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UNICEF and NBS asked Enugu State to take full ownership of MICS7 data collection, saying strong state participation will improve planning, budgeting and delivery in key sectors.
CEOAFRICA Managing Director Prince Cletus Iloabanafor has urged governments, businesses and civil society groups to increase support for ACALAN as preparations gather pace for the language body's 20th anniversary programme.
A nationwide documentation drive led by Dr Bukar Usman collected over 4,000 folktales and built a multilingual archive now used to support language preservation, education and cultural continuity in Nigeria.
Ronik Group founder Chief Chris Alabi said his years studying without electricity pushed him to build schools focused on quality facilities, strong teaching and long-term standards in Lagos.
A five-day Oracle Primavera P6 training sponsored by NCDMB has ended in Delta State, with organisers saying the programme strengthened project management capacity for Nigerian professionals in oil and gas.
Borno Governor Babagana Zulum has proposed moving the state's permanent NYSC orientation camp to Government Secondary School, Auno, citing expansion capacity, security and long-term value.
NELFUND says student loan applications rose to 1,696,316 before the portal shut on February 27, with total disbursement hitting N183.9bn for tuition and upkeep support.
In a fresh development, as payment use grows, fraud and device tampering remain a threat to merchants who rely on card transactions. The report added that cases of terminal hijacking, card skimming, and device switching continue to affect revenue and trust. Meanwhile, nearpays says it is addressi...
'Family voting' concerns raised by election observers in Gorton and Denton. ReutersParty observers watch as votes are counted for the Gorton and Denton by-election at Manchester CentralElection observers have raised conâŚ
Plaid valued at $8B in employee share sale. Plaid, a company that connects financial applications to usersâ bank accounts, enabling payments and data verification, has allowed employees to sell some of their shares at aâŚ
In a fresh development, the National Universities Commission (NUC) has issued detailed guidelines to Nigerian universities on the award of honorary doctorates to individuals. The guidelines, addressed to all vice-chancellors in a letter dat...
TechCrunch reports that A VC and some big-name programmers are trying to solve open sourceâs funding problem, permanently. A group of notable open-source programmers are joining with a VC investor to launch a nonprofi...
