….innovators to tackle varying challenges in Africa …as sponsors express hope over solutions to reposition Africa By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja THE Lead4Change Innovators Initiative, which is a biennial initiative led by Skills Outside School Foundation (SOSF), has produced three winning innovators from Nigeria and Ghana after a rigorous selection process. According to Lead4Change Innovators Initiative, […]

By Ikechukwu Nmerengwa Okey Ahiwe is the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for Abia State in the March election. He emerged following a clear majority of votes and after six candidates stepped down for him in the interest of party unity.  What is the message of Okey Ahiwe? What is he bringing […]

On February 3, 2023, the Telecommunication and Technology Sustainability Working Group (TTSWG), a coalition of organisations working together to promote sustainability within the telecommunication and technology sector, urged business owners, particularly tech companies to intervene in the education sector. Emmanuel Asika, Country Head of HP Nigeria a TTSWG member company spoke on the state of […]

There are so many people out there who have earned money on the side thanks to cryptocurrency. Some cryptos like Big Eyes Coin (BIG) are new to the market, while Monero (XMR) and Toncoin (TON) are live-market coins that have already enlisted on an exchange. But before you invest in any coin, you should take […]

Some members of the Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, of the All Progressives Congress APC, have attributed the victory of APC’s candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Rivers State to the intervention of Governor of the State, Chief Nyesom Wike.

A six-year-old boy was sent to hospital after being shot by his four-year-old friend in an Indigenous community in Canada’s Manitoba province, police said Thursday. The two children were at a home on Peguis First Nation, about 185 kilometers (115 miles) north of Winnipeg, Monday night “when they gained access to a firearm,” the Royal […]

Eder Militao’s own goal handed a depleted Barcelona a surprise 1-0 away victory over Real Madrid in a stormy Copa del Rey semi-final first leg on Thursday. The Catalans arrived on the back of two consecutive defeats and without an injured trio of key players — top scorer Robert Lewandowski, key midfielder Pedri and explosive […]

Mr Frank Nweke Jr, the All Progressives Grand Alliance candidate in the Enugu governorship race, has dismissed rumours of his withdrawal from the race. Nweke, in a statement by his Media Manager, Uchenna Igboeme, described the rumour as “the handwork of political desperados determined to keep Enugu in a web of lies and ineptitude”. “The […]

The Nigerian Exchange Group Plc has recorded a revenue of N6.17 billion in its audited financial statement, ended Dec. 31, 2022. The Group said this in a corporate disclosure to the NGX, on Thursday, that the figure represented an increase of  6.8 per cent Year-on-Year (YoY) when compared with N5.78 billion reported in the corresponding […]

Minister of Interior and former Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola has congratulated the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his victory at the polls on Saturday, describing it as a call duty. Tinubu emerged winner with over eight million votes and received his Certificate of Return, alongside his vice president-elect, Kashim Shettima on Wednesday. Aregbesola joins […]

By Adesina Wahab Lagos State government has said it will ensure justice for Whitney Adeniran, the pupil of Chrisland School, Ikeja, Lagos campus who died during the school’s Inter-house sports competition in Agege Stadium recently.  Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, gave the assurance on Thursday when she paid a condolence visit to the family […]

By Wole Mosadomi Minna- Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has returned to Nigeria after two months of medical checkups in Switzerland. Our Correspondent learnt that the former leader arrived Minna his home town, Thursday, en route Abuja through a chartered flight. General Babangida it would be recalled travelled out of the country on […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The newly appointed Vice Chancellor of the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University Makurdi, JoSTUM, former Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, FUAM, Prof. Isaac Itodo Thursday took over the reigns of leadership at the institution as the 7th Vice Chancellor, promising teamwork to build on the successes recorded by his predecessors. Speaking shortly after receiving […]

President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said the era of French interference in Africa was “well over” as he began a four-nation tour of the continent to renew frayed ties. Anti-French sentiment runs high in some former African colonies as the continent becomes a renewed diplomatic battleground, with Russian and Chinese influence growing in the region. […]

By John Alechenu, Abuja Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has opened up on the circumstances surrounding the departure of Mr. Peter Obi from the party for the Labour Party, LP, where he emerged presidential standard bearer. Atiku also took time out to recall his personal legal tussles, 11 in all, […]