President Bola Tinubu has revealed his intentions to strengthen the ECOWAS standby force in a bid to deter recurring coups in the African continent. Tinubu, who recently emerged as Chairperson of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, also revealed that the special force would help combat terrorism in the sub-region. He made […]

Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has suggested to the Federal and South-Eastern state governments a solution to end the sit-at-home menace crippling the economy of the region. DAILY POST recalls that the factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, has been declaring a series of sit-at-home in the South-East zone […]

Ohaneze Ndigbo said that solution to the sit-at-home orders that have destroyed the socio-economic viability of the South East geo-political zone is not in Abuja meetings but in the cohesion of some non-state actors in the zone in collaboration with sincere key players in Igbo land. The group asked that the Igbo leaders who are […]

As part of efforts to drive economic growth in Nigeria, the International Youth Foundation (IYF) and LEAP Africa would support 10 Nigerian social innovators with a funding grant of $10,000 each through its Youth Enterprise Fund (YEF). The post Groups to support six social innovators with $60,000 appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – […]

A professor of Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry, College of Medical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof Taiwo Shiekh, has proffered ways the government can tackle the abuse of nitrous oxide, popularly known as ‘laughing gas,’ by some youths in recent times. In an interview with Sunday PUNCH, he also spoke on the dangers […]

Total funding into the African startup scene fell by 37 per cent year-on-year to $4.1bn in June 2023, data from Africa: The Big Deal has shown. The data obtained from the database on the African start-up ecosystem indicated that funding declined to $4.1bn in June 2023 from $6.5bn in the corresponding period of last year. […]