The South-West Development Commission (SWDC) has inaugurated an Action Committee tasked to turn TransComs, its rural transformation programme, from concept into delivery, executing pilot projects and laying the groundwork for regional scale-up within 180 days across the region.
The committee...
World Economic Forum (WEF) in partnership with the Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has announced the 2026 cohort of the Young Global Leaders (YGL) Aliko Dangote Fellows, highlighting a new generation of African leaders committed to expanding opportunity and strengthening...
A Nigerian pilgrim, Mallama Aishatu Muhammadu, has died in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, days after arriving for the Hajj exercise.
The 73-year-old from Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State suffered a fatal cardiac arrest en route from Jeddah...
The Central Bank of Nigeria has urged state governments to reduce their reliance on overdrafts and short-term borrowing, warning that reckless fiscal behaviour at the sub-national level could undermine the country’s transition to an inflation-targeting monetary policy framework.
This was...
The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has appointed Mrs Victoria Samson, popularly known as “BOVAS,” as the new Chancellor of Osun State University, Osogbo.
The announcement was made on May 10, 2026, following the completion of the tenure of...
The National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has reaffirmed his commitment to the party, and dismissed insinuations that he has returned to his erstwhile party, the All Progressives Congress.
The ex-Osun State Governor made this known...
The family of the Enugu State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dr. Malachy Agbo has announced the passing of their beloved matriarch, Mrs. Laurita Nwakaego Agbo (née Ortuanya).
In a statement issued on Sunday, Dr. Agbo disclosed that his mother...
The President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has held a high-level meeting with Nicolai Tangen, the Chief Executive Officer of Norges Bank Investment Management, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund manager, overseeing assets valued at approximately $1.9 trillion.
At...
Senator Sharafadeen Alli (APC-Oyo South) has expressed deep sorrow over the death of former Chairman of Egbeda Local Government, Hon. Akeem Sadiq, describing his demise as a painful loss to the people of Egbeda and Oyo State.
In a condolence...
William Shakespeare, in Othello, warned of the destructive power of envy and manipulation when he wrote: “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.”
Across history, enemies have...
