In Africa, 1 in 10 young girls misses school on their periods due to a lack of sanitary pads or other issues around period poverty. Period poverty is the lack of access to sanitary products due to financial constraints, this can be caused by a wide range of life events that negatively impact a girl […]

This is how you let the cat out of the bag -in a grand style- just as Lola OJ did with her debut publication. It is not enough that you have information to share, a story to tell or a voice to scream upon. Before You Move To Nigeria: Insights on the Immigrant Nigerian Journey […]

PRESIDENTIAL standard bearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has again defended his choice of a fellow Muslim, Senator Kashim Shettima, as his running mate, saying though he has heard and read the backlash generated by his decision, he was committed to the joint ticket because he believes in Shettima’s competence.

By Obas Esiedesa & Ediri Ejoh Power sector engineers have called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, NESI, to enable the mobilization of resources to tackle the challenges facing the sector and to allow capital punishment for those involved in the vandalism of power infrastructure. Their call […]

Former federal lawmaker and philanthropist, Mr Ned Nwoko, has advocated investment in vaccine research; in order to tackle malaria in Africa.  Fielding questions from journalists Wednesday in Abuja, Nwoko said the Ned Nwoko Foundation has been engaging professors and scientists within and outside Nigeria on funding such researches. He said: “There are vaccines for almost […]

A Civil Society Organisation, CSO, Gatefield, on Tuesday, called on the Federal Government, FG, to ensure that Freedom of Information, FOI, Act is domesticated across all the states

AWS has announced the launch of AWS Outposts in Nigeria. AWS Outposts are fully-managed and configurable compute and storage racks built with AWS-designed hardware that allow customers to run AWS services on-premises, including compute, storage, and databases, while seamlessly connecting to AWS’s broad array of services in the cloud. AWS Outposts rack brings AWS infrastructure, […]

THREE weeks ago, the remains of a Catholic priest, Reverend Father Vitus Borogo, who was gruesomely murdered on Saturday, June 25, by terrorists who raided his farm in Kaduna were laid to rest at the Independent Way Cemetery in the state capital. A procession was held with hundreds of priests carrying placards of various inscriptions to express their grief. Tears flowed freely. His poor mother, an old woman, collapsed.

By Samuel Oyadongha & Emem Idio YENAGOA—BAYELSA State government, yesterday, said the state international airport had not been downgraded, as being insinuated in some quarters. It said the absence of scheduled flights to and from the Bayelsa International Airport for a couple of weeks was not the making or fault of the government, but has to […]

The CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) took to Twitter to respond to critics who believe that crypto does not have any use cases.  Stating that crypto has use cases beyond investments, SBF revealed that crypto’s biggest impact can be seen in three major areas of payments, market structure, and social media.  SBF Highlights Crypto’s […]