By Jimoh Babatunde The Group General Manager of Continental Hotels Nigeria, Karl Hala, has charged Nigerians to unleash the potential of their youth in order to build world-class hospitality talents. Speaking at the Abuja Hotel Expo, Hala noted that it is the people that curate memorable experiences for hotel guests, so “emphasis should be on […]

By Ephraim Oseji Chairman/CEO DAS Energy Services Limited, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has commended move by President Bola Tinubu to facilitate the revival of moribund Premium Steel and Mines Limited, former Delta Steel Company, DSC, located in Ovwian-Aladja, Delta State. Recall that Minister of Steel Development, Abubakar Audu, during his recent inspection visit to the facility […]

A United States federal court has blocked most of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, with a ruling that could derail his trade strategy, boosting markets Thursday.

…Says Policy is Injust, Undermines National Unity & Future Development By Idowu Bankole Renowned policy analyst and APC chieftain from Anambra State, Pharmacist Ikeagwuonwu Chinedu Klinsmann, has called on the Presidency to urgently suspend the recently announced cut-off marks for admission into Federal Unity Colleges, citing what he describes as “an alarming and dangerous distortion […]

In India’s often legal system, Advocate A.M. Iktear Uddin—widely known as Advocate Anik—has emerged as a respected name in family law

Idowu Bankole Comrade Daniel Onjeh, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Benue South Senatorial District in the 2023 General Elections, has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the occasion of his second year in office. He unequivocally stated that the current alliance against the President—comprising disgruntled and self-serving politicians—is a failed project from […]

I-Train Africa has been selected as one of the 12 pioneering startups to receive $100,000 in funding from the prestigious Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship 2025.

By Esther Onyegbula In a bold move to strengthen Nigeria’s food security and empower rural economies, the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) on Thursday launched the second phase of its rice farming support program in Ebonyi State, distributing critical farming inputs to 200 smallholder farmers ahead of the 2025 planting season. The intervention, which […]

In order to bridge Nigeria’s digital divide, the Federal Government has announced the deployment of 7,000 new telecommunications towers across underserved communities, targeting more than 20 million Nigerians who currently lack access to any form of telecommunication services.

President Bola Tinubu’s former campaign spokesman in t6he south east, Dr Josef Onoh has refuted the claim by a billionaire businessman, Prince Arthur Eze, that President Tinubu has endorsed the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, for a second term re-election. Onoh said that the statement credited to Arthur Eze was Eze’s personal opinion and did […]

By Esther Onyegbula As the world marks World Vape Day 2025, the Global Director for Research and thought leadership at Global Health Focus has called on the Nigerian government to urgently adopt evidence-based tobacco harm reduction (THR) strategies to combat the country’s persistently high smoking rates. The annual observance, which unites scientists, former smokers, and […]

A prominent human rights organization, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), has called on the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to refund over ₦3 billion allegedly collected from traders at the Ọgbọ Ọgwụ (Onitsha Drug Market) in Anambra State.

Some pan-Africanists have voiced concerns about external military interventions in Africa, saying there is a need for the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to return to its foundational mission. They stated this at an online conference organised to initiate discussions and preparations for the upcoming 80th anniversary of the Fifth Pan-African Congress held […]

The revelation by the World Bank that the Federal Government’s conditional cash transfer programme did not reach millions of Nigerians in need of urgent economic relief further confirmed public sentiment on the desirability of the programme. In response to the deepening hardship being faced by Nigerians after the abrupt removal of the petrol subsidy and […]

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has congratulated the Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, on the Appeal Court judgment, affirming his election in the September 2024 governorship poll. In a statement on Wednesday, by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, Wike urged the governor to […]