By Hadiza Mohammed Prof. Saad Bin Dajem, Vice President for Education and Academic Affairs, King Khalid University has said that 3, 200 Nigerians have graduated from Saudi Arabian universities in the last decade. The vice president made this known on Monday in Abuja at the opening of the Forum ofContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo Association of Housing Corporations of Nigeria (AHCN) has revealed that Lagos, Enugu, Kano, Niger and Borno States have delivered the highest housing units under the State Housing Corporation in the last one year. Eno Obongha, President and Chairman of Council, AHCN, said this at the State ofContinue Reading
By Ehigimetor Igbaugba Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River has assured that the state is fully prepared and safe to host the 2026 edition of the Nigerian Universities Games Association (NUGA). He gave the assurance on Tuesday when he led a NUGA delegation and the management team of the UniversityContinue Reading
By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus Parents of children living with Cerebral Palsy (CP) have lamented stigmatisation against them by the public and called for a special school to cater to their educational needs. Some of the parents spoke in Ilorin, at the 2025 World Cerebral Palsy Day organised by Ifeoluwa Cerebral PalsyContinue Reading
By reporters Stakeholders in Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara States have renewed calls for deliberate policies to promote women’s participation in politics through capacity building, mentorship and reservation of elective and appointive positions. They made their position known in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) across the three states.Continue Reading
By Nana Musa The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, says Nigeria’s new two-billion-dollar broadband project will significantly boost Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth. Tijani stated this during the plenary on Smart Growth, Digital Leap hosted by IHS at the 31st Nigerian Economic Summit (NES #31)Continue Reading
By Cecilia Ologunagba Nigeria is rolling out one of the largest integrated vaccination campaigns in its history, aiming to protect around 106 million children against measles, rubella, and poliomyelitis, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says. According to WHO, the nationwide initiative will combine multiple vaccines and child health services inContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris President Bola Tinubu has explained why his administration established the N200 billion intervention fund to support micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and manufacturers. Tinubu, represented by the Vice-President Kashim Shettima, stated this in Abuja at the 31st Nigerian Economic Summit, organised by the Nigerian Economic SummitContinue Reading
By Justina Auta UN Women and the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC) have launched Nigeria’s NDC Gender Integration Toolkit and Strategy to enhance gender equality in national climate governance and policymaking. Speaking in Abuja, Ms. Beatrice Eyong, UN Women Country Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, described the launch asContinue Reading
By Blessing Ibegbu A Nigerian researcher, Dr Gideon Gyebi, says emerging computational technologies can accelerate the discovery of new antibiotics and overcome the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Gyebi, a scientist in Computational and Systems Biology, stated this while highlighting findings from his recent study to the News AgencyContinue Reading
