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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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Odu’a Foundation expands coding and AI training across Southwest

The Odu’a Investment Foundation has equipped more than 4,500 young people across South-West Nigeria with coding, artificial intelligence (AI) and other digital skills through...

NDPC Seeks Stronger African Partnerships to Improve Data Protection

The National Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), Dr Vincent Olatunji, has called for stronger collaboration among African...

Odu’a Foundation expands coding and AI training across Southwest

The Odu’a Investment Foundation has equipped more than 4,500 young people across South-West Nigeria with coding, artificial intelligence (AI) and other digital skills through its Byte Busters Coding Club initiative. The achievement was highlighted at the second edition of the Byte Busters Showcase 2026, sponsored by the Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of Odu’a Investment Company Limited. The event took place at the University of Ibadan International Conference Centre in Ibadan. Speaking at the event, Project Director of the Digital Education for Innovation and Economic Development Project, Prof. Seun Kolade,...
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Sustainable Business

Davichi Farms CEO Wins TCCF, WIA JAMII Femmes’ $10,000 Grant

The Chief Executive Officer of Davichi Farms, Chioma Echegwusi, has emerged as the overall winner of a $10,000 business grant in the first cohort...
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Environment & Energy

Environmental groups caution FG on green tax suspension on plastics

The Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth Nigeria and member organisations of the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) have kicked against the...
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Education

Kastina Varsity gets NUC approval to offer 44 new undergraduates, postgraduate courses

The Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), Katsina State has received the approval of the National Universities Commission (NUC) to offer 44 new programmes from 2023/2024...
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Health

NPHCDA says 189,310 children lack access to immunization in southwest Nigeria

The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Dr. Faisal Shuaib has said that a total of 189,310 children in...
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Africa

12 African countries get 18 million doses of preliminary malaria vaccine allocation for 2023–2025

Twelve countries across different regions in Africa, excluding Nigeria, will receive 18 million doses of the first-ever malaria vaccine over the next two years. This...
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Food and Agriculture

IITA Youth in Agribusiness Advocates Drive Agro-Industry via Increased Investment

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture’s (IITA) Youths in Agribusiness group is advocating that the federal government should drive increased investment in the nation’s...
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Food and Agriculture

SWOFON seeks improved productivity through government intervention

The Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON), Kwara State chapter, has called for the government’s support to improve the productivity of its members. The...
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Sustainable Business

IHS Towers staff host screenings of CSR-in-Action’s ‘Earth Women’ documentary

IHS Towers Nigeria, a major provider of telecommunications infrastructure, exclusively hosted its management and staff to screenings of the ground-breaking documentary ‘Earth Women’, from...
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Food and Agriculture

Foundation trains 64 farmers on improved milk production 

The Milk Value Chain Foundation has trained 64 dairy farmers from 15 clusters across Kaduna state on sustainable optimization of the production of quality...
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