ByHenry Ojelu Fifty transport operators in Ogun State have secured credit-financed tricycles under a consumer credit initiative facilitated by the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation, CREDICORP, the Ijebu Development Initiative on Poverty Reduction, IDIPR, and Imowo Microfinance Bank. The beneficiaries received the assembled-in-Nigeria three-wheelers during a handover ceremony held at the Awujale Palace in Ijebu-Ode, in […]

By Dayo Johnson Akure Twenty years after conception, Ondo State is making a fresh push to unlock the Olokola Free Trade Zone with the inauguration of a new technical committee by governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Aiyedatiwa while inaugurating the 6-member panel in Akure, said that his administration will not let policy delays and coordination failures waste […]

Book: Spiked Beyond Spikes Author: Ekanpou Enewaridideke Reviewer: Ebikabowei Kedikumo Ekampou Enewaridideke’s Spiked Beyond Spikes is a political novel set in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The novel presents a society divided by power, oil wealth, ethnic domination, poverty, and state violence. Through the figures of Alabeni and the Ozidi Boys, the novelist explores […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Federation of Informal Workers Organizations of Nigeria, FIWON, has called on the Federal Government to urgently expand pension and healthcare coverage to millions of informal workers across the country, describing the current level of social protection as grossly inadequate. Read Also: Tinubu’s gratuity restoration raises decades-old payment questions — NLC  In a […]

By Folarin Kehinde In a bid to deepen cultural understanding and strengthen people-to-people ties between China and Nigeria, China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) recently organised a Dragon Boat Festival cultural exchange programme at its Enugu New Town Road Project site. The event, themed “Zongzi Aroma Spreads Warmth, Jointly Building the Silk Road,” brought together […]