US embassy in Burkina Faso warns of terrorist threat during New Year’s holiday
Americans in Burkina Faso have been warned to avoid hotels and restaurants frequented by foreigners due to the threat of terrorist attacks during New Year’s holiday. The U.S. Embassy in the country gave the warning in a travel alert on Wednesday. “The U.S. Embassy reminds U.S. citizens that terrorist groups continue plotting attacks in Burkina […]
2021 may be year of famine
By Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, OFR, CON PRIOR to colonisation, hunger and famine were alien to most African countries as there was widely-acknowledged food sustenance. Each household practised one form of farming or the other and consequently, there was enough to feed the family while the excess was exchanged by barter through some other forms […]
Nigerians harbour too much hatred to handle guns — Ogundokun
A community leader and High Chief of Iwo, Abiola Ogundokun said Nigerians harbour too much hatred towards each other for any government to sanction the use of arm by individuals.
Equity market: Domestic investors outperform FPIs by 272.2%
By Nkiruka Nnorom CAPITAL MARKET Domestic investors have extended their dominance in the equities market with the value of their investment outstripping that of the foreign investors by 272.16 percent at the end of November, 2020. Specifically, the domestic investors’ commitment in equities rose to N250.50 billion as against N67.31 billion invested by their foreign […]
Cheers as Foundation empowers Lagosians with items worth millions of naira to alleviate poverty
Hundreds of Lagosians have benefitted from the massive empowerment put up by Dr O.Yomi Sholoye Foundation to alleviate poverty in the State.
AfCFTA: If Govt fails to fix power problem Nigeria’ll be disadvantaged — Dr Iyama
By Gabriel Ewepu As African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, set to take off in 2021, the President of Federation of Agricultural Commodity Associations of Nigeria, FACAN, Dr Victor Iyama, has raised concerns that without fixing the nation’s precarious power problem she will be disadvantaged in the stiff competition from other African countries, as he […]
