A multifaceted independent outfit, Qingsmen Entertainment, has announced entrance into the industry with the launch of its new well equipped music studio. The launch coincided with the unveiling of its three new artistes at the weekend. Its Managing Director/CEO, Ugdoko Chukwuka, assured the entertainment outfit will be synonymous with high quality, imaginative, musically diverse and […]

The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, says its Constituency Projects Tracking is not targeted at lawmakers. Owasanoye disclosed this in Abuja on Monday at the 2nd National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector, which was organised in collaboration with the Office of the Secretary of the […]

By Sola Ogundipe Towards boosting the COVID-19 response in Lagos State, 20 Community Health Workers, and one supervisor from the 20 Local Government Areas of the State have been trained by the African Centre for Disease Control, Africa CDC, to be proficient in contact tracing and monitoring. In a chat with Good Health Weekly, a […]

By Yinka Odumakin The September 19 Edo gubernatorial polls was not just about electing a governor but more of stopping a major affliction that has put democratic order under siege in our county: the rule of godfathers . When I called my brother and friend who was the symbol of that struggle three days after […]

US President Donald Trump’s administration is maintaining pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel to exclude Huawei Technologies from Germany’s 5G networks, though a high-level American official received no guarantees the Chinese supplier would be shut out at meetings in Berlin last week. A delegation led by US undersecretary of state Keith Krach held talks with German […]

By Elizabeth Adegbesan MONEY MARKET The volume and value of transactions through Point of Sale (PoS) terminals and Mobile Interscheme transfers (Mobile phones) declined in August. Analysis of the current Electronic Payment Channels data from Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) showed that the volume of PoS transactions fell month-on-month (MoM) by 3.2 million or six percent […]

Guinness Nigeria Plc has deepened its efforts to support the government’s drive at reducing the spread of Coronavirus as the Company recently completed another round of its Water of Life projects across five states in Nigeria. The states which benefitted from the recent interventions are Edo, Kano, Kebbi, Nasarawa states and the Federal Capital Territory, […]

Mr Isaac Okoroafor, Director at the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is due to bow out after over 15 years in the Corporate Communications function of the apex bank.

The Lagos State House of Assembly has appointed Mr Olalekan Onafeko as the Acting Clerk of the House. The Speaker of the House, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, made this known before the commencement of the day’s plenary on Monday in Lagos. Obasa confirmed Onafeko as the acting clerk after a voice vote by lawmakers present during […]

By Gabriel Olawale Worried by the alarming rate of suicide in Africa, Twitter is teaming up with organisations in Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya in towards addressing the burden. The new initiative is designed to make it easier for people to find support resources online for issues on suicide or self-harm on Twitter. The notification […]

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said it has concluded plans to conduct a national business sample census (NBSC), in collaboration with the World Bank.

The Federal Government has launched a Digital Nigeria Portal and Mobile Application in furtherance of the Digital Nigeria Programme, which was kick-started by President Muhammadu Buhari, on March 19, 2020. Dr Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy (FMCDE), performed the virtual launch of the mobile application on Monday in Abuja. Pantami said […]

By Chioma Obinna Trauma care and emergency response services in Nigeria recently received a boost with the unveiling of a multi-speciality hospital by the Loveworld Medical Missions Services. At the groundbreaking ceremony, a member of the Central Executive Council, Loveworld Incorporated, Revd. Tom Amenkhienan said the hospital, located at Aseese, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway was […]

IVORY Coast, the world’s largest cocoa producer, is sick again politically. Tension is rising back to the 2011 levels when a disputed election led to the death of over 3,000 people through widespread violence. A presidential election which mainly pitched former President Laurent Gbagbo’s Ivorian Popular Front, IPF, and Alassane Ouattara’s Republican Rally, RR, ended […]

The National Association of Seadogs Pyrates Confraternity (NAS), Sahara Deck has raised the alarm over the rising wave of insecurity in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and its environs and called on the Nigerian Police and other security agencies to rise up to the challenge. The group made the call on Sunday at a media […]