Creative economy may overtake oil as Africa’s growth engine
Digital publication platform, EscapeMag, has likened Africa’s creative industry to the oil sector, which has long been the backbone of the economies of several countries on the continent. Oil generates between 30 per cent and 80 per cent of public budgets in key producing nations such as Nigeria, Angola and Libya. In Nigeria, for instance, […]
Real estate firm unveils initiative to make land ownership affordable
A real estate firm, Leisure Court Estate, has launched the One Square Metre Initiative, a land acquisition model designed to make property ownership more accessible by allowing Nigerians to buy land in smaller portions instead of purchasing an entire plot.
Fire guts Federal Mortgage Bank hqtrs in Abuja
Panic broke out on Saturday at the headquarters of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria FMBN in Abuja after fire engulfed parts of the building.
Delta fire: Bomadi council boss visits victims, promises relief support
By Chancel Bomadi Sunday BOMADI — Chairman of Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, Hon. Rawlings Dagidi Andaye, has visited victims of the early morning fire incident at Bomadi-Overside, the commercial hub of the riverine community, and pledged relief support for those affected. The visit followed appeals by residents and sympathisers to the Delta […]
Godwin Ebosa at 60: The Measure of a Good Man
By Michael Tidi History remembers certain men differently. It remembers them not because they accumulated unusual wealth or occupied powerful offices, but because they quietly altered the destinies of other people. Their greatest monuments are neither buildings nor titles, but the lives they transformed, the hope they inspired and the values they left behind. Such […]
BBNaija’s Adekunle Olopade, Omololu Shomuyiwa unveil ‘Protect The Boy Child’ initiative
Protect The Boy Child Initiative (PTBCI), founded by Adekunle Olopade, has announced the appointment of Omololu Shomuyiwa as Director of Global Operations and Partnerships, and the premiere of its documentary Close The Gap, the first arm of the organisation’s landmark 2026: The Year of The Man campaign.
