The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has reiterated its commitment to advancing digital governance in Nigeria. The agency’s Director-General, Matthew Adepoju, pledged in Abuja after NASRDA received the Best Federal Ministry, Department and Agency Digital Governance Award at the Nigeria GovTech Gala and Awards. Adepoju also received the Distinguished GovTech Trailblazer Award at the event.
When university students began another two-week wait under the shadow of the latest Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike, many Nigerians sighed in resignation: another disruption, another lost semester. But beneath the recurring labour disputes and the decay of the education system lies a deeper fracture — one that prominent jurist Chief Wole Olanipekun,
A Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Emmanuel Ojo, has called for a non-centralised federal system in Nigeria that would empower state governments politically, legislatively, and financially. Ojo made the remarks while delivering the 291st inaugural lecture of the university on Friday, titled “The Worship of an Unknown Deity.” He
The Chartered Risk Management Institute of Nigeria (CRMI) has condemned the National Assembly’s decision to establish the Chartered Institute of Enterprise Risk Management of Nigeria. Victor Olannye, CRMI’s Registrar, in a memorandum, said the CRMI already fulfils the core goal of promoting risk management practice. He stressed that establishing the institute will affect CRMI’s integrity
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has reappointed Prof Asabe Sadiya Mohammed for a second term as Provost of the Aminu Saleh College of Education (ASCOE), Azare, despite opposition from the State House of Assembly. The decision followed a stakeholders’ meeting held on Friday involving the governor, the commissioner for higher education, the college’s governing
The University of Lagos Alumni Association is set to honour one of Nigeria’s most respected legal figures, Wole Olanipekun, for his decades-long contribution to law, governance, and education reform. Olanipekun, who serves as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the university, will receive the association’s highest honour — the Alumni Platinum Award —
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has appointed Prof Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka as Chairman of the Governing Council of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso. The appointment, announced Monday by the Chief of Staff, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi, takes effect immediately. Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, a globally renowned development economist and Senior Special Adviser to the
A new investigation has revealed that key government agencies in Nigeria’s six South-West states collect and store citizens’ personal data without privacy policies in place. The review by the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) covered four agencies in each state — Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEB), Teachers’ Service Commissions (TESCOM), Primary Health Care Agencies or
Former Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has urged Nigerians to join forces in the fight against corruption, stressing that no single institution can win the battle alone. Speaking at the induction of the Chartered Institute of Forensics and Certified Fraud Investigators of Nigeria (CIFCFIN), Magu stated that the
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) Faculty of Social Sciences, in partnership with the Panafricana Strategic and Policy Research Group (PANASFSTRAG) and the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), hosted an international conference on Thursday, September 18 2025, addressing Nigeria’s deepening corruption crisis. Delivering the keynote lecture, Prof Babatunde Babawale, a political scientist and former Provost
