The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) has released Nigeria’s third quarter investment figures with the manufacturing sector sustaining an all-year-round highest investment option at 42% in the 2021 Q3.

The custom jewelry business is one of the most competitive sectors in the industry. There are many existing players with new ones joining every day, all battling for the same clients. Though it can be a tough industry to break into, highly skilled and talented jewelers often find their way to success, provided they put […]

A 37-year-old driver, Elijah Shokoya, accused of involuntary manslaughter alleged in court on Monday that police officers assaulted him to obtain his statement. Shokoya was accused of causing the death of one Mr Olawale Akinmade, an officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Jan. 26, on the Ikorodu Expressway, Lagos. The News […]

By Etop Ekanem Binance, the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider has announced that Beninese-American Hollywood star and model, Djimon Honsou and famous Nigerian painter, Laolu will be exhibiting their digital artist series, “Time To Heal,” on the Binance NFT Marketplace. This collaboration is for Binance Charity’s NFT For Good Campaign, which enables […]

Russian President, Vladimir Putin has called on the military to build more medical facilities for the rapidly growing number of Covid-19 patients. Putin said at a meeting with Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu on Monday, that the additional facilities should relieve the burden on the health system. The number of new coronavirus infections is now exceeding […]

By Gabriel Ewepu THE Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc Olamilekan Adegbite, Tuesday, assured that the 5th Nigeria Mining Week will be the best for investors and will change narrative in the nation’s mining sector. Olamilekan gave the assurance during a press briefing ahead of the Nigeria Mining Week with theme, ‘Seven reasons to […]

By Juliet Umeh Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, licensed fintech platform, is on course to grow its active subscriber base to over three million by 2022, data released by the company has shown. The mobile money platform, the leading provider of digital services for e-commerce shoppers in Nigeria, is one of the thriving subsidiaries within […]

By Chuks Iloegbunam I write this letter with a very heavy heart. For some time now I have watched events in Nigeria with alarm and dismay. I have watched particularly the chaos in my own state of Anambra where a small clique of renegades, openly boasting its connections in high places, seems determined to turn […]

By Chris Onuoha “Therefore, a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh”… Marriage is the intimate partnership between a man and a woman…so that they might become one body and might be fruitful and multiply…Though man and woman are equal as God’s […]

…our economy has lost its productive capacity  ..we are practicing “feeding bottle federalism” By Ike Uchechukwu Former Senate Leader, Sen. Victor Ndoma Egba ,SAN has asserted that Nigeria’s Federal structure as it stands was no longer workable as the centre has become overburdened coupled with our economy losing productive capacity. Ndoma-Egba who made the assertion […]

By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, Hassan Bello, has said there is the need for bank customers to be enlightened on bank charges. Speaking at a three day Workshop with the theme: “Enduring Extreme Disruption–Resilience & Reinvention for Banking System Stability and Deposit Insurance,” organized for Business Editors […]

By Etop Ekanem Group CEO of Pan-African fintech company, Cellulant, Akshay Grover, has said regulators need to create a level playing field for players in Africa’s digital payments ecosystem and ensure that the cost of transactions charged to end consumers using such platforms is reduced.  Grover said this during a recent appearance on Arise TV’s […]

Consumer Electronics products makers, LG, are not only after electronics now but are out to promote awareness on health, hygiene and cleanliness through healthcare collections. Some of the products showcased includes: the Ultimate Laundry Solution, Styler, Artificial Intelligence Direct Drive Washing Machine, InstaView Refrigerator, NeoChef Microwave and LG Inverter Direct Drive QuadWash Dishwasher. Head of […]

The nation’s bourse on Tuesday closed in green, reversing negative mood following buying interest in BUA Cement. Specifically, the market capitalisation inched higher by N19 billion or 0.09 per cent to close at N21.925 trillion from N21.906 trillion recorded on Monday. Also, the All-Share Index rose by 36.60 points or 0.09 per cent to 42,013.39 […]

Nigerian Artists and repertoire expert; Bizzle Osikoya, the co-founder of The Plug, a management company known for managing one of Nigerian Afrobeats pioneers; Davido. Bizzle whose real name is Abiodun Osikoya, began his A&R career with Mo’Hits Records, with D’Banj and was recruited by Don Jazzy to join Mavin Records; where he worked on Reekado […]