secretariat of the ministry, Maude expressed appreciation to […]
Many residents of Kaduna State are groaning under the weight of soaring house rents as landlords and agents continue to hike prices in significant parts of the State. LEADERSHIP gathered that landlords and agents have raised rents in Ungwan Maigero, Karji, Narayi and Barnawa, making accommodation difficult for many low- and middle-income earners. In some […]
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the deductions of various taxes and charges from civil servants’ salaries and earnings. This was a sequel to the adoption of a motion sponsored by the House Chief Whip, Hon. Usman Kumo, at plenary on Tuesday. Moving the motion, Kumo said the deductions aligned with government policies […]
The Asagba of Asaba, His Royal Majesty, Obi (Prof.) Epiphany Azinge (SAN) has emphasised the need for a befitting national monument in honour of the victims of the Asaba massacre, reaffirming that the Asaba people deserve a formal apology from a sitting president for the injustice of the killings. The monarch made the call on […]