On World Creativity and Innovation Day, by Kashifu Inuwa     Thank you for coming. It is truly a pleasure and privilege to have you this afternoon. Today is a double celebration of NITDA’s 20th Anniversary and World Creativity and Innovation Day. It is an International Creativity...

Insecurity in North West Nigeria: Armed Banditry or Jihadist Expansionism?  By Abdulhaleem Ishaq Ringim       North West Nigeria has for the past four to five decades suffered from waves of crisis and violence. The trajectory of such violence started with ethno-religious clashes and moved through electoral violence,...

Rising Youth Unemployment is a Waiting Time Bomb By Joy Nguri Current youth unemployment figure in Nigeria is estimated at about 17.1 percent of the over 200 million population. This data are estimates from the International Labour Organization, ILO, an agency of the United Nations saddled...

GITEX 2020: Nigerians Provide Digital Solutions to COVID-19, Other Challenges- Pantami         Nigerian scientists and digital entrepreneurs are providing digital solutions to COVID-19 and other global challenges. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr. Isa Pantami who leads the Nigerian delegation at the 40th edition of...

Insecurity Threatens Africa's Industrialization- Labour Leader     African governments must put sustainable security measures if the continent must attract investment, protect the existing investments and create sustainable Decent jobs. This call was made at the weekend by Comrade Issa Aremu, a renowned Labour leader at the 2020 Africa...

MAMA Centre Sensitises School Girls On Gender-Based Violence       The Executive Director of Mothers And Marginalised Advocacy Centre (MAMA Centre), Chioma Kanu, has described as “paramount”, the involvement of school girls in public outcry against Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria. She made this known at a one-day Sensitisation...