United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, and Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, the German Development Finance Institution, have entered into a partnership to provide $50 million loan support to   small and medium scale businesses (SMEs) in Nigeria. The bank in a statement said the $50m Term Facility Agreement has a tenor of six years and is […]

Over the past weekend, there were heavily alarming stories of the arrival of several military transport aircraft at the Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri. They brought war equipment shortly after President Muhammadu Buhari threatened to “speak to” the Igbo people of the South East “in the language they understand”

A group, the Yoruba Appraisal Forum, YAF, has alleged that a former president of the country, some Northern clerics and some politicians are planning to destabilise the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

By Stanley Olisa There is this growing trend of journalists infiltrating the public relations profession with the incorrect belief that as a journalist, that automatically implies that you’ll do well in PR. Having journalism experience is no guarantee that you’ll make an excellent PR professional. And make no mistakes: journalism is not public relations, vice […]

By Babajide Komolafe The World Bank yesterday upgraded its economic growth forecast for Nigeria in 2021 to 1.8 per cent, citing  higher oil prices, structural oil sector reforms, and market-based flexible exchange rate management.   This represents a 0.7 percentage point increase from the 1.1 per cent projected by the World Bank in January.   READ ALSOReps […]

A first class traditional ruler in Ondo state, the Olukare of lkare, Oba Akadiri Saliu Momoh has described the deceased televangelist, Pastor TB Joshua has an unwavering community leader and rare philanthropist.

By Victor Arjihromanus  Sen Annie Okonkwo has advised the federal government not to apply force but rather embrace dialogue to bring back peace in the South-east part of the country. Okokwo who stated this in a statement made available to journalists yesterday, disclosed that “Nigeria cannot afford another civil war because we are yet to […]

By Victor Arjiromanus LAGOS—AMIDST the controversy trailing the recent tweet made by President Muhammadu Buhari on insecurity in Nigeria, human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), yesterday, accused the president of heating the polity more. He spoke at a security summit, themed: ‘21st Century Policing, Intelligence and Crisis Management’, organised by civil group, Police Eminent Persons […]

At the moment, free speech and censorship has taken the centre stage of political and legal discussions in Nigeria largely due to the “squabble” between Twitter Incorporated and President Muhammadu Buhari on the question of censorship. In order to put the issues thrown up by their controversy in perspective, this article shall briefly examine the nature and essence of freedom of expression and the implication of online censorship for it.

EasyShare; a fast, reliable, and super affordable way to send and receive money to anyone in Africa using crypto, has announced Prince Ugo Mike Enwerem, as its Executive Director; Business Development and Marketing. Prince Ugo is a skilled professional with over 13 years of executive leadership with a prime focus on business development, foreign partnerships, […]