At DBI Lagos, our graduates are world class – Ugwoke
Paulinus Ugwoke is the head of the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), Lagos campus. In this interview he shares the values of the institute which is fast becoming the centre of…
CNN mocks Nigeria over Buhari’s absence
Cable News Network (CNN) may have just made a mockery of Nigeria over the continued absence of President Muhammadu Buhari from the country. The television medium mocked the country in…
TD Mobile brings Japanese smartphone range to Nigeria
Freetel, Japan’s largest selling smart phone brand in open market, announced the launch in Nigeria in partnership with TD Mobile, biggest mobile devices distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa. FREETEL was founded…
Trump suffers deadly blow as Senate fails to repeal Obamacare again
United States Senators early Friday narrowly rejected a dramatically slimmed-down Obamacare repeal bill, even after being promised by GOP leaders that the measure would never actually become law. The strategy…
Indonesia ombudsman alleges rights violations in execution of Nigerian drug convict
The office of Indonesia’s ombudsman has unearthed evidence of rights violations in the execution of a Nigerian drug convict last year, an official said on Friday. Humphrey Jefferson Ejike Eleweke…
Pakistan PM Sharif resigns after Supreme Court says he’s unfit to hold public office
Pakistan’s Supreme court on Friday sacked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office after a damning corruption probe into his family wealth, saying he is unfit to hold public office. The…
Sale of Africa assets costs Barclays $1.57 billion in loss
Barclays reported a 1.2 billion pound ($1.57 billion) attributable first half loss on Friday after taking a 2.5 billion pound hit from the sale of its Africa business and calling…
Nigerian journalist shares moments with escaped Chibok girls in US, says their kidnap was real …girls explain why they can’t speak English
A US-based Nigerian journalist and publisher of Pointblanknews.com, Mr. Jackson Ude, has said he was convinced that the issue of the kidnap of hundreds of Chibok girls in Borno State…
US Medical Body Appoints Nigeria’s Akinboboye, First Black Chair of Cardiovascular Disease Board
The American Board of Internal Medicine, ABIM, has announced the appointment of Olakunle Akinboboye, MD as chair of the ABIM Cardiovascular Board. The appointment of Akinboboye by the 81 years…
How Oando, Conoil, Total, others swindled FG of N349bn, EFCC recovers N328bn; outstanding debt now N20bn
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Kano office has recovered N328,988,296,990.62 from nine major oil marketers across the country. The recovery was sequel to a petition against the leadership…