Israel announces funding for iFAIR 5 to boost innovation in Nigeria
Israel has announced funding for the fifth edition of the Innovation Fellowship for Aspiring Inventors and Researchers (iFAIR), reaffirming its commitment to strengthening Nigeria’s innovation ecosystem. The Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. Michael Freeman, announced the funding on Saturday in Abuja at the closing ceremony and innovation showcase of the fourth cohort of the […]
LAWMA assures Lagos residents of improved waste collection
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has assured residents that current waste collection challenges across the state will ease within six to eight months. The Managing Director of LAWMA, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, gave the assurance during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in Badagry on Saturday. Gbadegesin dismissed claims that local governments were taking over […]
Return home to strengthen our health sector, Tinubu asks Nigerian medical professionals in diaspora
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday urged Nigerian medical doctors and other healthcare professionals in the diaspora to return home and lend their expertise to the ongoing transformation of the nation’s healthcare sector. He stated this when he received a delegation of Nigerian Diaspora Medical Associations Worldwide led by the Chief Executive Officer of […]
Okoku reconnects with Olukanni Brothers – Segun & Femi – as Fola Olukanni marks birthday anniversary
A California celebration rekindles more than five decades of friendship and brotherhood* By Paul Lucky Okoku Some friendships begin by chance. The rare ones become part of your life’s story. When I travelled to California to celebrate Mrs. Fola Olukanni’s birthday, I expected a joyful weekend with family and […]
Tinubu congratulates Umahi on birthday
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated David Umahi, Minister of Works, on his birthday on July 25. Before he was appointed Minister of Works, Umahi, an engineer, served as the Senator representing Ebonyi South District. He was also a two-term Governor of Ebonyi State from May 2015 to May 2023, during which the state recorded […]
How Nigeria’s expenditure controls prevented the PEAC/PFIPC appropriation from becoming public expenditure
By Tanimu Yakubu APPROPRIATION WAS ONLY THE FIRST STEP The public argument has often begun at the wrong point. The National Assembly appropriated funds for the Presidential Economic Advisory Council/Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, known as PEAC/PFIPC. That fact is not in dispute. The question is what happened next. Nothing did. […]
Troops kill four kidnap suspects, rescue three victims in Kwara, Kogi operations
Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralised four suspected kidnappers, rescued three kidnapped victims and arrested eight suspects in coordinated operations across Kogi and Kwara. This is contained in an operational report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Abuja on Friday. According to the report, troops of Operation Savannah Shield, ambushed […]
Graduate says he makes N1m monthly from computer repairs
A graduate of Mathematical Science from Kaduna State University (KASU), Ali Shitu, says he makes an average of one million naira monthly from repairs and sales of computers and accessories. Shitu, who runs a computer repair and sales business on Cooperative Road, off Ahmadu Bello Way, Kaduna, said this during an interview with the […]
Boundary Commission vows to end decades-long Ekiti–Kwara
The National Boundary Commission (NBC) has intensified efforts to resolve the decades-long Ekiti–Kwara boundary dispute to curb recurring communal clashes and restore lasting peace. The decision followed the Joint Meeting of Officials on the Ekiti–Kwara interstate boundary held in Ado-Ekiti. The resolutions were contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the […]
One dies, two injured in Kara Bridge truck accident
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has said one person died and two others sustained injuries in a multi-vehicle accident involving a truck at Kara Bridge, inward Mowe-Ibafo, on Friday. The agency disclosed this in a statement signed by its Head of Public Affairs, Mr Olawale Afolabi, and made available to the News […]
