A multinational network company named “Longrich” with professionalism & a giant mind in manufacturing organic health and cosmetic products has found its presence in Nigeria in the year 2013 but started operations in china in 1986.

China has demoted the director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, the State Council said Thursday, following months of pro-democracy protests in the semi-autonomous city. The shuffling of officials at China’s top policy body on the financial hub’s affairs comes after months of political unrest — the starkest challenge to Beijing since the […]

Says women and girls play critical role in STEM By Ebunoluwa Sessou President, Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria,  APWEN, Engr. Funmilola Ojelade FNSE has called on the international community, States and individuals to work together to ensure equality of women and girls in the sciences and other fields become a reality. Ojelade said […]

Rapper Snoop Dogg apologized on Wednesday for an obscenity-laced tirade in which he appeared to threaten a CBS news anchor over an interview about late basketball star Kobe Bryant. Snoop Dogg’s harangue on social media had followed an interview that “CBS This Morning” anchor Gayle King had with former women’s basketball star Lisa Leslie which […]

Mobile World Congress (MWC) the annual convention where smartphone makers from around the world come to hawk their wares was scheduled to take place in Barcelona on Feb. 24 but was canceled due to fears surrounding the viral coronavirus. In a statement to Bloomberg, CEO of MWC organizer GSMA John Hoffman said that it would […]

Two employees of CNBM Mining Investment Nigeria Ltd, Samuel Oni, 35 and Chiamaka Amaechi, on Wednesday, appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing their employer’s laptop worth N250, 000. The defendants, whose residential addresses were not given, are facing charges of conspiracy and stealing. They, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges […]

The former US ambassador who was a key figure in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial criticized US foreign policy on Wednesday as “amoral” and based on threats. Marie Yovanovitch, who Trump abruptly recalled last May from her post as US ambassador to Ukraine, spoke at Washington’s Georgetown University where she received a prize from the […]

A tiny South Korean hedge fund hit the jackpot when it made a long-shot investment in the surprise Oscar-winning movie “Parasite,” according to a report Wednesday. The Seoul-based fund Ryukyung PSG Asset Management Inc. plunked down $500,000 to help bank-roll the genre-bending satirical thriller and is poised to rake in millions after the award, according […]

Odion Ighalo, Manchester United’s January signing from China, has been training away from the club’s facilities as a precaution due to the coronavirus outbreak, British media reported on Thursday. The 30-year-old Nigerian international striker joined United on loan until the end of the season on January 31 — transfer deadline day — from Chinese club […]

Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos paid $165 million for David Geffen’s palatial Beverly Hills home, sources said. That beats the previous record for priciest residential purchase of $150 million in LA set last year for a Bel Air estate known as Chartwell. The new record, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, gives Bezos the […]

  China on Thursday replaced its top officials in the central province of Hubei and its capital, Wuhan, the epicenter of a viral coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 45,000 people worldwide. Former Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong succeeds Jiang Chaoliang as the ruling Communist Party’s chief in the beleaguered province, the Xinhua state news […]

A Magistrates’ Court in Abeokuta on Wednesday ordered that a 37-year-old man, Mutiu Sonola, who allegedly beat his wife to death for disobeying him, be remanded in a custodial centre, pending legal advice. Magistrate Olakunleyin Oke, who did not take the plea of Sonola, ordered the police to return the case file to the Ogun […]

  By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri A tanker carrying premium motor spirit, PMS, has exploded and went up inflame along  Owerri -Aba express road, killing one person and others critically injured. Vanguard investigation on Thursday confirmed that the incident happened at about 11: 15 am not too far from the Imo/Anambra River basin authority. It […]

Says it’s a matter of life, death By Victor Young The issue of pension is very emotive and has remained a sensitive discourse over the years because every worker today is a potential pensioner tomorrow. In this chat, President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Ayuba Wabba, speaks to Pension and You on some burning issues […]

The Network of Buhari Supporters Worldwide (NBSW) have called on security agents to probe the renewed spate of killings in Borno State. The group made this known at a press conference on Thursday in Lagos following President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Maiduguri. In a statement signed by National Coordinator Achimugu Atawodi Agada, the Buhari supporters […]