DIGITAL momentum across Africa is accelerating, and by 2030, the continent’s digital payments market is expected to soar to $1.5 trillion, according to a Mastercard-commissioned report by Genesis Analytics. This forecast highlights a fundamental shift underway in how Africans move money,…
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the creation of a major new fund to combat hunger and malnutrition among school-age children across Africa. Known as the End School-Age Hunger Fund (ESAH), the initiative is designed to scale up school meal programmes, improve…
PROLOGUE THE BIRTH OF A WARRIOR In the quiet hills of Du, in the quiet suburbs of Plateau State, a child was born on the 13th of March, 1944. On this day in 2025,that young boy turned 81.The winds of…
ELECTRIC air taxis could soon be flying over African skies, as Ethiopian Airlines teams up with US-based Archer Aviation to launch an all-electric urban air mobility network. The agreement makes Ethiopian the second customer in Archer’s ‘Launch Edition’ programme, unveiled in February 2025, as…
The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service, Headquarters, Abuja, (Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria). Sir, We write to formally bring to your attention the ongoing and deeply entrenched corrupt practices at the Delta State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Asaba. Our…
THE Delta State government, purportedly under pressure from press reports, has ordered the Provost of Delta State College of Nursing Sciences, Mrs Evbodaghe Rita Ogonne, to withdraw the written query earlier issued to one of the students, Edobor Osatohemwen, over…
● Approves monetization guidelines for lecturers, students, and researchers ●Students now obligated to deposit final academic reports into a national database ●Targets USD9.85bn global market The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved the commencement of the various activities that…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has urged Nigerians to pray for President Bola Tinubu’s leadership, as well as the peace, stability, and progress of the country, as Ramadan ends. Shettima made the call on Friday during the closing ceremony of Tafsir (Quranic…
FORMER Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has stated that the Nigerian constitution is the supreme law of the land and the National Assembly must align with its provisions. She accused Nigerian lawmakers of placing their rules above the Nigerian Constitution,…
An alleged plot aimed at compromising the 2027 general elections in Nigeria through the appointment of a “yes-man” as a successor to Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the current Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been uncovered. Naijaonpoint understands that…
