The two-day zonal public hearing of the Senate on the review of the 1999 Constitution, Thursday ended with stakeholders demanding the creation of additional states, 25 per cent derivation, gender equality, free and compulsory education, among others. The exercise was organised by the Upper Chamber in 12 centres across the country to collate the views […]

By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo And that was the benign picture. Someone said he saw a bigot. Another saw an ethnic jingoist. My grandmother had warned us not to prattle. That way, we could hide our ignorance from the world. That way, we would not soil ourselves in public with bitterness in our hearts. Now Malami, […]

A recent anti-piracy case in the Seychelles shows African courts are willing to protect the rights of content producers and rights holders. This offers hope for the continent’s creative industries, but the fight against piracy is far from over… The recent finding of the Supreme Court of the Seychelles in the case of MultiChoice Africa […]

Nigerian cinematographer, Abula, also known as Taaooma’s husband, and founder of The Greenad Company; who’s government name is Abdulazeez Greene Oladimeji; graduated from LASU, and Lagos State Model College. The City People Music Awards nominee, Director Abula, also poses as a music video director, filmmaker, and ex-manager to his wife Taaooma, a popular Nigerian skit […]

We are not amused by the exchange of truculent rhetoric between the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and the former ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over whose duty it is to protect the people from bandits and kidnappers. While the PDP blames the governing party for its failure to provide the people with […]

By Ayo Onikoyi, Celebrated on-air-personality, Toke Makinwa who has found a goldmine as a brand influencer and lifestyle entrepreneur has made a bit of a fuss about her wealthy status by stating that she’s at a point in life where she doesn’t have to take any nonsense from anyone. The beautiful 35-year-old admitted in a […]

The Nigerian Senate is considering a Bill which seeks to criminalise the payment of ransom to kidnappers. Tagged: “The Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Bill 2021” and sponsored by Senator Ezenwa Onyewuchi, it seeks to amend the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2013. Section 14 of the Amendment Bill provides as follows: “Anyone who transfers funds, makes payment or […]

New SSD storage drives deliver the speed and capacity gamers need for quick access to their favorite games. Today at its Flash Perspective event, Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) unveiled three new SSDs for its WD_BLACK™ portfolio of products, providing gamers around the world with fast, high-performance storage solutions to upgrade their PC and next-gen […]

Experts within the African Real Estate and Facilities Management industry have argued that increased investment in technology and improved focus on capacity-building will be the key drivers of growth and sustainability within the Real Estate and FM market in Africa beyond the pandemic. These were the resounding submissions of industry thought-leaders and stakeholders who led […]

The All Progressives Congress [APC)’s primaries were truncated in many parts of Lagos on Saturday by hoodlums and party officials allegedly favouring particular candidates ahead of the July 24 local government elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that hundreds of aggrieved APC members on Saturday kept vigil at the party’s state secretariat in […]