ASHENEWS reports that Federal scholarship awardees have expressed frustration over long delays in the payment of their allowances, years after submitting required documents through their institutions to the Federal Scholarship Board. At an engagement with awardees’ leaders, the students urged the government to act fast and ease the hardship caused by the unpaid funds. “Several attempts have been made to engage relevant authorities, including the Federal Ministry of Education, the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, and the National Assembly. Regrettably, these efforts have not yielded any concrete action or a credible timeline for…
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Over 1,000 secondary school students and residents in Sokoto State have benefitted from a free dental consultation organized by Edibo Peter Princess, a female corps member in Sokoto state. Edibo who is serving at the Specialist Hospital had the community health outreach whuch provided free dental screening, treatment, and basic dental care, and helped improve the aesthetic condition of patients in Sokoto South local government area. Other services offered include oral health awareness, tooth extraction, and replacement of missing tooth with a question and answer session to educate beneficiaries on what is required of them to improve their oral health.…
President Bola Tinubu has revealed that Nigeria will spend about $11.6 billion on debt servicing in 2026, warning that high borrowing costs are undermining Africa’s industrialisation drive. According to a statement issued by presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu spoke on Tuesday while leading Nigeria’s government, diplomatic and business delegation to the Africa Forward Summit at the Kenyatta Convention Centre in Nairobi. The President said the country’s projected debt servicing obligation for 2026 would consume nearly half of expected government revenue. “Every single dollar that leaves our treasury to pay punitive interest rates is a dollar that did not go into…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to about 75 years imprisonment in a 12-count amended money laundering case involving N33 billion. ASHENEWS recalls that the Federal High Court, on May 7, 2026, convicted Mamman on the same fraud and money laundering case filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court found Mamman guilty of illegally diverting funds meant for the Mambilla and Zungeru Hydroelectric Power projects during the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. “The evidence of the prosecution witnesses is quite believable,” the judge said during the…
At BOAD, we have translated this philosophy into concrete financing commitments: 25% of our overall financing envelope is now dedicated to climate resilience, including coastal and marine ecosystem protection. We channel these resources through our four multilateral climate accreditations, with the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Adaptation Fund, and the Loss and Damage Fund (FRLD), which gives us access to concessional instruments specifically designed for ecosystem-based adaptation and sustainable ocean investments.
Residents and youths in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State have begun raising difficult questions about the state of security and leadership in the country following deadly airstrikes and renewed bandit threats across affected communities. The concerns followed yesterday’s airstrikes by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), which reportedly killed scores of people and injured many others, including women and children, in Kusasu and other villages in Shiroro Local Government Area. The incident also coincided with reports of a mass exodus of residents from several communities in neighbouring Munya Local Government Area due to escalating banditry threats. Over the years,…
Last week, in this column, I postponed the continuation of this article and paid special tributes to my aunt, two cousins, and a colleague who passed away on different days and in different locations in April 2026. May Allah forgive their shortcomings and admit them into Aljanna Firdausi. Amen. April 2026 was historic, as some of us counted the losses of loved ones, while others might have counted gains and aspirations, including those of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the USA, among the gainers. NASA, the only known space agency to first take humans to the moon…
Uganda suddenly became a two-day melting pot of intense diplomatic and international political activity ahead of the swearing-in of Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for a seventh term as President of Uganda on May 12, 2026. Entebbe International Airport, whose runways had experienced low activity and long periods of silence following the outbreak of the U.S./Israel-Iran war, has now transformed into a vibrant hub, receiving close to 300 foreign guests. Most were delegations of diplomats, politicians, and businesspeople accompanying invited VVIPs and VIPs to Tuesday’s swearing-in ceremony. About 35 top foreign policy decision-makers — Presidents and their high-level representatives — were…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has retained 150 as the minimum cut-off mark for admission into Nigerian universities for the 2026/2027 academic session. The decision was announced on Monday during the annual policy meeting on admissions held in Abuja, where stakeholders in the education sector deliberated on admission guidelines for tertiary institutions across the country. JAMB said the benchmark was approved following consultations and voting by vice-chancellors and heads of tertiary institutions present at the meeting. ALSO READ [BREAKING] FG scraps UTME requirement for NCE candidates Under the new arrangement, candidates seeking admission into universities must score at…
…The region possesses immense blue wealth. What has often been missing is coordination.