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Airtel Africa plc saves 9. 1 million litres of diesel, reaffirms commitment to responsible business growth
12+ hour, 3+ min ago (335+ words) Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services across 14 African countries, saved 9. 1 million litres of diesel during its just ended 2025/2026 financial year, as part of efforts to drive responsible growth by minimising the environmental impact of its…...
Tinubu inaugurates W'Africa's largest Lithium processing plant in Nasarawa
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (535+ words) President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated what the Federal Government described as West Africa's largest lithium processing plant in Endo community, Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, describing the project as a major step towards transforming Nigeria from a…...
Why the South-West appears most prepared
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (328+ words) The renewed debate over the creation of state police has once again taken center stage in Nigeria's constitutional reform process as stakeholders seek lasting solutions to the country's growing security challenges. The escalating insecurity across the country has exposed the…...
FG needs N4. 55bn to fill PHC vacancies- Official
1+ week, 2+ day ago (701+ words) The Federal Government says it requires an estimated N4. 55 billion over three years to recruit 122, 696 health workers needed to fill vacant positions in Primary Health Care facilities across 26 states nationwide. Human Resource for Health and Project Management Lead at the Sector-Wide…...
Advocates demand better education, child protection
1+ week, 4+ day ago (398+ words) Education advocates have called for increased investment in children's education, protection and welfare across Nigeria. They also urged stronger measures to tackle insecurity and examination malpractice threatening learners' future. The advocates made the call during the 2026 International Day of the…...
FG validates national boy child policy, 40 social protection frameworks
2+ week, 4+ day ago (266+ words) The Federal Government has validated more than 40 policy instruments and operational frameworks, including the National Boy Child Policy, to strengthen child protection, family welfare and social development systems nationwide. Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, said…...
Mission 300: Over 4. 5m Nigerians connected to electricity
2+ week, 6+ day ago (404+ words) Over 4. 5 million Nigerians have been connected to electricity under the ambitious Mission 300 initiative. This was revealed in a press statement made available to Journalists on Tuesday. The project which is a joint partnership between the World Bank Group and the…...
When conscience finds its voice
3+ week, 2+ day ago (216+ words) They have done what citizens of conscience are expected to do in uncertain times: refuse to pretend that all is well. When people no longer trust elections, disappointment turns darker. Citizens begin to doubt the value of peaceful participation. When…...
Xenophobia: FG receives first batch of 268 Nigerians evacuated from S'Africa
3+ week, 4+ day ago (348+ words) The Federal Government on Thursday received the first batch of 268 Nigerians evacuated from South Africa following renewed xenophobic attacks targeting foreign nationals in that country. The returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, aboard an Air Peace evacuation…...
Xenophobic attacks: Nigeria reschedules airlifting of citizens willing to leave S/Africa
4+ week, 18+ hour ago (176+ words) The Federal Government, has rescheduled the airlifting of the first batch of Nigerian citizens wanting'to leave South Africa following the recent wave of xenophobic attacks against Blacks in the country. Kimiebi Ebienfa, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,…...