Dispute By Hamza Suleiman The UN has commended the Republics of Nigeria and Cameroon for their commitments toward implementing the International Court of Justice (ICJ’s) ruling on their border dispute. Leonardo Simão, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel, said this while speaking at the 5thContinue Reading
Exit By Mark Longyen The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from ECOWAS becomes effective from Jan. 29th. The commission’s spokesperson, Joel Ahofodji, in a statement on Wednesday, explained that it is in line with the decision of the ECOWASContinue Reading
By Rita Iliya Niger government, in collaboration with Global Alliance Initiative (GAVI) and UNICEF, has celebrated the close-out of their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at strengthening the state’s primary healthcare system. Gov. Umaru Bago of Niger disclosed this when he received officials from GAVI and UNICEF during a courtesyContinue Reading
By Ibukun Emiola, News Agency of Nigeria An entrepreneur, Mrs Oreofe Aina, very early on a Saturday morning tried to log into her account with a Fintech company but couldn’t. She tried several times and used various means but she was unsuccessful. This sent a panic signal and sheContinue Reading
By Adenike Ayodele, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Beatrice was woken up by a loud sound on Sunday afternoon. Before she could raise up her head, she heard much more. Someone was knocking hard on her apartment’s main entrance door. She went toward the door to askContinue Reading
By Olawunmi Ashafa President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani of Mauritania has unveiled plans to revitalise the country’s livestock sector to reduce reliance on food imports for the sustainability of the economy. He disclosed this on Tuesday at the just-concluded Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He saidContinue Reading
By Ijeoma Olorunfemi The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) says the data privacy ecosystem has the capacity to drive Nigeria to a trillion dollar economy. Its National Commissioner, Dr Vincent Olatunji, said this at a news conference to commemorate the 2025 Global Privacy Day, in Abuja. Beginning from Europe inContinue Reading
By Diana Omueza Dr Gabriel Akinremi, a data privacy and protection expert, has urged the Federal Government to digitalise the civil service for efficiency, enhance service delivery and data protection. Akinremi gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja in commemorationContinue Reading
By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu A Professor of Educational Technology at the Lagos State University, Silas Egbowon, has urged establishment of educational technology centres in tertiary institutions to achieve set goals. Egbowon made the call on Tuesday while delivering the 102 Inaugural Lecture of the university, at its Ojo campus. TheContinue Reading
By Aisha Cole The Federal Government has announced plans to implement the National Single Window (NSW) to reduce the cost of doing business in Nigerian ports by at least 25 per cent. The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr Adeboyega Oyetola, disclosed this at aContinue Reading
