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Africa can be the first green industrial hub of the world because of its vast potential of renewable energy, the youngest and fastest growing workforce, and an abundance of critical minerals, Nigeria’s former Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said. Osinbajo (SAN), who was a Special Guest and speaker at the 10th anniversary of the Financial Times (FT) Africa Summit …

The Federal Government is reviewing and expanding the National Social Register to accommodate pensioners and ex-servicemen under its Conditional Cash Transfer scheme. It is also removing beneficiaries who have excited the poverty line. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the government was also taking out dead beneficiaries from the register and would disqualify those without National Identification Numbers and Bank Verification Numbers. It …

Stella Maris, wife of Nollywood actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu, has accused the Actors Guild of Nigeria of abandoning her husband during his health crisis. The Guild released a statement on Friday, responding to netizens who called on the association to come to the aid of its ailing member. Nollywood actor, Mr. John Okafor, aka Mr Ibu …

• Say More Factories May Close Down • Naira Slide Continues Despite Policy• Ban Was Ineffective, Current Move Good For Economy — Experts Local manufacturers and farmers in the country have expressed fears that the unbanning of 43 items initially placed on the foreign exchange prohibitive list by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is capable of sending many of them out …

In line with its commitment to crash the high number of out-of-school children in the Northwest region of Nigeria by improving access to quality education and empowering youths in the region, the European Union has announced the investment of an additional 5.4 million euros in building the capacity of teachers. The minister of education, Tahir Mamman alongside some governors of …

•Civil Societies decry interference, protection of powerful looters The battle to eliminate corruption in the Nigerian public space is as strenuous as the fight to keep and  sustain the executioners of the war on corruption. Fighting corruption in Nigeria has long been a perilous adventure that brutally consumed the heads of the ‘war commanders’ with some of their foot soldiers in the …

Activities in government offices, health facilities, the Nigeria Union Journalists complex, and others have been grounded for several days in Benin as a result of a power outage. Investigations showed that the power outage was a result of the non-supply of gas to the Ossiomo Power Company which supplies electricity to government buildings, street lights, some private homes, courts, the …

President Bola Tinubu has officially approved the sum of ₦35,000 minimum wage for all federal civil servants. The approval was announced in a circular issued by the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) on Thursday. The circular, which was signed by the NSIWC Chairman, Ekpo U. O, stated that the wage award is effective from Friday, September 1, 2023. …

NEW YORK — A limited number of journalists in Gaza are trying to report on the war with Israel while facing the same problems as the besieged Palestinian population there — wondering where to live, where to get food and water, and how to stay safe. The aftermath of Tuesday’s explosion that killed hundreds at a Gaza City hospital is the latest …

Habubakar Fulata, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on University Education has called for salary increment for primary, secondary and university teachers. The chairman said the teachers should earn N250,000, N500,000 and N1 million respectively as monthly renumeration. Mr Fulata was speaking at a One-Day National Stakeholders’ Workshop on the Development of a Roadmap for the Nigerian Education Sector (2023-2027), in …