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]]> Conversations around education technology in Nigeria often revolve around content, such as past questions, videos, curricula, and test preparation materials. Yet for Oluwasegun Ige, a software engineer whose career has been shaped almost entirely by building learning platforms, that focus overlooks the real determinant of success: engineering. “Educational content only matters if students can […]

]]> As Africa’s early-stage tech ecosystem grows more competitive, communications agency Wimbart is targeting pre-seed startups with a new public relations service designed for companies that have raised under $1 million. This is even as the agency has announced the launch of Wimbart Lite, a menu-based PR offering aimed at giving early-stage founders the visibility […]

]]> Three years after the killing of four soldiers during a peacekeeping operation in Ashaka Aboh, Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested two suspects allegedly linked to the deadly ambush. The suspects, identified as Ufuoma Sunday James and Lawrence Umuakpero Oboguayivwgue, are also […]

]]> This article makes a strong case for the establishment of a Ministry of Gas Development and Industrialisation by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government of Nigeria. This is in order for Nigeria to harness to the fullest the 35 years window of opportunity Nigeria’s 2060 net zero emission target presents for the maximum […]

]]> In the early years of Nigeria’s return to civil rule, when Bola Ahmed Tinubu was governor of Lagos State, his wife, Oluremi Tinubu, once offered a revealing aside during an interview. Responding to a question about her husband, she said with a mix of humour and resignation, “You journalists see my husband more than […]

]]> Processed foods, natural personal care items, leather goods and selected agro-processed inputs have been identified as Nigerian products with realistic export potential under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) before 2026 deadline Trade and development policy analyst, Fakunle Aremu, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recently. “The […]

]]> Governor Dikko Umaru Radda of Katsina State has approved automatic employment for the overall best graduating students of Umaru Musa Yar’adua University (UMYU) Katsina, upon completion of their National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). He announced the decision on Saturday while speaking at the 14th convocation ceremony of the university, where he was also conferred […]

]]> Residents of Woro, a farming community in Kwara State’s Kaiama Local Government Area, went to bed last Tuesday night expecting an ordinary morning. What they woke up to instead were mass graves, and the realisation that the danger had come not just from outside, but from within. At dusk, life in Woro looked unremarkable. […]

]]> South Africa’s accession to Afreximbank signals a deeper push toward intra-African financing at a time when external support is waning. Ratings agencies see relative stability in key banking systems despite slow growth, while weakening business activity in Ghana highlights uneven economic momentum. Meanwhile, African insurers are accelerating sustainability commitments, channeling billions into climate-linked assets […]

L–R: Olufemi Shobanjo, Chief Executive Officer, NGX Regulation Limited; Aisha Abdulaziz, Chief Executive Officer, Legend Internet Plc; Umaru Kwairanga, Group Chairman, NGX Group Plc; and Jude Chiemeka, Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Exchange Limited, during the presentation of the Market Debut Excellence Award to Legend Internet by the NGX in Lagos recently. ]]> Legend Internet Plc […]