The Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) Limited is set to launch an empowerment programme for youths across seven states in the North-West region.
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a decline in new confirmed Lassa fever cases in its Epidemiological Week 9 2025 report.
The Chinese government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening its long-standing bilateral relationship with Kano State on food security, agriculture and other areas, pledging enhanced collaboration in infrastructure development, industrial growth, and economic expansion. According to a statement by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa, the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Yu Dunhai, made this commitment on Thursday during a courtesy visit to the Kano State Government House, where he led a delegation from the Chinese Embassy. Welcoming the envoy at the Ante-Chamber of the Government House, Governor Yusuf acknowledged the mutually beneficial relationship between Kano and the…
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has engaged the new leadership of the World Bank in Nigeria in a strategic meeting aimed at securing additional development interventions for the state. The high-level discussion, held at the World Bank office, brought together the Country Director, Dr. Ndiamé Diop, and other senior management officials to explore avenues for enhanced collaboration. In a statement on Wednesday, the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, highlighted that the meeting focused on strengthening partnerships across key sectors, including Health, Education, Climate Change, Governance, Human Capital Development, Agriculture, Ease of Doing Busines, and Women’s Economic Empowerment. ALSO…
An expert, Mr Benjamin Ekeyi has attributed the decline in the contribution of agriculture to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Q4 2024 to insecurity and climate challenges.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says 1,319 deaths have been recorded in the country’s ongoing diphtheria outbreak.
The Attahiru Bafarawa Foundation, through its Giving Back Initiative, on Saturday, commenced the distribution of cash incentives to patients across hospitals in Sokoto State.
This article, “Why Nigeria must imbibe ‘tax me, I task you’ culture”, was first published on March 15, 2018. Amidst a theoretical economic recession, primarily caused by plunging oil prices and a history of incompetence, Nigeria turned to debt and bond instruments to finance a portion of its 2017 budget (and later 2018). However, this development has failed to sustain the extremely ambitious and highly controversial 7 trillion naira budget. Financing maturities have been sourced through further accumulation of debt, which, in the long run, could be offset by higher taxes or, in our case, just taxes. Implementing sound tax…
In a series of successful operations, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted multiple illicit drug shipments bound for the United States, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Poland, and the United Arab Emirates. The traffickers, attempting to smuggle cocaine, tramadol, Loud, Molly, and other substances concealed in prayer beads, board game packs, and female clothing, were stopped by NDLEA operatives at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) and logistics companies in the city. At least two suspects have been apprehended in connection with the thwarted drug exports. Among them is 43-year-old businesswoman Jakpor Egware May, who was caught at the…
“It’s a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe. Not as many people know the popular novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved African Americans, as they know its author, Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896). She was an American author and abolitionist. Coming from the religious Beecher family, her book reached an audience of millions as both a novel and a play. It became influential in the United States and Great Britain, energizing anti-slavery forces in…