The House of Representatives has resolved to setup an ad hoc committee to investigate the level of compliance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) aided Transport Companies with the country’s extant tax laws. The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Ganiyu Abiodun (APC-Lagos state) at plenty on Thursday. Moving […]

By Rotimi Fasan It was in December of 2019 that the world first heard of COVID-19 even though nobody but medical experts in the part of the world directly affected by it in Wuhan, China, first called attention to it. Then the voices of those we can now retrospectively regard as whistle blowers were muffled […]

A 36-year-old man, Ojo Olowoyo, was on Friday arraigned at an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged manslaughter. Olowoyo is facing a five-count charge bothering on: manslaughter, dangerous driving and malicious damages. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The prosecutor, Insp Jacob Akintunde, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on […]

Up till 2014, most reputable international investment ranking organisations reported Nigeria as the number one investment destination in Africa. In particular, a United States-based economic advisory firm, Frontiers Strategy Group, affirmed that Nigeria had continued to attract growing interest of international organisations and multinationals in spite of Boko Haram insurgency marked with suicide bombings. Since […]

By Timi Olubiyi THE current landscape of retirement in Nigeria will change in the next couple of years as the aging workforce is becoming increasingly visible in businesses, government, politics and in sports. Besides,with or without employment retirement phase will surely come for every individual. However, persistent high rates of unemployment have been a serious […]

By Moses Nosike Paxful, the leading global peer-to-peer fintech platform, launched its new Gift Card Hub, a one-stop shop for trading gift cards, just in time for the holiday season. With this new feature, users can list gift cards for sale or buy discounted gift cards instantly with bitcoin. Paxful allows users to sell their […]

* Says water transportation best solution By Egufe Yafugborhi Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday noted that Nigerian roads keep collapsing because they are not designed to carry the overbearing vehicular weight they are carrying. Amaechi who made the observation at the Port Harcourt Area office of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) where […]

The Benue Police Command on Friday arraigned five men of various addresses in Utonkon in Ado Local Government Area of Benue before a Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly robbing a family, killing one and kidnapping another. The men, Sunday Onmonya, Peter Otokpa, James Oko, Daniel Odoh and Bartholomew Alo were charged with Criminal Conspiracy, […]

A group, Umuada Igbo Massachusetts, a collection of enterprising women of Igbo extract living in the United States, has called on Nigerians both at home and in the diaspora to eschew violence and embrace peace as they observe the yuletide season. The group’s president, Chidinma Igbokwe, made this call at a celebration held in Boston, […]

By Arogbonlo Israel The University of Lagos, UNILAG, Mass Communication Alumni Association has honoured some of its members for their excellent professional practice during the year and contributions to the development of the association. They were honoured with awards at the annual dinner of the association held in Lagos on December 11, attended by members […]

Understanding the users and their cultural nuances, enabling community collaboration and conducting a thorough user research, which form the bedrock of product management, are the key to ensuring that tech solutions to be introduced in the Nigerian market are developed with Nigerians in mind for greater acceptability.

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo on Friday presented a budget of N381billion for 2022 to the state House of Assembly for approval. Presenting the budget tagged “budget of wealth consolidation and recovery”, Uzodimma said that it was made up of N96billion recurrent expenditure, representing 23.36 per cent and N284 billion capital expenditure, representing 74.64 per […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi PORT HARCOURT –  TOTALENERGIES Upstream Companies in Nigeria, on Friday stood through to grieve with the people of Egi, Ogba/Egbema/NdoniLocal Government Area, Rivers state, as the passage rites for demised Eze Egi III, Eze Ogba-Ukwu of Ogbaland came to climax in Erema. HRM King Anele Uzondu Nwokoma (Eze Egi lII), Eze Ogba-Ukwu of Ogbaland, […]

By Moses Nosike In 2018 when Chief Solomon Ogbonnaya emerged as President,Ohanaeze Ndigbo Lagos, people thought his leadership will not offer much and as such he would not go far. Contrary to oppositions, Chief Solomon Ogbonnya’s tenure and style of leadership has changed the narrative. His leadership uniqueness has pushed Ohanaeze Ndigbo Lagos to a […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong Jos – Agricultural policy and implementation plan 2022 to 2027 for Plateau State has been unveiled with the document seeking the allocation of at least 10 percent of the total annual budget of the State to the Ministry of Agriculture. The document which is aimed at improving the agricultural value chain, making […]