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- 11 Nov 2015
Buhari Swears-in Ministers, Gives Them Portfolios
President Muhammadu Buhari at the swearing of 36 new ministers in Abuja today also assigned them portfolios. The President, who assigned to himself the Minister of Petroleum Resources, also pruned…
- 28 Sept 2023
Zinox Partners Imo State Govt, as Uzodinma Administration Equips 15,000 Youths with Digital Skills
Zinox Technologies, a frontline technology giant has partnered with the Imo State Government to equip 15,000 youths with digital skills to make them wealth creators in the tech-driven global…
- 6 Jun 2021
FG Trains Youths on Digital Skills in Rivers, Lagos, Kano, Gombe States
The Federal Government has trained 2, 467 youths drawn from four states in Nigeria in the pilot programme of the “Digital State Initiative”. The training is part of the implementation of the National…
- 1 Oct 2019
Pantami Inaugurates ICT Innovation Hub in Gombe
Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communication Technology, on Monday, inaugurated an ICT innovation hub for the training of youths on phone repairs, and computer literacy in Gombe state. The Minister said…
- 7 May 2025
Gov. Mbah Tasks Youths to Embrace Technology as Enugu Tech Festival Opens
The 2025 Enugu Tech Festival being organised by the Enugu State Government kicked off yesterday with the Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, describing it…
- 4 Aug 2025
FG to Move 5m Homes to Clean Cooking by 2030 — Minister
Ekperikpe Ekpo, minister for State, Petroleum Resources (Gas), said it is working towards a renewed target of moving about five million homes to clean cooking by 2030. Ekpo, made the declaration…
- 15 Jan 2016
Minister Lauds Sidmach's Contributions to Education, Youths Development
Sidmach Technologies Nigeria Limited, a leading Information Technology company in Nigeria, has been commended by Mr. Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communications for her outstanding performances and…
- 1 Oct 2018
APC Disqualifies Shittu, Communications Minister from Oyo Guber Race
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), has stated that Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communications, was disqualified from contesting the Oyo State governorship…
- 25 Aug 2024
Funds for Youths Empowerment Trapped in Banks over BVN/NIN Issues
Kassim Muhammed Kassim, youth leader and former state legislator, has claimed that billions of naira intended for 1000 youths per local government area across the country under the Special Public…
- 14 Jul 2024
Halilu Awarded Royal African Young Leadership Award
A week after receiving the Engineering and Innovation meritorious award at the Nigerian Excellence Awards in Public Service (NEAPS), the Executive Vice Chairman of the National Agency for Science and…
- 30 Nov 2023
Minister Seeks Establishment of Agric Data Centre
Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, Minister of State of Agriculture and Food Security, has advocated the creation of National Agriculture Data Centre to attract investors to enhance Food and Nutrition Security in…
- 7 Dec 2022
Pantami Harps on Digital Innovation, Entrepreneurship as Panacea to Youth Unemployment
Professor Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has disclosed that the solution to youth unemployment in Nigeria is to focus on digital innovation and entrepreneurship.…
- 14 Sept 2021
Konga Inks MoU With FG on Job Creation
Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant, has been hailed by the Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Hon. Sunday Dare as a digital platform with immense capacity to help re-write…
- 7 Aug 2018
FG, AfDB Inaugurate Task Force on Youth Employment & Skills Development
The African Development Bank in partnership with the Federal Government of Nigeria has inaugurated a Task Force to drive its first Public-Private Round Table on Youth Employment and Skills…
- 11 Jan 2026
Ministry of Finance Leads FG-Backed Deal to Deliver Quality Homes and Boost Agriculture in Niger State
The Federal Ministry of Finance has anchored the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Niger State Government and the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) for the…
- 25 Mar 2024
FG Approves 2% Quota Appointments for Youths
Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu has approved two initiatives aimed at fostering better inclusion and development opportunities for the teeming youth…
- 2 Feb 2018
FG Seeks Partnership with China to Develop Nigeria's Animation Industry
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, has called for a meaningful partnership with China to develop Nigeria's Animation Industry. The minister stated this in Abuja on…
- 1 Dec 2015
FG Reiterates Commitment to ‘e-Government Master Plan 2020’
Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communications has reiterated Federal Government commitment to implement ‘e-Government Master Plan 2020’. The minister stated this yesterday at stakeholders’ engagement…
- 12 Aug 2020
International Youth Day: Paradigm Initiative Calls for Empowerment of Underserved Youth
Paradigm Initiative, PIN, joins the world in commemorating International Youth Day under the theme - Youth Engagement for Global Action. The day was endorsed in 1999 by the General Assembly…
- 8 Jul 2021
Insecurity: FG Approves Emergency Communications Centre in Zamfara
Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, says that an Emergency Communications Centre (ECC) has been approved by the federal government for Zamfara State to support…
- 1 Apr 2025
FG to Create 1m Technology Jobs – Minister
Bosun Tijani, minister for Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, has stated that the federal government is geared towards creating about one million technology jobs for teeming Nigerian…
- 30 Jun 2021
NOTAP Awards Patent Certificates to 41 Researchers, Inventors
National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), has awarded patent certificates to 41 researchers and inventors, according to Mohammed Abdullah, minister of state for science and…
- 10 Feb 2014
FG to Establish Fresh Produce Cargo Terminal in Jos
Stella Oduah, Aviation Minister said on yesterday that the Federal Government would soon establish the first fresh produce cargo in the country in Jos. Oduah stated this in Jos when she visited…
- 30 Mar 2025
FG to Elevate Enugu Tech Festival to National Event – Minister
Dr. Bosun Tijani, minister of Communication, Innovation, and Digital Economy, has annunced plans to elevate Enugu Tech Festival (ETF), to a national event. Enugu Tech Festival is scheduled for May…
- 2 Jun 2017
FG Orders Opening of Govt. Job Portal
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has directed that the online portal of the government’s job initiative, N-Power, be reopened June 17 to allow more unemployed Nigerians apply, the Minister of State,…
- 14 Dec 2014
“Youths are Africa’s future” says UBA CEO
Phillips Oduoza, group managing director and CEO of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has said that the future progress of Africa, as a continent, is in the hands of its youthful population. He said…
- 17 Sept 2024
Federal Ministry of Youth Development, NDPC Sign MOU to train 5,000 Youths on Data Protection
In line with the 8 Presidential Priorities and the Renewed Hope Agenda of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Federal Ministry of Youth Development and Nigeria Data Protection Commission…
- 16 Oct 2018
Shittu, Minister of Comm. Drags FG to Court over NYSC
Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communications, has sued the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), alleging that the body failed to serve him with a call-up letter in 1979 to enable him to observe the…
- 19 Jul 2018
FG Names New National Carrier ‘Nigeria Air’
The Federal Government has unveiled the name and logo for the national carrier that would be launched at the end of this year. The name; ‘Nigeria Air’ was unveiled by the Minister of State for…
- 18 Apr 2021
NigComSat Trains 600 on VSAT Installation
Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd (NIGCOMSAT) has completed the 6-day training of the 600 persons in Gombe, Abia, Kano, Ekiti, Kebbi, Lagos and Bauchi states. Dr Isa Pantami, minister of…