By Providence Ayanfeoluwa FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday lamented that Nigeria is not what it should be. He said this at the Wilson Badejo Foundation, WBF 15th Annual Lecture with the theme: ‘Overcoming the Twin Challenge of Poverty and Insecurity in Nigeria: Way Forward’. Obasanjo, who said that insecurity feeds on poverty and poverty feeds […]

By Gabriel Olawale FOUNDER of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo has urged Nigerian youths to be sensitive in making decisions during this period, saying that any step taken will have an impact on their future. Speaking during the International Youth Alive Convention 2022 tagged ‘Destined for Dominion’, Oyedepo warned youths to beware […]

By Gabriel Olawale THE General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, yesterday, disclosed that during the COVID-19 period, none of his village people in Ifewara, Osun State died of the virus despite their failure to wear a face mask. Pastor Adeboye, who spoke during the ongoing 70th Annual Convention […]

By Emma Una FOUR thousand maize  and three thousand rice farmers have been profiled  and supplied high yield  farm inputs in the two states  of Cross River and Ebonyi to  boost annual harvests for the two staple crops. The farmers are selected through the Sustainable Agriculture Programme for Rural Livelihood, SUPRAL, are given training, sensitisation, […]

By Chioma Obinna THE Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd), yesterday, called for more private sector participation in the fight against drug abuse in Nigeria. Speaking during his working visit to the Christ Against Drug Abuse Ministry, CADAM, at the Enoch and Folu Adeboye Rehabilitation Centre, Araga, […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni FOLLOWING the rising cost of operations, the Lagos State Government and Private Sector Participant, PSP, operators, may approve an upward tariff review projected for about 50 per cent in waste bills, effective from October 1, 2023. Meanwhile, 83 persons have been convicted and jailed, over 1,200 penalised to sweep and over 3,000 […]

Future of Payments: The Integration of Instant Messaging Apps with Payment Services

By Ganiu Bamgbose (PhD) While the word “scam” means a dishonest scheme or fraud, this lexical item has a semantic extension in Nigeria to mean anything irrelevant or insignificant. Common on the lips of young Nigerians is the expression, “school na scam” (schooling is a scam). While many adults might silence them for saying this, […]

By PONLE AKANDE UNITED Nations member states are profoundly concerned about the huge problems now confronting the whole world and are committed to using the next 16 months ending in September 2023, the month of the UN Summit of the Future(upcoming), for definitive innovating of ideas constituting a dramatically new global governance system (a new […]

BOSH  Stays, a hospitality company has appointed Toyosi Adeyemoh, as its new Country Manager for Nigeria, effective August 1st, 2022. Ms. Adeyemoh will oversee the implementation of BOSH Stays- Nigeria expansion, which focuses on key structural short-let business development and management of local service/product offerings from strategy to marketing. She will also lead the team […]