Federal Government has launched its Tertiary Institution Governance and Transparency Platform (FTIGTP). The government said the platform would promote transparency, accountability, good governance, restore public trust and enable evidence-based policies and reforms aimed at improving performance-based funding decisions and resource allocation. Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, unveiled the platform yesterday in Abuja. The minister said […]

President of Sasakawa Africa Association, Shuichi Suzuki, yesterday visited former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta, Ogun State, to deepen collaboration in advancing agricultural growth and improve smallholder farmers’ livelihoods. Obasanjo lauded the body for its lcommitment to agricultural development and food security in Nigeria and Africa.  He urged African leaders to emulate its consistency in

korea International Cooperation Agency, in partnership with Universal Basic Education Commission, has pledged to sustain and expand digital learning initiatives in Nigeria as the first phase of KOICA-UBEC Multimedia Education Project comes to a close. Speaking at 2025 KOICA-UBEC Key Stakeholder Closing Workshop in Abuja, Country Director of KOICA Nigeria Office, Eunsub Kim, said the

New Covenant Church’s humanitarian arm, ‘Liberty International Outreach,’ has extended its 26-year empowerment and medical intervention programme to Imota, Ikorodu in Lagos State. The outreach, first launched in Ibadan in 1998, attracted beneficiaries, including elders, children, women, youth and persons with ailments. The event featured free surgery, free primary healthcare, empowerment, pastoral care, spiritual healing

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday urged the Senate to consider and approve a fresh request of N1.15 trillion borrowing from the domestic debt market to finance the deficit in this year’s budget. The request was contained in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during plenary. President Tinubu stated that the proposed borrowing was

The Federal Government has announced plans to empower at least 7 million youths with dual vocational training and digital skills development programmes. Youth Development Minister Ayodele Olawande announced this yesterday in Abuja when he hosted a delegation of the IHK Giessen-Friedberg Chambers of Commerce and Industry from Germany. In a statement by the ministry’s Director

The Senate yesterday launched a sweeping investigation into railway projects executed under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. The Red Chamber said its action was informed by the persistent derailments, vandalism and mechanical failures along the Itakpe–Warri standard gauge corridor. The resolution followed a motion by Senator Ede Dafinone (APC, Delta Central), who raised

• TTT celebrates businessman on 63rd birthday President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended warm congratulations to billionaire businessman and Chairman of Geregu Power Plc, Femi Otedola, as he marked his 63rd birthday yesterday. The President applauded his contributions to Nigeria’s economy and social development. In a statement in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Information