By Justina Auta UN Women has urged traditional rulers across Nigeria to intensify their role in ending Gender-Based Violence, particularly new technology-facilitated abuses that increasingly threaten women and girls across digital spaces and within various communities nationwide. The call was delivered at the National Convening of Traditional Leaders on GBVContinue Reading
By Usman Aliyu The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has inducted 61 engineering graduates of Igbinedion University, Okada, into the engineering profession. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event marks the institution’s first-ever official induction and oath-taking ceremony since its establishment in 1999.Continue Reading
By Joan Odafe Spotify says Nigerian artistes have continued to lead and expand the country’s sonic footprint on the global stage. The music‑streaming platform made the assertion in its “Wrapped 2025 Data for Nigeria”, issued by Phiona Okumu, Spotify’s Head of Music for Sub‑Saharan Africa, on Wednesday in Lagos. Continue 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 Henry Oladele The Director-General of the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), Dr Funke Adepoju-Olayomi, has called for transformative and sustainable solutions to poverty in the country. The director-general made the call at the Third Education Summit of the Centre For General Nigerian StudiesContinue Reading
