Many residents across the United States have migrated south to Miami during the pandemic as work-from-home orders stay in place and allow for more location flexibility, and businesses such as restaurant hot-spot Carbone or major financial companies like Blackrock open outposts in the Magic City. On top of the astounding business growth, the city has […]

The value of point of sales (POS) transactions made in Nigeria jumped to N3.01 trillion in the first half of 2021, with a total volume of 462.11 million transactions in the same period.

…Fears exclusion will trigger population explosion …As UNFPA laments impact of COVID-19 on women, girls By Chris Ochayi  ABUJA: The management of the National Population Commission, NPC, has expressed concerns over the omission of specific funding for family planning in the proposed 2022 budget, fearing that the zero allocation would trigger population explosion in Nigeria. […]

By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja House of Representatives, Wednesday, mandated its Committees on Telecommunications and Privatisation and Commercialisation to investigate the sale and abandonment of the eart satellite station at Lanlate in Oyo State. The station belonged to the privatized Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL). Considering a motion on the matter presented by Hon. Oluyemi Adewale Taiwo at the plenary, […]

Over the weekend, the collaboration between Chivas Regal whisky and luxury French fashion house, Balmain took center stage in Lagos, Nigeria. The event which took place on Friday, November 12th at Oriental Hotel, Lagos, was held to celebrate the exclusive partnership and limited-edition Chivas XV and Balmain bottles which were developed by Chivas in partnership […]

By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja A bill seeking mandatory and free healthcare service for all Nigerian children, Tuesday, scaled through second reading in the House of Representatives.  Titled “Bill for an Act to make Health Care Service Delivery Free for all Children in Nigeria; and for Related Matters (HB. 1504)”, it  is sponsored by Hon. Bello Kaoje […]

              By Sola Ebiseni FRANTZ Fanon in his Wretched of the Earth wrote that “the future will have no pity for those men who, possessing the exceptional privilege of being able to speak words of truth to their oppressors, have taken refuge in an attitude of passivity, of mute indifference, and sometimes of coldcomplicity”. This […]

The Chancellor, Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, Chief Edwin Clark, has congratulated Prof. Adedeji Daramola on his reappointment as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the university.

Following the growing popularity of online sports betting and virtual gaming in Nigeria, with an estimated $2 billion spent annually, Nigerians can now play global lotteries and stand a chance to win millions of dollars in cash rewards, thanks to International Gaming & Entertainment Limited.

Irked by the spate of fire outbreak in students’ hostels, the management of University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), has banned students living in the hostels from cooking inside their rooms. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that about three fire incidents were recorded in the past weeks in the hostels which resulted to injuries and […]