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    The World Bank said seventeen African governments have committed to reforms and actionable plans to expand electricity access as part of Mission 300, an ambitious partnership led by the lender and the African Development Bank Group that aims to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030.   ...

  President Bola Tinubu has directed the Bank of Agriculture to clear outstanding arrears of N30bn owed to agro-dealers and input suppliers under the National Agricultural Growth Scheme and Agro-Pocket.   According to a statement issued on Wednesday by the bank’s External Media Relations Lead, Judith Ekwebelem, the directive followed ...

    The management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, has pledged to adopt financial prudence and academic justice in addressing the institution’s challenges.   The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ibrahim Garba, gave the assurance when officials of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union paid him ...

  Gombe State has once again been recognised as a top-tier performer in fiscal transparency and accountability, ranking second nationwide with an impressive 99 out of 100 points, according to BudgIT’s latest Subnational Transparency Assessment.   The ranking, which evaluated fiscal transparency across the 36 states and the FCT in ...

  Priscilla Ojo, daughter of Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo, has returned to Tanzania with her newborn son, Rakeem Mkambala, where her husband, Tanzanian singer Juma Jux, gave them a grand welcome. The homecoming coincided with the day Rakeem turned one month old.   In a series of videos shared on ...

  Tango Brook Technologies has launched the Tango Fuel Card, a digital fuel management system designed to give individuals and corporate customers greater transparency, control and rewards in managing fuel expenditure.   In a statement on Tuesday, the company said the Tango Fuel Card provides access to physical payment cards ...

    The Airtel Africa Foundation, in collaboration with UNICEF, has unveiled an ambitious plan to directly impact over 10 million lives across the continent by 2030 through education, digital inclusion, environmental sustainability, and financial literacy programmes.   The announcement was made on Tuesday at a press conference in Lagos ...

FirstBank partners Lagos for E1 Lagos GP In line with its commitments of promoting sports and developmental initiatives at all levels, First Bank of Nigeria Limited is partnering the organizers of the first of its kind E1 Lagos GP an all-electric powerboat racing championship, set to hold between the 3rd and ...

  The Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources has ordered the immediate suspension of all reclamation projects across the state.   PUNCH Online reports that reclamation projects are engineered efforts to create new usable land from water-covered areas by filling them with sand, earth, rock, or other ...

  The Chairman of Carnival Calabar, Gabe Onah, has called for stronger private sector investment to sustain the popular street party.   Onah made the call on the sidelines of the 21st Akwaaba African Travel Market on Tuesday in Lagos.   The chairman said the annual carnival, which would turn ...