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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, has called on the Pension Industry Leadership Council (PILC) to scale up Nigeria’s Micro Pension Plan, adopt digital innovations, and offer incentives to bring informal sector workers—including artisans, traders, and small business owners—into the national pension net. Speaking…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced that more than 126 million Nigerians have been enrolled in the National Identity Database, marking a major milestone in the country’s push toward digital inclusion and secure identity infrastructure. Speaking at the 2025 National Day of Identity celebration held in Abuja on Tuesday, the…
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has officially launched its cutting-edge AI-powered Intelligent Company Registration Portal (ICRP), introducing a new era of seamless, faster, and fully digital business registration in Nigeria. The platform, which became operational today, July 6, 2026, allows entrepreneurs and business owners to reserve company names and complete…
Nigeria’s innovation sector took center stage in Abuja as the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI) showcased the winners of the NextGen Innovation Challenge 2025, declaring the era of intellectual capital as Nigeria’s new frontier for global relevance. In a welcome address, the Director General of NBTI, Dr. Kazeem Kolawole…
The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Geoffrey Nnaji, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to positioning innovation at the core of Nigeria’s development strategy, declaring that the nation’s future will be driven by local ingenuity, not foreign dependency. Speaking at the National Exhibition of the NextGen Innovation…
The Chairman of the ECOWAS Parliament Committee on Health and Member of Parliament from Cabo Verde, Dr Orlando Pereiza Dia, has called on West African countries to allocate at least 30% of their national budgets to education, saying such investment is key to driving local production and reducing dependence on…
The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI), Dr. Kazeem Kolawole, has declared youth innovation as the key to unlocking Nigeria’s economic potential. Speaking at the official launch of the NextGen Innovation Challenge Portal in Abuja, Dr. Kolawole emphasized the urgent need to…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council, joined the global media community today to mark the 2025 World Press Freedom Day, with a strong call for the responsible and ethical deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in journalism. Speaking during a commemorative event in Abuja, NUJ FCT…
The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Dr. Abdullahi Usman, has urged public and civil servants across Nigeria to embrace the Bureau’s new digital platform—the CCB Online Assets Declaration System—as the primary tool for declaring assets, signaling a decisive shift from the traditional manual process. Dr. Usman made…
The Nigerian House of Representatives has ordered a nationwide shutdown of pornographic websites, instructing the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to enforce the ban immediately. The directive was issued during a plenary session on Tuesday, with lawmakers emphasizing that internet service providers must block access to such websites under the new…
