Junior and his friend Prosper were living in a room in a poor neighbourhood of Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos when police raided their home in search of their landlord, a suspected car thief. Unable to locate the suspect, the police arrested the two tenants, both then 21, accusing them of being accomplices in the theft. […]

Following last Sunday’s clash between suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in Enugu, Publicity Secretary of the group, Mr. Emma Powerful, in this interview, insists that those killed were unarmed people performing morning exercise, saying South-East governors are more interested in 2023 politics than condemning the incident.

By Emma Nnadozie For some time now, trustees of the estate of the late Mobolaji Bank-Anthony have been at loggerheads with offspring of the great philanthropist who left the quantum of his massive wealth to humanity.  The ding-dong battle led to many unwholesome developments including allegations of kidnapping, threats to life, and ceaseless petitions to the […]

Ahead of the budgetary year, the board also embarked on a town hall meeting with stakeholders of the five ethnic nationalities from oil bearing communities in what the DESOPADEC boss said is geared towards feeling the pulse of the people in respect to project execution.

A source from Jobberman’s initiative said that yearly, Nigerian tertiary institutions churn out many graduates, some of who are ill-prepared both in character and content for their own jobs or white-collar jobs.

The CEO and Founder of Kazz Kazzian fashion brand, Abiose Ahmed, has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to provide stimulus package to the fashion design industry, to save up and coming designers from running aground in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ahmed told reporters that not a few fashion designers have been […]

By Prince Osuagwu Lawyer turned social entrepreneur, Aisha Ochuwa, is a typical example of new generation entrepreneur. The brain behind online jewellery brand, Everything Beautiful by Aisha Ochuwa, EBAO, Ochuwa said her law practise has become a second option, as she has dedicated her life to building one of the fastest-growing jewellery brands in Nigeria […]

By Levinus Nwabughiogu I loathe eulogies. Reason: they are rendered posthumously and so, inconsequential to the deceased. I like autobiographies. Reason: they are histories recorded in real time by the author when he still has breath in him. The import of this, therefore, is that his legacies are appraised and documented for didactic purposes. But eulogies […]

The new 5G site on the altitude of 6500 meters shows capability to deliver the network to the peak of Everest China Mobile and Huawei have jointly taken 5G connectivity to a new height by bringing the network to the summit of Mount Everest upon the completion of the world’s highest 5G base station on […]

By HRH Appolus Chu On Friday, April 24, 2020 news filtered to me that one of the most illustrious sons of Eleme kingdom His Grace, Most Rev. Moses Olaka Kattey had passed on to eternity. At first, I refused to believe the news. So I made a few calls to his immediate family and other […]

By Amb. Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, Former Minister of Petroleum of the Republic of South Sudan It is no secret that South Sudan relies on oil to fuel most of its economy and state coffers, and that the revenue of such oil is dependent upon its export via pipeline to Port Sudan. As a result, oil […]

The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Senior Policy Seminar has placed a spotlight on fragility of growth in African economies, seeking to stimulate an informed policy dialogue and related policy-making aimed at reducing identified fragile contexts and building a more resilient African economic sector. However, social and economic issues that were already highly challenging have […]

At a market on the outskirts of Nigeria’s megacity Lagos, yam trader Olatunji Okesanya is scrambling for produce as measures to halt the coronavirus cut him off from suppliers. “The restriction in movement has disrupted supply — the farmers are finding it difficult to get their produce to Lagos,” he told AFP. “The few who […]

By Mike Ebonugwo, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Levinus Nwabughiogu & James Ogunnaike Even with the dreaded coronavirus, COVID-19 lockdown, it is obvious that not even the fear of death by the disease can keep Nigerians locked up or restricted from moving out to pursue their daily bread or engage in other activities of interest. Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial […]

By Cynthia Ugochukwu The idea that technology can be used to solve everyday problems has been tested so many times over the years, and has proven valid. In 2012, Tingo Mobile founder, Dozy Mmobuosi was on a trip to China when what they were doing with the agricultural value chain, among other things, in Shenzhen caught […]