16+ hour, 14+ min ago   (403+ words) Borno state governor, Babagana Zulum MAIDUGURI — Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has said the insurgency in the state destroyed more than 5,000 school structures and forced about 2.2 million children out of school at the peak of the crisis. Zulum stated this…...

22+ hour, 35+ min ago   (80+ words) Vanguard News Africa Re-backed Journalism Workshop to equip media practitioners on reporting climate change, others LAGOS — The Africa Reinsurance Corporation-backed two-day journalism workshop will train journalists on how to apply insurance and risk concepts to effective reporting on climate change,…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (274+ words) Canada has reminded foreign workers in the country of key requirements they must follow to ensure they continue working legally. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said having a valid work permit is the first step to working legally in…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (516+ words) By Joseph Erunke, Abuja ABUJA — The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, has disbursed more than N1.08 billion to 5,381 students studying nursing and midwifery across 21 institutions under its student financing scheme. The intervention, which covers federal and state nursing and midwifery institutions,…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (910+ words) Sixty years after death, Sir Louis Philip Odumegwu Ojukwu remains a name that refuses to disappear from Nigeria’s business, educational and philanthropic history. From the transport company he founded to institutions he helped build, and from scholarships to the family…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (315+ words) Federal Government has concluded plans to close the unemployment and underemployment gap, especially among young people, first-time jobseekers and those not currently in education. Figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, showed that Nigeria’s unemployment rate in the second…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1100+ words) …Akume lauds Tinubu for initiative By Peter Duru, Makurdi The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, has trained 220 youths and women in various entrepreneurial and technical skills in Benue State and provided them with starter packs to enable…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (678+ words) Recently in Abuja, the intellectual Disability cluster of the Right-in-Action – the Engraced Ones – Prayer Support and Advocacy Initiative, Down Syndrome Foundation of Nigeria, RIA by Maria Autism Foundation, in Abuja, and called for the inclusion of persons with intellectual disabilities…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1027+ words) YOLA. Binchke International has unveiled a new mobile application, OneDelegate, designed to link trained artisans with residents who need services such as plumbing, electrical work, carpentry, gas supply, and waste disposal, as part of efforts to tackle youth unemployment and…...