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Three young Nigerians launch ChatPay waitlist to simplify banking transactions directly on WhatsApp

Three Nigerian entrepreneurs have unveiled the public waitlist for ChatPay, a conversational banking...

SPIN inducts 79 sustainability professionals to strengthen corporate governance in Nigeria

The Sustainability Professionals Institute of Nigeria (SPIN) has officially inducted 79 new members...

LASG announces landmark ARV procurement initiative, clarifies HIV data

‌The Lagos State Government (LASG) has dismissed reports suggesting that the state recorded...

Ultra-processed foods designed to drive addictive eating behaviours, new study warns

A newly published study has suggested that many ultra-processed foods are intentionally formulated...
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Airtel Nigeria expands 5G network with 1,000 new sites this year

Airtel Nigeria has expanded its telecommunications infrastructure with more than 1,000 additional 5G sites in 2026, as the company steps up efforts to improve...

LAWMA deploys more workers for Lagos sanitation exercise

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has deployed additional personnel and equipment to support the October monthly environmental sanitation exercise across Lagos State. The exercise...

Airtel Nigeria expands 5G network with 1,000 new sites this year

Airtel Nigeria has expanded its telecommunications infrastructure with more than 1,000 additional 5G sites in 2026, as the company steps up efforts to improve network coverage and meet rising demand for mobile internet services. The Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Nigeria, Dinesh Balsingh, announced the expansion on Friday during the launch of Airtel Open Network, a new feature on the My Airtel Africa app that allows subscribers to monitor network performance and report connectivity problems. Balsingh disclosed that the company installed more than 1,050 network sites during the last financial year,...
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Environment & Energy

Zoomlion boosts Lagos waste management with Olusosun CSR infrastructure project

Zoomlion Nigeria Limited has reiterated its commitment to working with the Lagos State Government to tackle growing waste management challenges through investments in modern...
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Education

Nigeria should adopt combat and survival sports in schools to build resilient students for life

Nigeria's evolving security challenges and increasing environmental risks have renewed calls for a major overhaul of the country's education system, with experts advocating the...
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Education

Eight UNILAG startups win N50m FG venture grant as NITHUB trains 20,000, backs 100 startups

Eight student-led startups from the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have secured a combined N50 million under the Federal Government’s Student Venture Capital Grant scheme,...
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Environment & Energy

Rehabilitated Olusosun landfill access road to strengthen Lagos waste management strategy

The Lagos State Government has commissioned a newly rehabilitated 1.2-kilometre access road alongside two engineered tipping platforms at the Olusosun Landfill in Ojota, marking...
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Health

Nigeria must boost domestic HIV funding as global donor support declines, NACA DG warns

The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Temitope Ilori, has called for a stronger domestic financing framework to...
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Science, Technology & Innovations (STI)

Nigerian-American engineer Yinka Ogunbiyi secures $7m for Halobraid braid-assist robot venture

A Nigerian-American engineer and Harvard graduate, Yinka Ogunbiyi, has shared the inspiration behind HaloBraid, a patent-pending robotic system designed to assist hairstylists with braiding...
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Food and Agriculture

FG urges FAO, KOICA to align Nigeria agriculture project with Agenda 2050 development goals

The Federal Government has called on the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to...
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Food and Agriculture

Abuja Clarion Call commits Africa to sustainable financing for agricultural research innovation

More than 500 African leaders, ministers, policymakers, development finance institutions, research organisations, private-sector executives and development partners have endorsed the Abuja Clarion Call on...
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Food and Agriculture

NADF urges Africa to build agricultural innovation ecosystems beyond research funding models

The Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF), Mohammed Ibrahim, has called on African countries to shift their focus from simply financing...
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