African youths pivotal to agric business
The large and growing African youth population has been described as an incredible resource which needed to be tapped into to usher in a new era of economic prosperity in the fast growing agriculture and food sector. This assertion was made by Hugh Scott, the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) Director at KPMG International Development Advisory Services in Lusaka, Zambia Tuesday as officials from an ambitious, innovative partnership that is investing almost a quarter of a billion dollars in small businesses across Africa met with influential industry and government leaders to discuss unlocking financing for a new generation of African agriculture entrepreneurs.
Independence spirit: DISCO to refund overbilled money to electricity consumers
NAN recalls that the Chairman of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr Sam Amadi, recently told the Senate that the commission ordered the refund after series of complaints from AEDC customers. Croucher noted that the issue of over-billing was a legacy problem, which the company was currently working hard to address.
Nigeria @55: Prologue: Still groping in the dark
One of the enduring topics of debate over Nigeria’s nationhood is the question: was Nigeria’s amalgamation a mistake? In 1914, Sir Frederick Lugard amalgamated the Colony of Lagos and the Protectorate of Southern Nigeria with the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria. Thus, hitherto independent and culturally exclusive kingdoms, such as the Sokoto Caliphate, the Igbo hinterland, Oyo Kingdom, Benin Kingdom among a host of others, were forcefully brought under one political and administrative umbrella under the British Crown.
First Empire launches major Housing Project
The Group Head, Energy of First Empire Group, Mr Dimeji Oganla said 80 percent of infrastructures in Lagos State are built by private individuals who have little or no knowledge of infrastructural development which is why low quality houses are sold at exorbitant prices.
‘Those who invited wanted ISIS chief to Nigeria arrested in Kano’
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), yesterday, denied playing any part in the process that led to the issuance of Nigerian Visa to the wanted ISIS chief, Ahmed Al Assir in Lebanon, even as it said two men connected to Al Assir, who he was coming to visit in Nigeria, had been arrested in Kano and immediately handed over to the National Security Adviser, General Babagana Monguno (rtd).
See how Google celebrated Nigeria @ 55
Search engine giant, Google Inc. has joined millions of well-wishers across the globe, to celebrate the 55th Independence Day Anniversary of Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria.
