By Joan Nwagwu The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, National Chairman of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), has disbursed N50 million to 250 persons with disabilities to support their small businesses. Tinubu said this during the RHI Economic Empowerment Programme marking the 2025 World Disability Day on Wednesday in Abuja.Continue Reading
By Mark Longyen The U.S. government says it will henceforth stop the issuance of U.S. visas to individuals, and their immediate families, who are found to be Christian genocide sponsors or terrorist sympathisers globally. A statement issued by the U.S. Embassy in Abuja on Wednesday, said those affected are peopleContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen West African women have urged West African leaders to dismantle the structural barriers that inhibit their political leadership across the sub-region, calling for increased women participation in governance. The women made the appeal at the ECOWAS Female Parliamentarians Association (ECOFEPA) Forum of the ongoing 2025 Extraordinary SessionContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Oloniruha Former President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Chris Isiguzo has raised concerns over the deepening threats facing professional journalism in Nigeria. Isiguzo raised the concerns at the NUJ FCT 2025 Capacity Building Programme for Information and Media Officers on Tuesday in Keffi, Nasarawa State. HeContinue Reading
By Tosin Kolade The Federal Government has earned N7 billion from hydropower and agro-allied concessions, while expanding irrigable land nationwide to 154,000 hectares, the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, has said. He made the disclosure at the Citizens and Stakeholders’ Engagement on the Achievements of theContinue Reading
By Joshua Olomu The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has recognised the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) as the overall top-performing agency of the Federal Government for 2025, followed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the announcementContinue Reading
By Tosin Kolade Prof. Joseph Utsev, Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, said over two million rural Nigerians now have access to clean and safe drinking water, following the completion of hundreds of government water-supply projects. The minister made the announcement while delivering the keynote address at the Citizens andContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo The National Peace Committee (NPC) and European Union (EU) have called on Nigerians to prioritise a shared national identity above ethnic, religious, and regional affiliations. They warned that the country risks worsening instability, if these longstanding divisions continue to dominate public life. The call was made duringContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The ECOWAS Parliament has described the recent military coup d’etat and takeover of power in Guinea-Bissau as an unacceptable assault on democracy and a direct threat to regional and global stability. The parliament’s Speaker Memounatou Ibrahima stated this during the 2025 Second Ordinary Session in Abuja onContinue Reading
By Joshua Olomu Dr John Asein, Director-General of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has called for the integration of general Intellectual Property (IP) education into the curricula of Nigerian universities. He made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of a meetingContinue Reading
