Gianluca Bernardi Explains What It Takes to Scale a Venture From the Ground Up
When starting a business, nothing is a given. The oft-cited start up failure rate of 90% goes to show the treachery of the waters of entrepreneurship. Building a business that manages to scale up to $10 million in its fifth year of revenue is even harder — only 0.5% of enterprises manage to do it. […]
Man to spend 7 years in jail for human trafficking in Kano
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has sentenced one Ikenna Idananke, 27, to seven years imprisonment for trafficking two young girls from Port Harcourt to Libya. Delivering judgment on Tuesday, Justice Jane Inyang convicted Idananke after he pleaded guilty to the two-count preferred against him by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking […]
Customs Apapa Command intercepts drugs, others worth 7.8bn
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Apapa Area Command has recorded a seizure of 97 containers with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N7.8 billion between January and November. The Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the command, Comptroller Malanta Yusuf, made this known in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Customs, […]
Mkpurummiri: NDLEA talks tough on use, decries consequences on mental health
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it is committed to clamping down on the consumption of methamphetamine, popularly known as mkpurummiri, noting that the consequences on mental health are worrisome to the society. Mr Isah Adoro, Commander of NDLEA, Ebonyi Command, made the remarks during a one-day security sensitisation campaign, organised by the […]
Ugwuanyi presents N186.6bn budget proposal to Enugu Assembly
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Tuesday presented budget proposal of N186.6 billion for the 2022 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly. Presenting the budget tagged: “Budget of Sustained Growth and Consolidation” Ugwuanyi said the 2022 budget estimate was 9.9 per cent higher than the 2021 budget, which was N169.8b. According to […]
Abductors of Ondo Catholic Priest demand for N20m ransom
By Dayo Johnson – Akure Abductors of the Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Joseph Ajayi, along Akure-Ikere Expressed in Ondo State have demanded N20m ransom for his release. Recall, that the clergyman was abducted while travelling in his Toyota Corolla car, on Monday. The cleric was travelling to Akure, the Ondo State capital from Ikere, in […]
PDP adopts Sen Zaynab Kure as its leader in Niger
The Niger chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has adopted Sen. Zaynab Kure, wife of late Governor Abdulkadir Kure, as its leader. This is contained in a statement by Mr Suleiman Aliyu, the state PDP Publicity Secretary on Tuesday in Minna. Aliyu said that the decision was taken during stakeholders meeting in Minna, adding Kure […]
Pastor’s residence set ablaze over missing child in Ekiti
By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti Palpable fear enveloped Adehun Area of Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday as some irate youths set ablaze the residence of a Pastor of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) over a missing seven-year-old girl. It was gathered that trouble started when the lifeless body of a girl simply identified as Demilade was […]
Katsina moves to reform Almajiri education system
The Katsina State Government has set up a committee to conduct census of all Almajiri schools in the state with a view to repositioning the system. The Chief Judge of Katsina State, Justice Musa Danladi-Abubakar, disclosed this on Tuesday in a position paper he presented at a seminar organised by the Save Katsina Group, an […]
NANS demands justice for 12 pupils crushed by truck
…calls for probe of role played by traffic personnel By Adesina Wahab National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Southwest (Zone ‘D) has said the crushing to death of 12 pupils by a truck in Lagos on Tuesday can be likened to a deliberate murder of a bright future of some innocent souls. It therefore called […]
Missing child found dead in Ekiti pastor’s house
*…as irate youths set residence ablaze By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti Palpable fear enveloped Adehun Area of Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday, as some irate youths set ablaze the residence of a pastor over a missing seven-year-old girl. It was gathered that trouble started when the lifeless body of a girl simply identified as Demilade was found […]
