By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The United Nations Positive Livelihood Award Centre, UN-POLAC, on Wednesday, appointed the Santuscom Agro-Hub Investment Nigeria Limited, Chief Paul Santus Ofana, as International Peace Advocate. The appointment was disclosed in a statement released by Trustees of POLAC, which explained that the basis of appointing the rising agribusiness entrepreneur is because […]

To honor some of its key distributors, retailers and wholesalers across the country, Guinness Nigeria recently awarded prizes to winners of its elite promo exercise which kicked off in November 2019 and was concluded in March 2020. The brand deemed it fit to reward its International Premium Spirits Distributors who have demonstrated commitment, hard work, […]

UK-Based Nigerian artiste, Sweetcorn is out here letting us know he is not one to keep quiet when he sniffs any form of injustice. Following his take on the Temmie Ovwasa and YBNL saga, which saw many Twitter followers dragging him silly, which of course did not in any way stop him from again reinforcing […]

…..court adjourns case till December 14 By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Akwa Ibom State has arraigned another lecturer Professor Ignatius Uduk for alleged involvement in electoral fraud during the 2019 polls. Professor Uduk who was a Collation and Returning Officer for the State House of Assembly election in Essien […]

Asset & Resource Management Holding Company (ARM) has given a boost to the healthcare facilities in Lagos State with the renovation and donation of a set of laboratory equipment to the Outpatient Health Centre in Onikan.

He made the pledge while launching PAN’s new products on Sunday during the grand finale of the 2020 Keffi Polo Tournament held at the Keffi Polo Ranch, Nasarawa State.

African Reinsurance Corporation, Africa Re, has canvassed for an improved agricultural sector in the continent, stating that the performance of the sector can significantly influence economic development in most sub-Saharan Africa countries.

AXA Mansard Insurance Plc, a member of the AXA Group, has recorded 169 percent growth in profit after tax of N5.67 billion for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020, from N2.11 billion in September 2019.

…Conferred 2020 real estate CEO By Prince Okafor Nigeria’s leading real estate mogul, Sam Ogrih, has been awarded Chief Executive Officer of the Year by the Nigeria Housing Advocacy Network, (NHAN) organizers of the annual Nigeria International Housing Award. Mr Ogrih, the Managing Director/CEO of Delta Mega-Trend Ltd, was honoured alongside 35 other players across […]

Four months after the Federal Government approved N10 billion to help road transportation survive the effects of COVID-19, members of Public Transport Owners of Nigeria Association (PTONA) have appealed for disbursement of the fund to save their businesses from collapse.

…say latest protest is self-serving, needless, unnecessary Co-conveners of the #EndSARS protest in Osun State have distanced themselves from another round of protest that broke out in the State on Monday, describing the development as self-serving, needless, unnecessary and capable of compromising the peace and progress of the State. A group of youth led by […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has faulted reports of the #EndSARS protests by the foreign press. The President especially mentioned that the reports of CNN and BBC of the #EndSARS protest were not balanced, as they failed to give attention to the Policemen that were killed. Buhari, in a short tweet that has generated thousands of reactions […]

By Fortune Eromosele The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) on Wednesday, formally validated its National Biosafety Guidelines on Gene Editing. The Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the NBMA, Dr Rufus Ebegba while speaking during the Validation exercise in Abuja, said the Agency has been evolving and the Federal government is poised to drive the economy […]

Going by the information from port regulators, sea-side congestion at some of the terminals in the ports in Lagos have dropped to 20 percent from 30 percent in the recent weeks.

Due to the weakening of the Naira value against the world’s major currencies, Nigerians should not build up liabilities in hard currencies as the tendency is that more Naira will be required to repay the debt in the long run.