By Jumoke Olaitan The Principal of Federal Government Boy’s College (FGBC), Abuja, Mr Joshua Ogunshina, has urged students to embrace good hygiene practices and become agents of positive change in society. Ogunshina made the call on Tuesday during the commemoration of the 2026 Day of the African Child. The event,Continue Reading
By Diana Omueza The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it is intensifying efforts for wider African market access for fisheries and aquaculture products under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Mr Christopher Mensah-Yawson, Acting Principal Programme Officer for Trade Facilitation and Development at the ECOWAS Commission,Continue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The National Universities Commission (NUC) has endorsed the African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ASG-QA) and trained 60 staff to strengthen regulatory capacity. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu, approved the training as part of efforts to enhance staff developmentContinue Reading
By Joan Nwagwu Hajiya Nana Shettima, wife of the Vice President, has arrived in Addis Ababa to attend the 30th African First Ladies’ Assembly. This is contained in a statement by Mrs Kwapchi Bata-Hamman, Special Assistant to the President on Media and ICT in the Office of the ViceContinue Reading
By Usman Aliyu The Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Malam Ali Mohammed Ali, has called for deeper inter-agency cooperation and stronger African-led storytelling to counter decades of distorted global narratives about the continent. Ali spoke during a high-level panel titled “Giving a Voice to Territories: theContinue Reading
By Usman Aliyu The Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Malam Ali Mohammed Ali, says growing cooperation among African news agencies under the Atlantic Federation of African Press Agencies (FAAPA) will help project a more balanced and authentic image of the continent to the world. Ali stated this whileContinue Reading
By Usman Aliyu The 9th General Assembly of the Atlantic Federation of African Press Agencies (FAAPA) opened on Wednesday in Marrakech, Morocco, with a call for African media to take centre stage in promoting territorial inclusion and spatial justice. Declaring the assembly open, FAAPA President and Director-General of the MaghrebContinue Reading
By Anthony Alabi The Federation of African Press Agencies (FAAPA) has pledged to provide more opportunities for photojournalists in order to adequately tell the African stories. The President of FAAPA and Director-General of the Moroccan Press Agency (MAP), Mr Fouad Arif, said this on Friday at the end of aContinue Reading
