Chocolate City’s newest signee, Ajogwu Boluwatife Vincent better known as Major AJ, has created a whole new sound that sets him apart from his contemporaries.  His new project, ‘Retroverse’ is a collection of funk and rare African disco-inspired moments in five tracks. It gives an insight into his mind as he easily conveys his emotions […]

By Dapo Akinrefon & Shina Abubakar AS residents of Osun State go to the poll to elect a new governor to pilot affairs of the state for the next four years, today, there are concerns that vote buying and violence may mar the exercise. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and security agencies have assured […]

Oghenekaro Igoh is an exemplar of entrepreneurship and job creation. A beneficiary of the Delta State enterprise development training programme, she shared her story in 2020. 

By Babajide Komolafe, Economy Editor Governor Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele yesterday called on members of the Monetary Policy Committee, MPC to come up with new ways of adapting monetary policy tools to improve the contribution of digital technology and innovations to economic growth. Making this call at the MPC retreat organised by […]

Muhammad Daiyabu is one of the victims of the Abuja- Kaduna train attack of March 28, 2022. Daiyabu whose pregnant wife was earlier released by the terrorists, also regained freedom together with six others last Saturday. He narrates his experience in captivity  Excerpts:

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY -In the last two months, residents of Edo state have been living in fear following an upsurge in kidnappings, killings and rival cult clashes that led to the death of not less than 12 people. Although the police have neutralized several suspected criminals mostly during shootouts, their activities have remained […]

WITH ten months left in the life of the present Federal government of President Muhammadu Buhari, expectations of the people of the South East geopolitical zone concerning federal roads in the area are still far from being met.  The federal highways, including the Enugu -Onitsha, Enugu – Port Harcourt, Oba -Nnewi -Okigwe, Ninth Mile – […]

By Emeka Alex Duru The recent endorsement on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi by Chief Ayo Adebanjo, the leader of Pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has a lot in common with the support the former US President, Barack Obama, received from established American political dynasties in his march for the […]

13 Youth groups from the six geo-political zones in the country including the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), have rejected the choice of former Borno State governor, Mallam Kashim Shettima Mustapha as the All Progressives Congress, APC Vice Presidential candidate to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu saying Shettima was unacceptable to the over 30 million youths of the country.

THE Edo State Government will, from August 1, 2022, begin a clampdown on all unregistered vehicles across the state. The Edo State Acting Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, while constituting a task force to enforce the clampdown at the Government House, Benin City, charged owners and operators of unregistered vehicles in the state to […]

By Dayo Johnson AKURE — Chairman of the South West Governors’ Forum and governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu said that his government will not  fail residents of the state again following recent terrorist attack in Owo on June 5.   Akeredolu said this in Akure while  donating 50 fitted patrol vehicles to all the security agencies […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Nigeria competed in the first track final of the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA, but the outcome was a sixth place finish. The team had qualifed with the best finishing time of 3:14:59 but failed to improve on it, running a slower time of 3:16:21 to finish only ahead of […]

For Ibrahim Kamardeen, getting accepted to the University of Reading’s Henley Business School was surreal. Enrolling at the triple-accredited elite school for a degree in Management Accounting was a no-brainer — the Business School is a pedestal that Ibrahim knew would catapult him into a lofty career in Accounting.  According to him, “Getting a Management […]

 Jobberman, Nigeria’s leading recruitment platform has released a documentary titled ‘Upskilling the North’, which showcases the impact of its soft skills training on young Nigerians in the north (Kano and Kaduna) and the multiplier effect it has on communities. The documentary details the stories of some of the beneficiaries of the training whose employability and […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Nigeria’s fastest man, Favour Ashe finished fourth in Heat 2 but had the fastest finishing time of 10.00s to qualify to the semi-final of the 100m men’s event through non-automatic qualification. Ashe had to compete with the likes of Fred Kerley who’s having a fantastic year and Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes in his […]