The Lagos State Government has disclosed that 26,592 public school students failed the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, raising alarm across the state’s education sector. Jamiu Alli-Balogun, the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education noted this during a ministerial press briefing in Alausa, Ikeja, on Thursday. He said, “45.7 per cent of the 58,188 students from public schools …

The National Economic Council (NEC) of the Federal Government of Nigeria has approved a $90 billion agribusiness expansion and livestock development plan, targeting full implementation by 2035 under the Ministry of Livestock Development. This was development was contained in a statement released by Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications (Office of the Vice President), on April …

Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive of the Dangote Group, has been appointed by the World Bank to its Private Sector Investment Lab, a select group of global business leaders tasked with driving investment and job creation in emerging economies. The appointment places Dangote in a group of renowned business leaders, including Bill Anderson, CEO of Bayer AG; Sunil Bharti …