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The proprietor of Preston International School, Akure, Dr Toyin Ajayi, has decried poor funding of education in Nigeria, warning that the situation continues to undermine quality learning across all levels of the sector. Ajayi raised the concern on Wednesday in Akure, the Ondo State capital, at a leadership training programme organised by the Servant Leader Foundation for 83 students drawn from six secondary schools in the state. He identified inadequate funding as a major challenge confronting education in Nigeria from primary to tertiary levels. According to him, insufficient budgetary allocation to education has contributed to poor teacher welfare, declining academic…
Recent moves by the Iranian government to Bitcoin for oil tolls as gold overtakes US dollar assets in global central bank reserves signals a “shift away from dollar-based systems,” according to crypto financial services company Fidelity Digital Investments.Tehran’s acceptance of BTC for oil shipments passing through the Strait of Hormuz represents the emergence of “alternative settlement mechanisms,” according to the company’s just-released “Six Key Trends Shaping Digital Assets in 2026” report. Accepting Bitcoin for shipping toll payments is evidence that the biggest cryptocurrency could replace the US dollar as the global reserve currency because of its neutral, confiscation-resistant and decentralized properties,…
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Bashir El-Rufai, son of former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, has stirred fresh political conversations after openly celebrating with Isah Ashiru-Kudan, following the controversial African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship primaries in Kaduna State. The younger El-Rufai shared photographs of himself, his brother Bello El-Rufai and Mr Ashiru in what appeared to be a victory celebration shortly after the former lawmaker emerged winner of the party’s governorship primary. He later posted an Ashiru’s campaign poster on Facebook, a move many political observers interpreted as an endorsement of the ADC candidate despite protests from Ja’afaru Sani, one of his father, Nasir El-Rufai’s…
Alex Otti has raised alarm over the continued drop in the number of Nigerians exercising their voting rights during elections. Otti, who was speaking in Umuahia on Thursday during a lecture organised to mark the third anniversary of his administration, said that only 27% of registered voters cast their votes in the 2023 election. He warned that the refusal or reluctance of voters in Abia and Nigeria at large to play an active role in the electoral system would result in the emergence of wrong leaders and bad governance. Otti noted that citizens who register to vote but refuse to exercise that mandate…
A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rotimi Amaechi, has said nobody has ever asked him to be a running mate to the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Amaechi disclosed this in an interview with Chude Jideonwo, where he spoke about the alleged rigging of the presidential primaries. According to Amaechi, “I stand by what I said about ‘concocted results,’ but I am still a member of ADC. “I’m not joking, no one has ever asked me to be vice president because they know what my reaction would be.” The just-concluded ADC presidential primary election saw Atiku emerge as the party’s candidate.…
Barcelona are closing in on a move to sign former Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva. Silva is currently a free agent after he left the Etihad at the end of this season. The Portuguese playmaker is believed to be keen on a move to the Spanish champions. Barca have previously explored a deal while Xavi Hernandez was manager at the Camp Nou. But the 31-year-old opted to extend his stay with City at that time. According to Sport, the landscape has shifted dramatically three years later and Silva now wants a final major challenge in Europe. He is has tasked…
Capital market operators have intensified extensive software and technological modifications across internal workflows, securing operational readiness ahead of the Nigerian capital market’s historic migration to a T+1 settlement cycle on Monday, June 1, 2026. The structural shift, approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission, will condense the country’s post-trade clearing timeframe to one business day following trade execution, effectively replacing the current T+2 protocol implemented in late 2025. Under the new regulatory directive, secondary market equities and commodities transactions matched across the Nigerian Exchange Limited, NASD OTC Exchange, and the Lagos Commodities and Futures Exchange will see concurrent exchanges of…
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations has marked the 9th National Day of Mourning with a warning over worsening insecurity in Nigeria, accusing the government of failing to meet its constitutional duty to protect lives and property. In a joint statement released on Thursday, the groups opened with a direct appeal, “Nigerian lives matter.” The statement was signed by over 90 organisations, including Amnesty International Nigeria, BudgIT, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, Yiaga Africa, and the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, among many others. The group maintained that the annual commemoration, which honours victims of mass atrocities and violent killings,…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress is set to ratify former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, as its presidential candidate today (Friday) during the party’s nationwide primaries, following his emergence as the sole aspirant for the ticket. The party also said governorship, National Assembly and state Houses of Assembly candidates would also emerge across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, despite logistical disruptions caused by the Eid-el-Kabir holidays. NDC National Chairman, Moses Cleopas, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, adding that transportation challenges and flight unavailability delayed some preparatory activities after the screening exercise in the…
