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Matters arising from FG’s textbook ranking policy

By Godwin Okondo THERE'S a growing disquiet in Nigeria's book publishing industry with the newly introduced textbook ranking policy by the Federal Ministry of Education. While the desire for quality is desirable, the manner in which the ministry hurriedly implemented the ranking policy, alongside a new curricula, has left many stakeholders wondering if something else other than quality of books…

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FIFA 2026 U-17 Women’s World Cup Champions — If you had to choose between cash and a scholarship, what would you do?

𝐌𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟑. By Paul Lucky Okoku The Flamingos are all 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖, so I’m speaking to their parents or guardians as well. If both offers are put on the table, I would encourage each player and her family to read them together…

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Nigeria Mining Tax Summit gets Feb 2027 date

Organisers of the Nigeria Mining Tax Summit (NMTS) have announced a new date for the maiden edition of the event. Originally scheduled to hold from November 11 to 13, 2026, in Abuja, the Summit will now take place between 15th and 17th of February 2027. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the organisers explained that the postponement is intended to…

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OAU mourns Former Vice-Chancellor, Prof Wale Omole

The Management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has received with profound sadness the news of the passing of one of its former Vice-Chancellors, Professor Wale Omole, who died yesterday evening. The University describes his demise as a painful loss to the Great Ife community, the Nigerian university system and the larger academic community, considering his contributions to scholarship, university…

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Nigeria’s water scandal: The Government doesn’t supply the water. The people pay vendors. Who owns this other oil economy?

The country that cannot guarantee its citizens a reliable supply of water has quietly created one of its most lucrative informal economies: the business of selling people what should be a basic public service By Jude Dike There is a business operating in Nigeria that has almost no marketing budget, no impressive corporate headquarters, no stock-market listing and no need…

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