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Four young agricultural innovators from Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria have emerged winners of the AYuTe NextGen 2025 competition, Africa’s premier platform for youth-driven agricultural innovation. The event, hosted by Heifer International, concluded in Kampala over the weekend…
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced plans to increase the tariffs of all service providers across its airports as part of efforts to meet its objectives and responsibilities, . The authority also lamented that, while 92 per cent of its revenue comes…
The federal government has generated a total revenue of N6.9 trillion between January and April 2025, marking a significant boost in its fiscal position, according to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun. The minister disclosed that in…
TaxADR, in collaboration with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC, UK), will host a pioneering two-day TaxADR Roundtable under the theme “Unlocking Revenue & Strengthening Dispute Resolution: A Roadmap to Tax ADR in Nigeria.”…
The Head of the Federation’s Civil Service, Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, has called on State Heads of Service to intensify efforts in implementing critical reforms as the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan (FCSSIP 2021-2025) enters its final phase.…
A non-profit organisation committed to ensuring equal access to quality education, The Dolly Children Foundation, has provided academic support to over 23,000 children across six states in Nigeria. Since its establishment in 2009, the foundation said it has driven…
Former political adviser to President Bola Tinubu in the Office of the Vice President, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has lambasted the ongoing efforts to form a political coalition aimed at ousting the President in the 2027 general election. He described the movement as…
Thousands of airline passengers on the Middle-East aviation corridor are bracing for an increase in air fare, flight delays and cancellations, and an increase in flight time as a result of the rerouting of flights due to the Israel-Iran war. Currently, thousands of passengers…
The National Security Adviser (NSA) Mallam Nuhu Ribadu said hunger and poverty were the catalysts fueling insecurity across the country. Ribadu spoke yesterday at the National Security Seminar with the theme “Combating Hunger and Poverty for Sustainable Peace and Development…
Former Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has launched yet another blistering critique of President Bola Tinubu, stating that the president’s chances of winning re-election in 2027 were virtually nonexistent and that public discontent with his administration has…
The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Remi Tinubu, has called on the National Assembly to provide constitutional and legal recognition for the Office of the First Lady at both federal and state levels, similar to the framework in the United States. Speaking to journalists after…
The media team of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade is intact and knowledgeable and requires no external motivation for training, the monarch’s Director of Media and Publicity, Bode Durojaiye has said. Durojaiye, in a statement to LEADERSHIP on Monday, was responding to…
United States President, Donald Trump, has reacted to Monday retaliatory missiles launch by Iran on Al-Udeid, the American airbase in Qatar, thanking Iran for the advance notice while describing the attack as a “very weak response.” Reacting to the attack on his Truth Social…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has officially concluded its primary elections for the 2026 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council polls, producing chairmanship candidates across all six area councils in what party officials described as a transparent and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Umar Isa, a former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), over an alleged $7.2 billion fraud connected to the rehabilitation of Nigeria’s ailing refineries.…
Immediate-past Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has revealed details about his strained relationship with President Bola Tinubu and his deep regrets about supporting the President to power in the 2023 elections. He described the Tinubu administration as a…
Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has explained why the emerging political coalition seeking to challenge the ruling party in 2027 elections was opting to register a new political party rather than merge with an existing one. According to him, the move was seen as…
The federal government has reassured Nigerians and the international community that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja remains safe for citizens, residents, and visitors, despite a recent travel advisory issued by the Embassy of the United States. The US Embassy had…
