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Ramadan 2024: Islamic philanthropy surges to record high as UN delivers warning

Islamic philanthropy raised a record $46 million for 2 million displaced people in...

Battling green skill shortage in the quest for a sustainable economy

Growth in demand for green skills is outpacing the increase in supply -...

Nigeria to get WHO-recommended new malaria vaccine by Mid-2024

The World Health Organisation has recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for the prevention...

Google announces N75m equity-free fund for Nigerian SMBs

Google has announced the opening of applications for the Hustle Academy SMB Fund...
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KSG woos foreign investor for agric, energy, tech funding

The Katsina State Government (KSG) under the leadership of Governor Dikko Umaru Radda, has advanced discussions with foreign investors and development finance institutions to...

EU pledges €46m to support Nigeria’s social protection system

The European Union (EU) has committed a whooping sum of €46 million to support Nigeria’s social protection system under the newly launched "Sustainable Social...

KSG woos foreign investor for agric, energy, tech funding

The Katsina State Government (KSG) under the leadership of Governor Dikko Umaru Radda, has advanced discussions with foreign investors and development finance institutions to fund key sectors, including agriculture, energy, and technology in the state. This follows his participation at the 2025 Oxford Africa Business Forum, held at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, where he served as a guest speaker. In a statement shared by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Katsina, Ibrahim Kaula Mohammed, it was revealed that Governor Radda emphasized Katsina’s strategic advantages while addressing...

COP28 opens in Dubai with calls for accelerated action, higher ambition against escalating climate crisis

The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 will open on 30th November with a resounding call to accelerate collective climate action. According to a...

FGN reviews draft policy on local production of vaccines to stop importation

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has initiated steps to accelerate the local production of vaccine manufacturing and stop importation of vaccines into the...

Kwara State Govt to tackle open defecation with N200m

Kwara State Government has pledged its readiness to collaborate with any donor agency to eradicate open defecation in the state. The state Commissioner for...

Nigeria–Germany partnership Expands with signing of $500M Renewable Energy Pact and Gas Export Agreement

German and Nigerian businesses have signed two crucial agreements on gas export contract and a renewable energy worth $500 million in Berlin to mark...

NEDC trains 34 doctors on cervical cancer treatment

The North-East Development Commission (NEDC) has kickstarted the training of 34 doctors in a fresh campaign against Cervical cancer in the North-East region of...

FGN, IFC commit to partnership on affordable housing

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have reiterated commitment to resolve the nation’s housing deficit within the shortest...

NASENI boss restates commitment to Fed Govt. priorities STI development

EVC inaugurates Staff Welfare Committee The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Khalil Halilu, has...

President Tinubu Appoints Senior Harvard Fellow, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole as Special Adviser, PEBEC & Investment

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, a Senior Fellow at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and...

President Tinubu seeks large-scale investment at the Nigeria-U.S. Executive Business Roundtable

Rings the closing bell at the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (NASDAQ), in the world’s financial capital. In honor of President Bola...