Technological innovations have greatly shaped agriculture throughout time. From the creation of the plough to the global positioning system (GPS) driven precision farming equipment, humans have developed new ways to make farming more efficient and grow more food. To make the food accessible to the populace, a dynamic digital online marketplace, Bellefu.com, was established in […]

Calls for collective efforts to curb waste, fraud As analysts advocate amendment to UBEC Act Allege officials violating UBEC’s free Act component Collecting money, selling books By Chris Ochayi The United States Agency International Development, USAID, has said that there was need for development partners to work together with the government at all levels and […]

SIX years into the “Change” mantra of the present administration, the World Bank has returned a damning report that Nigeria now ranks bottom – 171 out of 190 surveyed countries – in the access of its citizens to public power supply. Government, as usual, might issue a rebuttal of such reports by authoritative international bodies, […]

A Benin High Court on Wednesday adjourned until May 26 the case against Austin Olokor for the alleged murder of two locals, Okhuoimose Omorodion and Genesis Orji. The deceased were allegedly killed last year during the internal crisis at Ologbo community in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo. At the resumed hearing, the state Prosecuting […]

By Udeme Akpan A board member, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Senator Magnus Abbe, has endorsed the revoking and handing over of four Oil Mining Leases, OMLs to Kaztech/Slavic Consortium. The Senator, who is also Chairman, Inter-Ministerial Committee established by the government to review and propose measures targeted at activating the dormant $1 billion Kaztec […]

By Ikechukwu Amaechi OTUNBA Mike Adeniyi Ishola Adenuga Jr. is 68 years old today. Born on April 29, 1953 in the ancient city of Ibadan, Adenuga has indeed come a long way and ideally, the red carpet is in order. For a man who has achieved so much, pomp and pageantry, an elaborate ceremonial splendour, […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela IKERE-Ekiti, reputed to be home to the largest numbers of professors in Ekiti State, is also the second-largest town in Ekiti State, with a population of 147, 355 (2006 census), second only to Ado-Ekiti, the State Capital, has been in the news recently for the wrong reasons. Precisely six months ago, the […]

By Olu Fasan IT was said that Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Similar charges can be laid against President Muhammadu Buhari. His contemptuous and defiantly arrogant response to crippling insecurity and instability in Nigeria leaves no other conclusion: he’s fiddling while Nigeria burns! Let’s face it: Nigeria is in turmoil. Buhari himself told the […]

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A member of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, board, Senator Magnus Abe, Thursday, denied his alleged involvement in a $650 million oil contract scam, insisting that it only exists in the imagination of those interested in ripping Nigeria off. Abe in a statement noted that the report was designed to create the impression of a […]

By Victor Arjiromanus Bespoke maker and fashion connoisseur, Louis Awode has said his new engagement with popular hip hop artiste, Olamide Adedeji,better known as Olamide has rubbed positively on his brand, ClovisCasuals. He said this during the signing-in ceremony as singer Olamide clothier and stylist recently in Lagos. “The new engagement with Olamide is already […]

For Persons Living With Disability, PLWDs, the issue with Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, SGBV, is not only painful but lingering in the memory

The Commonwealth Businesswomen Network, CWBN, Nigeria has concluded plans to partner with the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit, NIPS for their International Conference taking place in Abuja between June 6 and 10

International advocacy organisation, Global Citizen, has announced exciting new additions to the line-up for VAX LIVE: The Concert to Reunite the World, which will take place on Sunday, 2 May at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. The first large-scale music event to be held for a COVID-compliant audience of fully-vaccinated frontline workers, VAX LIVE […]

Recently the CBN issued a circular on February 5th, 2021, to DMBs (Deposit Money Banks) to desist from transacting with entities trading cryptocurrencies; and to close their bank accounts accordingly. The unexpected policy resulted in adverse effects on many cryptocurrency trading companies, including the Patricia Technologies ecosystem, which saw other products and services not related […]