archiveNovember 25, 2022

  as el-Rufai hails Oyo gov on administration Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Friday, described the outgoing Director-General  of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA),  Dr. Nteranya Sanginga, as an uncommon leader whose leadership style helped to turn things around for good at the Institute. The governor stated...

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa has concluded plans to roll out programmes aimed at rehabilitating ex-convicts, most of whom are youths that have been convicted for internet fraud related offences. The EFCC boss gave the hint on Thursday, 24th November, 2022 during a...

  Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), the sustainable Exchange championing Africa’s growth, and International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced a partnership to facilitate the issuance of green, social and sustainability bonds in Nigeria to increase financing for projects that address climate and social issues. The announcement was made during a Green...

advocates government support for private schools The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has appealed to government at all levels in the country to invest a lot more in public schools. Lawan made the appeal in Abuja on Thursday in his opening remarks at the Grand Finale of the 7th...

mediaReach OMD, Nigeria’s leading media independent agency and pioneering thought leadership in Nigeria, in partnership with Lagos Business School of the Pan-Atlantic University and Geopoll West Africa, is set to present a Webinar on the top trends to watch out for in 2023 as the current year draws to a...

  Tracka, BudgIT’s community engagement and service delivery promotion arm, has launched its 2021 Constituency Project Report titled “Using Advocacy to Build Citizens’ Capacity for Improved Governance”. The report reviews Tracka’s work and documents the findings from 5,242 government projects tracked across 31 states in Nigeria between June 2021 and...

    In public lecture at top Canadian University, VP says poor, vulnerable in developing economies are least culpable but may be worst hit Africa doesn’t want free pass on net-zero emissions targets, there’s sufficient evidence of climate-sensitive, locally grounded transition pathways   Beyond the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions...

  The All Progressives Congress Campaign Council has announced that its standard bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will not attend the third edition of the presidential town hall meeting of Arise Television. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Director of Media and Publicity of the APC campaign council,...

The Osun State governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has vowed to sack the 30 permanent secretaries appointed on Thursday by the state governor, Gboyega Oyetola, by Monday, Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, has said. Adeleke said he would sack Oyetola’s newly appointed permanent secretaries on Monday, after his inauguration as governor of...

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has stated that the northern Christians are in support of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. Lawal, who was speaking at an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today said Obi had more chances of winning the...