Secure Investment for Your Business or Idea on Lion’s Den
If you are looking for funds to either scale up your existing business, or capital to start your business, then you are in luck, as the world’s biggest business reality show. Lions’ Den is coming to Nigeria, also known as Dragons’ Den and Shark Tank in the UK and USA respectively. Bold and passionate entrepreneurs […]
Hope for illegal immigrants as Biden sends immigration bill to Congress on Wednesday
Immediately after taking office on Wednesday, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will send an immigration reform bill to Congress that include an eight-year pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, reports say. According to the Washington Post, the proposal will put millions of eligible immigrants in a temporary status for five years. Afterwards, they can then get […]
Hogan Lovells’ Skipper speaks at Africa Investment Conference
By Innocent Anaba Andrew Skipper, Partner and Head of Hogan Lovells Africa Practice and Co-Chair of the UK’s Africa Investors Group, AIG, will be speaking at the Africa Investment Conference, hosted by The UK Department for International Trade and opened by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. This fully virtual event takes place on January 20, […]
NIN-SIM Linkage Exercise: FG expresses appreciation
At the end of a review meeting on 18th January 2021, the Technical Implementation Committee under the Ministerial Task Force has reported significant progress in the ongoing NIN-SIM linkage exercise. A statement signed by Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Director Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission said: so far, a total of 47.8 million NINs have been collected […]
Amotekun: Most ‘Okada’ riders in Oyo spying for bandits, foreign kidnappers — Commandant raises alarm
The Chairman, Western States Security Network, codenamed: Amotekun in Oyo State, Gen. Kunle Togun (rtd), has raised the alarm that most commercial motorcyclists in the state are spies for kidnappers and bandits that have entered the Yoruba land from the porous borders of Nigeria.
I feel uncomfortable paying salaries in percentages — Gov Sule
Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State says he is not comfortable paying workers’ salaries in percentages because throughout his 30-year working life, he never got his salary in such manner. Sule said this while addressing some suspended local government Directors of Personnel Management (DPMs) and Directors of Finance and Supplies (DFAs) at the Government House, […]
Why African countries should look out for one another- Buhari
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday re-emphasised the need for neighbouring countries to always protect one another’s interests, saying their mutual survival depends on one another. President Buhari stated this while playing host to President Patrice Talon of Republic of Benin, who was on an official visit at the Presidential Villa, […]
Troops lay ambush, kill two bandits at Kagarko LGA in Kaduna
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Troops under the auspices of Operation Thunder Strike on Monday night killed two bandits along the Sabon Iche-Kagarko Road, Kagarko local government area. According to the operational feedback to the Kaduna State Government, the troops laid an ambush along the route following credible intelligence on the bandits’ movement in the area. Samuel […]
Updated: Gridlock, danger as PMS laden tanker spills content in Lagos
Fallen fuel tanker spilling content on the road along Alapere Ogudu area of the state. Standstill traffic situation presently.
Group hails Buhari, Akume for establishing health varsity, polytechnic, college of education in Benue
Tiv Youth Council Worldwide has expressed gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Sen. George Akume for sighting 3 federal academic institutions in Benue State.
65-year-old woman bags 43 years jail term for sharing online posts that criticise royal family
A Thai court on Tuesday sentenced a 65-year-old woman to more than 43 years in jail for sharing online posts that criticise the royal family; her lawyer, Pawinee Chumsri, said. The convict, Anchan Preelert, had pleaded guilty to 29 separate violations of sharing and posting clips on YouTube and Facebook between 2014 and 2015, her […]
