Frank Ikpefan Abuja

…declares English sole medium of instruction The federal government has cancelled the national policy mandating the use of indigenous languages as the medium of instruction in schools, citing poor performance in public examinations. The government said Nigerian children had been performing abysmally in public examinations as a result of being taught in their mother tongue. […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked the federal government to conclude negotiations on its demands. The union said it was concerned with the government’s back-and-forth approach to negotiations, warning that continued indecision could have serious consequences. The union’s position was made known in a statement signed by its President, Christopher Piwuna, during

President Bola Tinubu’s administration has committed $801 million (over N1.15 trillion) to arms deals with the United States alone between 2024 and 2025 as part of its military modernisation programme, the Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has said. The organisation said that there has also been a clear demonstration of political will by the