By Juliet Ebirim Benjamin Omosivie, popularly known as Benriffs, has emerged as the winner of the maiden edition of the Kiekie Unscripted Experience competition. The multi-talented performer secured victory with 91 percent of the votes at the finale which held in Sunday at the Mikano Experience Centre, Lagos. He received the grand prize of a […]

By Nnasom David The Five Star Movement Nigeria has unveiled a five-point development agenda aimed at transforming the country through stronger institutions, improved governance and greater investment in Nigerians. The Co-convener of the movement, Jude ‘Feranmi Adejuwon, presented the agenda during a press conference in Abuja, where he said Nigeria’s challenges were not due to […]

By Osa Mbonu-Amadi In a troubled country like Nigeria, artists who fail to use their work to address the problems of the society miss a significant aspect of the duty of an artist. It appears the Nigerian-born UK-based visual artist, Akinokun Isaiah Abiola, has taken that advice. It was the same advice the civil rights […]

By Juliet Umeh As the world faces a projected shortage of 85 million software developers by 2030, with potential economic losses estimated at $5.5 trillion, digital financial services provider Moniepoint has intensified efforts to build Africa’s next generation of engineering talent through its DreamDevs Bootcamp. The company recently graduated the second cohort of the programme, […]

On Democracy Day the President promised more than fifty thousand new police officers. The pledge is welcome and overdue. But the measure behind it—how many police we keep for each citizen—is the wrong way to ask whether Nigerians will be safer.   By Philip Obazee On the morning of the twelfth of June, in an address […]