The Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, has said Nigeria is repositioning its education and skills system to produce trained, certified and adaptable talent capable of competing in the global outsourcing and digitally enabled services market. Alausa stated this at the Hire From Nigeria side event on the...
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Vice President Kashim Shettima has just concluded a meeting with Nigerians in the Diaspora in New York on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly. The engagement focused on diaspora participation in national development, investment, skills transfer and the role of Nigerians abroad in advancing the country’s...
Nigeria and Italy have strengthened collaboration to implement the proposed Global Partnership for Education (GPE) financing campaign targeted at mobilizing $5 billion for education financing worldwide. This is just as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said the GPE vision aligns with Nigeria’s agenda which aims at improving educational outcomes...
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday represented President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the opening session of the General Debate of the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, United States. Shettima joined Heads of State and Government from across the world at...
A media aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe, has questioned who is currently exercising presidential powers in Nigeria following the expiration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s announced three-week vacation. In a statement on Tuesday, Ibe said the development had raised constitutional concerns and called on the...
The African Democratic Congress has described the continued absence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, while Vice-President Kashim Shettima is also outside Nigeria, as a dangerous disregard for the Constitution. The party, in a statement by Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC National Publicity Secretary, said that Section 145 of the...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has received a comprehensive brief on Nigeria’s participation in the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu and Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amb. Jimoh Ibrahim, formally briefed the Vice President on...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in New York, United States, to represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and lead Nigeria’s delegation to the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). VP Shettima said Nigeria’s engagements at the global gathering will be guided by the country’s national interest,...
Media aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe, has questioned President Bola Tinubu’s decision not to personally lead Nigeria’s delegation to the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. Ibe, in a statement posted on Monday, said the Presidency had confirmed that Vice President Kashim...
President Bola Tinubu has directed Vice President Kashim Shettima to represent him at the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States, where Nigeria will present its position on key global issues affecting development, peace, security and international cooperation. The high-level gathering, regarded...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged four United Nations Special Rapporteurs to urgently intervene over the reported deaths of 37 persons in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger State and the reported use of lethal force against protesters in...
No fewer than 100,000 women have benefited from the World Bank-supported Nigeria for Women Programme (NFWP) in Ogun State. Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, disclosed this on Tuesday while receiving the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed his office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, where they interacted with beneficiaries of the programme....
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has announced the launch of a new 61 million Euro United Nations Peacebuilding Fund Programme aimed at consolidating peace and supporting recovery efforts in the state over the next two years. Governor Zulum said this while briefing journalists after the fourth UN Offer...
In addition to the obnoxious apartheid system practised by the White minority population in South Africa, xenophobic attacks or what many call Afrophobia, have also earned the Rainbow Nation international notoriety. The attacks by largely ill-informed South African Blacks against foreigners, especially citizens from countries that midwifed South Africa’s...
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to strengthening international policing cooperation as a critical pathway to advancing global peace, security, and sustainable development. The IGP made the call while participating in the Fifth United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS 2026) held at...
Nigeria Police Force has joined the international community in commemorating the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, paying tribute to peacekeepers across the world for their courage, professionalism, sacrifice, and commitment to the promotion of global peace and security. In a message marking the commemoration on Wednesday, 17th June...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres “to urgently invoke Article 99 of the UN Charter and bring Nigeria’s escalating insecurity—marked by mass abductions, killings, attacks on civilians, mass displacement, and other grave human rights violations—to the attention of the UN Security...
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed deep sorrow over the death of retired Lieutenant General Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor, describing him as a patriotic Nigerian who served the country with honour and distinction. In a condolence message shared on Friday via his X account, Obi paid tribute...
Nigeria has taken another step to strengthen its diplomatic engagements across key global capitals following the presentation of Letters of Credence to newly appointed ambassadors-designate. The Letters of Credence were presented on behalf of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu‑Ojukwu, during...
Federal Government on Thursday commended the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for its years of support through developmental programmes, affirming that government will continue to leverage on UNDP’s support and expertise to accelerate her various reform programmes. The Chief of Staff to the President, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila gave the...