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How Nigerian internationals made their mark across Europe over the weekend
By Tosin Omojola From goals and assists to impressive goalkeeping displays and notable debuts, Nigerian internationals were involved in the action across Turkey, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, England, France and Germany over the weekend. In Turkey, Victor Osimhen continued his blistering start to the season, scoring and providing an assist as Galatasaray secured a thrilling 3-2 victory over Göztepe…
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Nigerians react to viral video of graduate trainee calling UBA chairman ‘Tony’
Numerous Nigerians have weighed in on the trending video of UBA Group Chairman, Tony Elumelu, correcting a graduate trainee for calling him by his first name, Tony, rekindling debates over Nigeria’s culture of respect and the growing influence of Western ideas on traditional norms. In this week’s episode of Western Post’s voxpop programme, “The Newspaper Stand,” Nigerians shared divergent views…
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In Nasarawa, Nigeria’s next workforce is being built with skills, not degrees
In Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, millions of young people enter the labour market each year in search of work. Typically, a university or polytechnic degree was guaranteed as a sure way of getting a job and being successful. However, this has not been the case for many years. But in Nasarawa state, young people are pursuing a different path…
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Benue teaching hospital is bringing cancer care closer to millions in north-central Nigeria
In 2022 and about a year before he became governor, Hyacinth Alia arrived at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH) after receiving news that a relative had been admitted there. By the time he got there, the patient had died. The hospital was in darkness and smelled so badly. From that point, Alia knew that if he became governor…
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New roads and bridges are reshaping movement, agriculture in Benue, Nigeria’s food basket
Two years after the President Bola Tinubu administration scrapped the fuel subsidy regime, states began receiving larger allocations from the federal government. Benue is offering a visible answer to a question many Nigerians continue to ask: where is the money going? Across the state, new roads, bridges and an urban underpass are emerging as officials point to infrastructure as evidence…
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INTERVIEW: Why we’re turning Benue farm produce into finished products for local, export markets — Alia
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, speaks on his administration’s development blueprint, ongoing infrastructure projects, reforms in education and healthcare, agricultural industrialisation, security and the state’s new 30-year development plan. In this interview, conducted during a media parley with the Presidential Media Team of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors, led by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who were…
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PROFILE: Liman, Rotimi, Fapohunda top Tinubu’s multidisciplinary state police reform committee
President Bola Tinubu on Monday unveiled a multidisciplinary Policy Advisory Committee comprising retired judges, renowned policing scholars, senior advocates, security experts, senior police officers and state attorneys-general to provide technical guidance for Nigeria’s proposed state police framework. The committee was announced by the Chief of Staff to the President and Chairman of the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing…
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Kogi turns to road projects to unlock commerce and farming
“It has been a prayer by our forefathers for this road to be constructed which many of them are not able to witness it,” an elated Amodu Joseph Silva, a resident in Dekina local government area, told journalists about the ongoing Iyale-Ogane-Enugu road project constructed by the administration of Usman Ododo with the help of the federal government. For decades,…
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ANALYSIS: With direct allocations, LGs in south-west may be on the verge of progress, development
When Nigeria returned to democratic rule more than two decades ago, the 1999 constitution, as amended, established three tiers of government – federal, state and local – each intended to operate autonomously. However, state governments have controlled the funds of many local governments in the country, forcing them to perform poorly. To exert their control on local governments, governors were…
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The Kogi varsity betting on renewable energy for power, job creation in Nigeria
Established in 2020, the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) in Kogi State has begun training experts in the renewable energy sector to meet Nigeria’s power needs and establish a value chain that will create jobs in the near future. The Barefoot Renewable Energy College (BREC), located at CUSTECH campus in Osara, Kogi, is already charting a path for…
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