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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...

Relief Measures: Lagos State begins free antenatal, child delivery services

Lagos State General Hospitals and Primary Health Centres are currently providing free antenatal care and child delivery services to pregnant women residents in Lagos...

NSML launches clean waterways initiative to tackle plastic pollution

NLNG Shipping and Marine Services Limited (NSML) has launched its Clean Waterways Initiative, a programme to raise awareness of the dangers of plastic pollution...

CIDSAN opines Nigeria’s developmental failures are due to dearth of development experts

...Says the infrastructural deficit in Nigeria and Africa is due to the dearth of development experts. The President of the Chartered Institute of Development Studies...

LCCI establishes ECOWAS/AFCFTA Regional Integration Trade Committee

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry(LCCI) inaugurated the ECOWAS/ AfCFTA Regional Integration, Trade & Investment Committee (EARI-TIC) and named its initial members. At the...

USAID commends Gombe Fiscal Responsibility Commission boss on economic reforms strides

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has honored a World Bank scholar and Columbia University-trained economist, Abubakar Inuwa Tata, for the laudable...

GBV: French Govt, Neem Foundation launch N85m empowerment project for 200 women

A partnership between the French Government and Neem Foundation has birthed a 100,000 Euro (N85m) entrepreneurship training project that will benefit two hundred women...

Go-Recycling Project: Sahara Group Foundation, LSETF, Wecyclers launch fourth recycling hub in Ikeja

The Sahara Group Foundation, Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF), and Wecyclers, through the ongoing Go-Recycling project, have launched the fourth recycling exchange hub...

Humanoid Robots: FGGC Sagamu students seek improvement to first version of ‘Kiki Saggy’

As ministry urges the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) to integrate robotics, AI into school curriculum The students of Federal Government Girls’ College...

VP of Nigeria says subsidy removal could prevent 15m tons of carbon emissions annually

The Vice President (VP) of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima has said that Nigeria will be preventing over 15 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions in...