On August 7, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020, repealing the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 2004. The new version of the Act came with attendant changes that required some getting used to. Some of these changes include the appointment of at least three independent directors, […]

Zowasel, a sustainable commodity Marketplace dedicated to developing traceable supply chains across communities, people, and the planet has partnered with VBank, a leading digital bank in Nigeria to provide access to working capital financing to agribusinesses in a bid to boost trade in Africa’s most populous country. Although agriculture contributes a third of Nigeria’s economic […]

APC running mate: Christian groups disagree with Babachir, Dogara, others

Commissioner dumps PDP for APC in Sokoto

By Chris Onuoha A civil liberty and human rights group, Watch Africa Civil Society Organization, (WACSO) has called on the Head of Civil Service of the Federation to set up a probe to accentuate the activities of Odejinmi Adebayo Olusanjo, while in and out of service, alleging his interference in the group’s investigative duties. WACSO, […]

How rising costs, 99% wheat imports, triggered Nigeria’s bread crisis

A 40-year-old patient on admission at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, has tested positive to the Monkeypox virus even as the hospital has shut down its orthopaedics unit.

How to halt naira depreciation — Analysts

In a bid to set the standard for best Digital Marketing practices in Nigeria, the Association of Digital Marketing Professionals(ADMARP) will be relaunching its event on Wednesday. The event seeks to reposition and improve the perception of Digital Marketing professionals as experts who should be recognised. With key partnerships with national and international training organizations, […]

•I stayed off APC fresh primary because there’s an Appeal forStay on Execution —Ann Agom Eze •Ann cannot even win Councillorship of her Ward —Ebonyi APC Chair By Peter Okutu Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, yesterday, scored 250 votes to emerge victorious at the Ebonyi South All Progressives Congress, APC, Senatorial fresh election in […]

WARRING neighbours, Russia and Ukraine, signed a pact to allow stockpiled grains to be exported through the blockaded Black Sea ports over penultimate weekend. The pact was brokered by Turkey under the watchful eyes of the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres. Under the pact, Ukraine is allowed to export grain through its […]

The family of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has called on the international community to intervene and compel Nigeria to promptly and unconditionally release Kanu and refrain from further persecution of the proscribed group. In a statement signed by the head of the family, Mazi Kanunta Kanu on behalf […]

By Oludayo Tade PUBLIC protests have become common feature in contemporary societies where citizens communicate their discontents in relation to government policies, actions and inactions. Public protest is a democratic platform for government to understand the feelings of her people and responsibly assuage their pains and displeasures. Through public protest, the public space is contested […]

By Jimoh Babatunde  The world’s largest equine charity, The Donkey Sanctuary, has said that breeding donkeys is not a sustainable solution nor can it save these animals from the threat of decimation posed by the global skin trade in some countries. While coming  moves by the Nigerian government toward an outright ban on the slaughter […]

Chinese firms to assist Nigerian youths with vocational training