The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs. Zubaida Umar, has reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to leveraging space-based technology to strengthen disaster risk management, early warning systems, preparedness, and emergency response across Nigeria. Umar made the commitment on Thursday while receiving a delegation from the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)...
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The Federal Government has inaugurated a Technical Working Group to fast-track the establishment of the Armed Forces College of Medicine and Health Sciences, with the first batch of military medical cadets expected to commence studies in the 2026 academic session. Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Olatunji Alausa, who inaugurated the committee in Abuja, said the...
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The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) has extended the deadline for the submission of textbooks and other instructional materials for the 2026 Phase I assessment, reassessment and ranking exercise to August 7, 2026. The Council said the extension, approved by the Federal Ministry of Education, is the final opportunity for publishers, authors and...
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By Sam Biodun Ogundipe in London Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State has called on Kogites and Nigerians living in the United Kingdom to rally behind the economic reforms of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, project a positive image of Nigeria and channel their investments, expertise and global networks towards the development of...
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Tinubu Dissolves FG Property Sale Committee Amid Mounting Legal Disputes President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate dissolution of the Presidential Implementation Committee (PIC) on the Alienation of Federal Government Properties, bringing to an end a body established more than two decades ago to oversee the sale and lease of federal assets. The President also...
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Insurers Face Licence Revocation as NAICOM Recapitalisation Deadline Expires Nigerian insurance companies that have failed to meet the new minimum capital requirements face the risk of losing their operating licences as the July 31, 2026 recapitalisation deadline set by the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) expires today. The Commissioner for Insurance and Chief Executive Officer of...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reaffirmed that the deployment of the Armed Forces during elections should remain an exceptional measure, insisting that the Nigeria Police Force remains the constitutionally designated lead agency for election security. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the position known on Thursday in a keynote address delivered on his...
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Ghana Backs Five-Year Presidential Term, Lowers Eligibility Age to 35 Ghana’s government has approved key constitutional reform proposals that would extend the presidential term from four to five years and lower the minimum age for presidential candidates from 40 to 35, marking a major step in the country’s ongoing constitutional review process. The reforms were...
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday reaffirmed his administration’s hardline position against negotiating with kidnappers, terrorists and other violent criminal groups, declaring that the federal government would neither pay ransom nor release detained suspects in exchange for abducted victims. The President disclosed that kidnappers who abducted schoolchildren and teachers in communities in Oriire Local Government...
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The Federal Government has adopted Kaduna State’s household mapping model as the national framework for identifying out-of-school children, marking a major shift from estimate-based planning to data-driven interventions across the country. Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Olatunji Alausa, announced the decision during a meeting with Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, saying the new approach...
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