The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, has disclosed that top of its submission at the recently concluded national assembly zonal public hearings on the amendment of the 1999 constitution was its quest to extend the tenure of local government chairmen to statutory four years.

By Georgia Agada Not long ago, we were jolted by the news of the unfortunate death of Miss Keren-Happuch Akpagher, a 14-year-old boarding student of the Premiere Academy, Abuja. From her mother’s narrative, Keren was said to have been molested in the school, and as a result, died a few days later. It will be […]

By Chiedu Uche Okoye IS Nigeria not a British contraption? During the colonial era, it was Lord Frederick Lugard, a one-time governor-general of Nigeria, who cobbled Nigeria’s northern and southern protectorates together for administrative convenience. And his mistress, Miss Flora Shaw, christened the place Nigeria. Nigeria, a British creation, is a disparate political and ethnic […]

Nollywood actress and runway model, Crystabel Goddy, is definitely a lady with many talents. Although she gained fame through her roles in movies, the young lady began her career in the fashion industry. Goddy, the maiden queen of the beauty pageant, Beauty of Africa, which was held in 2007. Her foray into modelling exemplified her […]

Olaoluwa Awojoodu has an unquenchable desire to succeed. He developed the framework and model for CashEnvoy, one of the leading web payment solutions in Nigeria and without any significant capital, built E-Settlement Limited into a major player in the Nigerian payment space.

Mustang Entertainment signed artist, Jtwice, has just released an amazing new Afro-Pop song titled “Whisper”. The crooner sings about the affections for a love interest; he delivers very catchy and memorable lyrics and melodies on the Poposkybeat produced song. “”Whisper” is such a beautiful song and it marks the start of an essential part of […]

Nigerian international pop star Nwuba Precious is making new plans to take over the music space as he announced a change of his name from WB to WB Sickah. According to him, the change was done unannounced to his social media handles and will take effect on all digital and social media platforms, saying that […]

By Sunny Ikhioya IT is said that a society that opens itself to visitors, opens up for progress and development. We have seen this in such cities like Lagos, Port Harcourt, Kaduna, Ibadan and Jos before the civil strife, compared to other cities in Nigeria. In foreign lands, the United States of America readily comes […]

Africa is the second-largest continent in the world, with an estimated 1.3 billion people. Its combined Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was $2.6 trillion in 2020, and the African Development Bank (AfDB) projects a 3.4% growth rate by year-end 2021.

As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to commemorate the World Youth Skills Day, with the theme, ‘Reimagining Youth Skills Post-Pandemic’, a nongovernmental organization, Edulead Development Initiative, Friday, launched ‘Skills and Idea Clinic in the Green Economy’ to train youths on meeting needs of people in the green economy