By ZAKA KHALIQ GLOBAL tech leaders, including IBM, Meta, and MTN, have joined forces with GITEX Nigeria 2025 to drive tech opportunities that contribute to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s $1 trillion gross domestic product (GDP) economic target through the digital economy. Nigeria has risen to the forefront of Africa’s digital economy with a powerful ecosystem that […]
By AFFA ACHO THE Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, has released the schedule for the 2025/26 season. According to the calendar, the new season will commence on Friday 22nd August 2025. Defending champions Remo Stars will kick off their 2025/26 campaign with a headline clash against 2022 champions Rivers United, in what promises to be a […]
Delta State has announced an eight-member Local Organising Committee (LOC) to prepare for the 9th National Youth Games, scheduled for August in Asaba. The Delta State Sports Commission (DSSC) said the committee, led by its Chairman Mr. Onoriode Oborevwori, will ensure the games are well-organised and memorable. Chief Solomon Ogba, a former Commissioner for Sports, […]
By ABUJAH RACHEAL THE Trinity Challenge, a global coalition focused on using data and analytics to prevent pandemics and improve public health responses, has unveiled its third youth summit and funding competition. The challenge also invited young changemakers worldwide to design behaviour change campaigns to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in human, animal, and environmental health. […]
By IDRIS OLUKOYA A traditional ruler in Epe Divison of Lagos State, Oba Olufolarin Ogunsanwo, has empowered 300 members of his community with vocational tools to promote self-reliance. The equipment, including sewing machines, grinders and hair dryers, were presented to the beneficiaries on Friday as part of activities to mark Ogunsanwo’s fifth coronation anniversary at […]
By AHMED ABBA THE Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscape (ACReSAL) and The Global Peace Development (GPD), an NGO, have gone into a partnership to promote proper waste disposal in Yobe. Mr. Ebruke Esike, GPD Executive Director, made this known at a two-day workshop on waste management for ACReSAL Site Management Committees (SMCs) in Damaturu on […]
By DAVID ADEOYE GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has sympathised with the Chairman of Fresh FM, Chief Olayinka Ayefele and management of the station over the Friday night inferno that gutted part of its Headquarters in Ibadan. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Dr. Suleimon Olanrewaju, made available to newsmen […]
By IGE ADEKUNLE A psychologist, Prof. Remi Alarape, has called on the management of tertiary institutions to provide a robust mental health support for students in distress to prevent them from committing suicide. Alarape, who is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Psychology, University of Ibadan, made the call in an interview on Saturday […]
By PETER AMINE THE Benue Pilgrims Welfare Board says it has entered an agreement with a major hospitality company to train 20 youths in different skills in the Middle East. The Board’s Chairman, Rev. Fr. Michael Melladu disclosed this in an interview on Friday in Makurdi. Melladu said the board had entered into thr agreement […]
By GRACE ALEGBA THE Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN), Lagos chapter, has launched a mentorship scheme to help young engineers secure jobs and eventually become employers. The virtual launch of the ‘SheEngineers Consultancy Apprenticeship Programme’ (SECAP) was held on Friday, in commemoration of International Youth Day. APWEN introduced the Cohort 1.0 of […]