Joe Biden on Wednesday lauded a landmark railway infrastructure project aimed at countering China’s investments in Africa as a “game changer” while on a historic first visit to Angola by a US president. On the second day of his trip to the former Portuguese colony, Biden said the “Lobito Corridor”,…
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Professor Olasebikan Fakulojo, the vice chancellor of Joseph Ayodele Babalola University (JABU), Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State, has criticised the federal government’s exclusion of private university students from the student loan scheme, describing it as an act of “injustice.” Speaking at a media briefing ahead of JABU’s 15th convocation ceremony, Prof. Fakulojo…
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The United Nations Women (UN Women) has called on Nigeria’s traditional rulers and religious leaders to take an active role in addressing sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the country. Dr. Nesreen El-Nolla, UN Women’s Deputy Representative, made this appeal in Abuja during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based…
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The Bayelsa State government has lamented that 253 electric transformers put at a cost of N673 million have been vandalised in the state. Daily Trust had earlier reported that 19 power towers linking the state to national grid from Ahoada in Rivers State were vandalised, while hoodlums used the attendant…
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The Kebbi State government has agreed in principle to collaborate with Chinese investors to establish a tricycle assembly plant in the state. The Chinese firm, WECAN Electric Tricycle, through its representative, Dr Shadi Sabeh, on Wednesday made a formal proposal to make 1,000 electric tricycles available to Kebbi State government…
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The Public Complaints Commission (PCC) and Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), said they will henceforth monitor the employment of indigenous engineers and craftsmen by foreign construction companies to check discrimination. Chief Commissioner, Public Complaints Commission, Hon. Bashiri Abubakar said the on-site investigation is to ensure foreign construction companies met the local…
There are reasons to be wary of the Tax Reform Bill proposed by President Bola Tinubu, as Nigerians have been over the last few days. Most of those reasons have nothing to do with the bill itself but with the person proposing the bill and his antecedents. In the recent…
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A UK-funded educational programme, Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria (PLANE) in collaboration with the Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (KADSUBEB), has trained 1,758 primary school teachers on inclusive instruction and Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) to aid classroom delivery. The state’s Team Lead, Diana Agabi, disclosed…
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The whirlwind that followed the submission to the National Assembly of the Tax Reform Bills by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is metamorphosing into a hurricane.
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The Dutch Grand Prix will fall off the Formula 1 calendar after 2026. A one-year contract extension to host the race at the Zandvoort track, which returned to the schedule in 2021 after a 36-year absence, has been signed to ensure there will be two more events. The track, in…
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