Friday, June 19, 2026

Academics

June 16, 2026

Pension exclusion, ignorance hindering insurance growth in Nigeria: NCRIB

She stated that insurance penetration in other countries, including South Africa and Kenya, was far higher than in Nigeria.

Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers
March 13, 2026

Mentorship most enduring academic legacy, says Lagos deputy governor

Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat says mentoring remains the most powerful and enduring legacy in academia.

Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat
February 7, 2026

Stakeholders seek innovative recycling on Kaduna’s waste management challenges 

A Kaduna State polytechnic lecturer, Halima Haruna, called for sustained public sensitisation on the dangers of improper waste disposal.

Kaduna
February 25, 2025

UK pledges £204 million for Nigeria’s agricultural growth

UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development has expressed readiness to leverage £204 million in private sector finance and agricultural investment in Nigeria.

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development [FMARD]
February 10, 2025

Global leaders, tech bosses in Paris to debate AI’s future

The meeting brings together 1,500 participants from about 100 countries and follows two previous AI global summits in the UK in 2023 and South Korea in 2024.

French President Emmanuel Macron
May 11, 2024

It is Yewa’s turn to produce governor in Ogun in 2027: Bajomo

“We will do the first term, and we will do the second term.”

Felix Bajomo
May 25, 2023

Nigerians want ex-governors’ jumbo allowances stopped

Stakeholders in Bauchi, Dutse and Gombe have advocated the repeal of jumbo allowance for ex-governors, their deputies and other officials in Nigerians.

Governor mohammed Badaru, Inuwa Yahaya and Bala Mohammed
February 15, 2023

We completed 64 road interventions in federal tertiary institutions: FG

Presently, there are 38 ongoing projects across the country at various stages of completion.

Babatunde Fashola (credit: BBC)