” You will have to decide. If you want to win the Ballon d’Or, which is what you should be looking at to echo Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, you will have to compete with the best.

By Jimoh babatunde The Chief Executive Officer/co-Founder of  Golden Seeds Fats and Oil Ltd, Sam-Akinkunmi, has announced its diversification into the production  of biomass briquettes using palm nut shells. Sam-Akinkunmi disclosed that briquette production had immense economic benefits, making it one of the hottest processing industries to venture into. Biomass briquettes are a biofuel substitute […]

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, says the activities of bandits and other criminals across the country are under check. Yahaya stated this when he answered questions from State House correspondents shortly after he was decorated with the rank of Lieutenant-General by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja. He said the […]

Multi award-winning Nigerian entrepreneur, author and coach, Melody Fidel have partnered an African University, Leadpreneur Academy based in Benin Republic to offer 100 percent tuition-free scholarship to Nigerians.

By Asiwaju Adekanmbi Olufemi ARCHAELOGISTS and anthropologists heavily rely on arts and artefacts to fill in the blanks in their study of man’s way of life. Arts express the strength of human imagination and provide the cultural trajectory of people’s culture and societies. Hence, arts is the window to our past and the time capsule […]

A non-governmental organization named “Tallafin mata” in collaboration with gender and constitution reform network (GECORN) have stepped up efforts through advocacy to stamp out or reduce to a very large extent cases of gender based violence.

Operators of commercial vehicles and passengers in Kaduna have taken to observing congregational prayers for protection from kidnappers before take-off. A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited some motor parks within Kaduna metropolis on Wednesday, reports that praying before departure had been the norm in the past, but had never been […]

A 58-year-old Estate agent, Ahmed Abdullahi, on Wednesday appeared before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Tinubu, Lagos, for allegedly defrauding Instant Housing and Rental Apartment company of N15 million. Abdullahi, whose address was not provided, is facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, fraud and stealing. He pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecutor, Insp. Ajaga […]

By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on Tuesday, appointed Rt. Rev. Fr Peter Chukwu as the Bishop of Catholic diocese of Abakakili, Ebonyi State. The appointment was made known in a release by the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria’s National Director of Social Communications, Padre Mike Umoh, in Abuja. Chukwu before the appointment […]

Dr. Freeman Osonuga, MD/CEO of West Africa’s Largest Real Estate Marketing Company, Adloyalty Business Network, has bee nhonoured as one of the 40 under 40 CEOs in Nigeria for the year 2021.

By Bukar Mohammed Atiyaye  Pan-Africanism is a global movement aimed at encouraging and strengthening unity between all Africans, including those in diaspora that are of African descent. It promotes peace and prosperity while boldly stressing that Africans don’t only share a common history, but a common destiny, and that unity of all those of African […]

Over the years, Susan Esisi founder of Susan Chanel Beauty has proven that small starts are the foundation for long lasting achievements. The skin consultant, beauty entrepreneur and wellness advocate is one of the leading voices when it comes to beauty  and wellness. On what made her develop passion for cosmetology, the Efik born entrepreneur […]

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno says his administration has saved over N400 million from the verification of teaching and non-teaching staffers of public primary schools in the state.

By Fortune Eromosele, Abuja In a bid to cushion the effects of the heightened spate of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in the country, a non-governmental organization, Invictus Africa and the Open Society Initiative for West Africa, OSIWA, have developed a protocol document to stem the tide of sexual violence in Nigeria. The documents […]

A mobile court in Benin, Edo, on Wednesday, convicted 24 persons of illegal parking and displaying of wares for sale in unauthorised places. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the trial judge, Chief Magistrate Mutairu Oare, convicted 21 of illegal parking while three others were convicted of trading in unauthorised places. Oare ordered […]