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Nigeria’s Science and Technology Agency Allocates 71.9% Of ₦32.7bn Budget For Projects Outside Its Mandate
Sheda Science and Technology Complex (SHESTCO), under the Nigerian Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology, has allocated N23.5 billion, 71.9 per cent of...
Amid Attacks On Journalists, Nigerian Press Council Budgets Over N1b For Provision Of Boreholes, Streetlights, Others
The Nigerian Press Council has budgeted over N1 billion to execute projects outside its constitutional mandate, such as the provision of boreholes, streetlights,...
Onyinyechi Mark Wins Nigeria’s First Gold Medal at Paris 2024 Paralympics, Sets New World Record
Nigeria’s Onyinyechi Mark made history at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, winning Nigeria’s first gold medal and smashing her own world record in the...
Information Ministry To Spend N58 million On Digitisation of Cash Books Registers
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Information has budgeted the sum of N58 million for the digitisation of items such as cash books, vote books,...
Mali’s Goïta Condemns Neocolonialism and Terrorism at China-Africa Forum
Mali’s transitional President, Colonel Assimi Goïta, gave a forceful speech at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), denouncing neocolonialism and highlighting the persistent...
Niger Security Forces Arrest 245 Suspected Of Terrorism In Ongoing Security Operations
Security forces in Niger have arrested at least 245 people suspected of being involved in terrorism. The arrests were part of efforts to...
Fire at Kenyan Boarding School Kills 17 Pupils, Injures 13 Others
At least 17 pupils were killed, and 13 others suffered severe burns after a fire broke out in a boarding school dormitory in...
Police Officer Shoots Kwara Poly Final Year Student Dead Over Refusal To Give Bribe
A police officer shot and killed Ishola Abdulqoyum, a student at Kwara State Polytechnic, along Panat Road in Kwara State. The incident reportedly...
AES Leaders Meet At Africa Summit To Harmonise Bilateral Plans With China
During the China-Africa Summit in Beijing, Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister Apollinaire Tambèla and Niger’s Prime Minister Ali Zeine met with Malian Head of...
Nigeria’s J’Tigress Beats Zimbabwe 107-30 in Group Phase Match
Nigeria’s U-18 women’s basketball team, J’Tigress, delivered a commanding performance as they crushed Zimbabwe 107-30 in the group phase of the FIBA U18...
Atiku Berates Tinubu’s Administration for Failing to Honour Late National Flag Creator with Promised State Burial
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed disappointment in the Tinubu administration for failing to accord Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi, the designer of Nigeria’s...
Alleged Killer of Christiannah Idowu, Now in Police Custody
Ayomide Adeleye, a 23-year-old suspected killer of Christiannah Idowu, has been handed over to the Lagos State Police Command by officers of the...