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The Institut Français du Nigéria (IFN) has organised an Open Day in Abuja, where it provided residents with insights into its diverse offerings as a premier centre for French language and Franco-Nigerian cultural exchange. The event attracted students, parents, professionals, and culture enthusiasts who explored the institute’s facilities and programmes. The head of the IFN […]
Communities affected by mining activities across West Africa have called for their consent to be sought before minerals are exploited in their regions. Traditional rulers, community leaders, and rights advocates made this demand at the opening of the 5th West African Mining Host Communities Indaba, which the rights and accountability group Global Rights organised. They […]
The minister of Transportation, Senator Sa’idu Ahmed Alkali, and his Marine and Blue Economy counterpart, Adegboyega Oyetola have reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment to transforming the country’s transport and Marine sectors through massive infrastructure investment, manpower development, and policy reforms. Speaking at the 2025 Nigeria Transport Sector Summit organised by the Transport Correspondents Association of […]
West Africa Container Terminal (WACT)-APM Terminals Nigeria and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) have signed a $60 million collaboration to advance decarbonisation within Nigeria’s port and transportation ecosystem. This was disclosed in New York at the Dutch Consulate during the week of the Global African Business Initiative when the two parties signed a memorandum of […]
Kano State Governor, Abba Abba Yusuf, has pledged to clear all outstanding pension and gratuity arrears before the end of his first term, reaffirming his administration’s commitment to alleviating the suffering of retirees in the state. Speaking at the disbursement of the fifth tranche of N5 billion for pension and death benefits in Kano at […]
Sahara Group, a leading global energy and infrastructure conglomerate, will spotlight “cooperation, innovation and sustainability” as crucial elements for Africa’s energy transition during the 2025 Africa Energy Week (AEW) in Cape Town. For three decades, Sahara Group has powered growth and broadened access to energy across Africa and will through its delegation to the AEW […]
Oil prices climbed about 3% to a seven-week high on Wednesday as a surprise drop in U.S. weekly crude inventories added to a sense in the market of tightening supplies amid export issues in Iraq, Venezuela and Russia. Reuters reports that Brent futures rose by $1.68, or 2.5%, to settle at $69.31 a barrel, while […]
Nigeria’s tertiary institutions are experiencing a wave of transformation as the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) intensifies investments in infrastructure, ICT, research, and human capital development across the country. From new universities like the Federal University of Transportation Daura (FUTD) in Katsina State to long-established citadels of learning, the Fund’s footprint is evident in classrooms, […]
The federal government has backed the Abuja Cooperative City Project, a major housing initiative under the Renewed Hope Affordable Housing Agenda that aims to provide 10,000 affordable homes for workers and cooperative members. It was endorsed yesterday by the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria at a […]
A former minister of Information and Culture and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Prof. Jerry Gana, has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately secure Nigeria’s borders as a critical step towards addressing the ongoing herder-farmer clashes, banditry and widespread insecurity in the country. Gana served in various capacities under military and civilian governments, […]