Diekoye Oyeyinka, 33, has been billed as one of the most promising Nigerian writers of his generation. He went to some of the finest schools in his West African homeland but says that like the majority of his classmates he “didn’t know about Biafra until I was 14”. When he did begin to find out […]

Traffic diversion for construction works to continue on the  600- metre  ‘Kara’ Bridge section on the Lagos outbound corridor of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will begin on Tuesday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Mr Kayode Ibrahim, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing engineer supervising the project, told NAN on telephone in Lagos on Sunday […]

IBADAN —THE newly launched joint security outfit, Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Operation Amotekun, was threatened, yesterday, by the Soludero Hunters’ Association, SHA.

ON Thursday last week, the Western Nigerian Security Network, tagged “Operation Amotekun” (Leopard) was launched by governors of the South West geopolitical zone.

C & I Leasing Plc Rights Issue of N3.2 billion will close today, Monday, January 13, 2020, following the extension period granted the company by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC had granted C&I Leasing Plc a 10-day extension for the closure of its  Rights Issue which initially ended December 27, 2019.

THE shares of BUA Cement Plc rose again by 6.64 percent on Friday, a day after its listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) following buy interest from investors. The stock, which was listed at N35 per share, rose to N41 after investors bought 8.198 million units valued at N336.14 million in 161 deals.

MANY Nigerians want to leave. That is why a citizen would gather a lot of money and pay a human trafficker to be taken through the horrors of the desert with the possibility of dying of thirst, arriving in unfriendly countries where he can be enslaved and then making the perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea where many have found watery graves. All these just to end up in Europe with no welcome, no shelter, no warm clothes, no job and no guarantee of food or the future.

A BANKER and the Convener of the Employee Marketplace (EMP) Initiative, Mr. Nduneche Ezurike, has called on organisations to embrace millennial focussed cross generational workplace.

Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has advised the Federal Government to be wary of the involvement of France in the Eco currency project.

THE interbank money market will this week receive liquidity boost of N479.9 billion from matured treasury bills, hence expectation of decline in cost of funds.

The Centre for Women’s Health and Information, CEWHIN has identified concerted efforts from a broad range of stakeholders as the only way to address the linkages between sexual and gender based violence and harmful practices with related aspects of sexual reproductive health rights.

INVESTORS purchased N19 trillion worth of treasury bills (TBs) in 2019, with Open Market Operations (OMO) bills accounting for 85 percent of the purchase.

In this interview conducted by Emeka Mamah and Vincent Ujumadu published on Vanguard on November 5, 2016, the late Prof. Chukwuemeka Ike who was also a member of Igbo Leaders of Thought, a think-tank for moving Igbo nation forward, spoke on the need for Igbo nation to reenact the spirit that made Biafra tick during the Civil War:

THE richness of African culture has, once again, been brought to the fore when sound knowledge has found an enviable place in Western education within the four walls of our ivory towers. This development not only shows the interdisciplinary nature of knowledge, it also clearly highlights the superiority of African tradition when it comes to global relevance.

By Chioma Okoye Peniel’s Threads, a fast trending name in Nigeria’s vibrant fashion scene, proudly marks its first anniversary this January. What began as the vision of a young, passionate tailor has grown into a promising fashion house dedicated to redefining menswear through craftsmanship, cultural storytelling, and attention to detail. From Apprentice to Entrepreneur: The […]