FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) and GMind Academy are exploring ways to promote artificial intelligence (AI) training for teachers across the 774 local government areas (LGAs) of the country. Co-founder and CEO of GMind AI and founder of GMind Academy, Dr Success Ojo, disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the TRCN in Abuja. The proposed training of …

The Federal Government and its development partners have launched a $300 million investment fund designed to accelerate the expansion of off-grid electricity and distributed renewable energy projects across Nigeria. The Nigerian Distributed Renewable Energy Fund is jointly managed by the Sovereign Investment Authority of Nigeria and Africa50, with the aim of attracting public and private capital into projects such as …

The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC – PCC) has challenged former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to explain the legal and fiscal basis of his proposed “production subsidy” for locally refined petrol. Atiku, candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), on Friday reiterated in a press conference in Abuja his plan to reduce the price of petrol …

The Federal Government has inaugurated a 10-member independent committee to investigate the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners who died while in the custody of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps in Niger State. The Minister of Home Affairs, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced the panel on Saturday following President Bola Tinubu’s directive to conduct a comprehensive and transparent investigation into …

Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has rejected the federal government-approved grant from King’s College, Lagos to the King’s College Old Boys’ Association (KCOBA). CAPPA said the agreement represents an abdication of the government’s responsibility to fund and manage public education. CAPPA Deputy Executive Director, Zikora Ibeh, in a statement issued on Friday urged the government to use the …

The Forum of State Chairmen of Political Parties in Imo State has lashed out at the proposed local government elections in the state, alleging that the state electoral body intended to conduct the polls without a valid timetable and without the required legal notice to political parties. The forum, in a statement released over the weekend, said the operation would …

The People’s Action Party (APP) has raised the alarm over an alleged plan by the chairmen of Ideato North and Ideato South local government areas in Imo State, Chukwunonso Okpareke and Okwara Okechukwu, also known as Morocco, to demolish election and solidarity placards belonging to House of Representatives member Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere and other APP candidates, despite an existing court …

The scheduled national elections of the National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) have been suspended indefinitely, following clear violations of the association’s constitution. The elections, originally scheduled for Wednesday by the leadership of Alhaji Haruna Danjuma and Dr Ekunday Ademola in Abuja, were supposed to be supervised by the Federal Ministry of Education, but the Danjuma-led faction reportedly “contradicted …

Lagos-based KIA Africa Group has regained full ownership and operational control of Bacita Sugar Company Limited, following what it described as an amicable resolution of all outstanding issues with Keystone Bank over the financing and redevelopment of the Kwara State-based agro-industrial company. The company made this known in a statement released over the weekend, signed by its president, Eng. Wale …

President Bola Tinubu has made new five appointments of Chief Executives for some of the agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, on Wednesday. Those appointed are Aminu Maida, who had been the Executive Director of technology and operations at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS), now appointed the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC)/CEO of the Nigerian …