US commends Buhari on release of Chibok girls
The release of 82 of the Chibok schoolgirls by their Boko Haram captors, after three years, is heart-warming, the U.S. government declares. Mr Nathan Holt, the Deputy Director, Office of…
AU auctions Mugabe’s cow to raise funds
No fewer than 100 of the 300 cattle donated to the African Union (AU) by Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe in 2016 have been sold through an auction as the continental…
Yudala gets new CEO: He’s Wole Ogundare
Yudala, Nigeria’s fastest growing composite e-commerce outfit, has announced the strategic appointment of Mr. Wole Ogundare as Chief Executive Officer. The appointment takes effect from May 1st 2017. Wole Ogundare’s…
All contracts will be tied to availability of funds – Okowa
Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has said contracts for the execution of projects will be awarded based on availability of funds. The governor in a no-hold-back town hall meetings…
Court orders six strokes of the cane for gas cylinder thief
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday ordered that Ibrahim Bala should be given six lashes of cane for stealing a gas cylinder. The judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq,…
Bala Muhammed, ex-minister of FCT, to spend next 48 hours in jail for alleged bribery, abuse of office
Senator Bala Muhammed, the former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja will spend the next 48hours in Kuje Prison. He has been detained for days. Justice A.M Talba of…
Nigerian musicians set London on fire; Banky W, Falz, Tiwa Savage for One Africa Music Fest
Banky W, Falz, Victoria Kimani and Cassper Nyovest have all arrived in London for the One Africa Music Fest holding on 13 May. The artistes were met at the Heathrow…
Bharti Airtel revenue slumps in India, Africa; mobile data revenue declines by 14.7 %
Bharti Airtel reported continued weakness in its fiscal Q4 ending 31 March, with its profit falling sharply and mobile revenue in its key Indian and African markets dropping by double-digit…
Why Ponzi schemes thrive despite risks
Largely unheralded for a long time, Ponzi schemes came to the consciousness of the entire nation in 2016. With the descent of the Nigerian economy into its first full depression…
Imo leads as 1.736m candidates register for JAMB
A record 1,736,571 candidates registered for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said. Oloyede made the…