…NCC’s CEO lauds Mbah’s Smart Schools, infrastructural, digital capacity initiatives In a major boost to President Bola Tinubu’s digital economy agenda, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Enugu State Government, on Tuesday, sealed a strategic 15-year lease of the agency’s Digital Industrial Park and Learning Centre to the Enugu State Government. The move would … [Read more…]
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results of the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates. The examination body announced the release of the results on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, and advised candidates to check their results through the WAEC result portal at www.waecdirect.org. Candidates who have misplaced their … [Read more…]
…Barefoot Renewable Energy College Will Power Nigeria’s Energy Future – Minister Udeh President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commissioned Africa’s first Barefoot Renewable Energy College (BARECKS) and the Green Hydrogen Research and Demonstration Pilot Plant in Osara, Kogi State, describing the projects as strategic investments in human capital development, renewable energy and Nigeria’s transition to a … [Read more…]
President Bola Tinubu has approved salary increases of between 30 and 80 per cent for Nigeria’s armed forces personnel. According to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, and dated August 4, 2026, about 250,000 personnel are to benefit from the new deal. Under the new arrangement, which … [Read more…]
Residents of Onu-Agu village in Amechi Awkunanaw, Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State, have appealed to Governor Peter Mbah and MainPower Electricity Distribution Limited to restore electricity to the community after more than three months of blackout. The residents said the prolonged outage had disrupted businesses and increased household expenses, particularly the cost … [Read more…]
The Presidential Working Group on the proposed National Policing Bill has invited Nigerians to submit memoranda and policy proposals as part of efforts to establish a comprehensive legal and operational framework for state policing. The Chief of Staff to the President and Chairman of the Working Group, Femi Gbajabiamila, announced this on Monday after the Working … [Read more…]
Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Soludo, has explained why his administration withdrew the state from a World Bank loan programme, saying prevailing macroeconomic conditions at the time made the facility too costly despite its low interest rate. Soludo made this known during his speech at the Delta State Economic and Investment Summit on Monday, August … [Read more…]
The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Dr. Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh, SAN, says the Barefoot Renewable Energy College will play a pivotal role in powering Nigeria’s energy future by producing the skilled workforce needed to drive the country’s transition to renewable energy. Udeh made this known in a statement ahead of the presidential commissioning of … [Read more…]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to commission the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) Complex and Africa’s first Barefoot Renewable Energy College in Osara, Kogi State, on Tuesday, August 4, in a move aimed at advancing Nigeria’s clean energy ambitions and energy transition agenda. This is also as the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, … [Read more…]
By SNC Nwagu, Esq. “We cannot keep sending graduates into a security environment the 1973 law never imagined. Let us train them first.” President Bola Tinubu is right to appeal for the repeal of the extant NYSC laws. The National Youth Service Corps Act, Cap N4 LFN 2004, was designed for unity in 1973. In … [Read more…]
By Sebastine Okafor, Ph.D. As a victim of Ponzi schemes in 2020 due to naivety and subsequently a victim because of greed, I feel that it is time for Nigerians to understand why they should stop falling victim to these schemes and focus on businesses that yield genuine profit. For many Nigerians, the story is … [Read more…]
-By Abdul Mahmud Eight days after the death of her husband, a twenty-eight-year-old widow, Tosin, found herself confronting a tragedy that had little to do with death itself and everything to do with the conduct of those who ought to have stood beside her in grief. According to media reports, members of her late husband’s … [Read more…]