$200m Local content fund: Kachikwu advocates careful utilization
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has urged the Bank of Industry (BOI) to ensure that the 200 million dollar Nigeria content Intervention Fund (NCIF) was…
Ambassador dies in swimming pool
A pall of grief has enveloped the diplomatic community as Russia’s ambassador to Sudan, Mirgayas Shirinskiy, was found dead in the swimming pool at his home in Khartoum, the Sudanese…
AfDB debars state-owned China firm for road project fraud in Africa
A China state-owned enterprise was debarred for at least a year by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Tuesday for lying about its past experience. Chongqing International Construction Corporation (CICO) “engaged…
Knowledge Economy: Six Disruptive Influences of Artificial Intelligence
The world has gone digital. In fact, we are approaching the Fourth Industrial Revolution, also described as Industry 4.0: an age in which a range of new technologies is expectedly…
NCC, CAPDAN partner to grow Nigeria’s $32m ICT SME industry, vow to stamp out substandard products
With over 3,000 SME ICT entrepreneurs and contributing over $32m to the nation’s ICT and telecoms sector of the Nigerian economy, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has called for a…
WorldStageEconomicSummit2017: Experts recommend innovation, reformation for Economic Development
The President/CEO of Worldstage Group, Mr. Segun Adeleye, convener of the #Worldstageeconomicusummit2017 has charged all Nigerians and business owners within the country to imbibe innovation for economic development. According to…
Buhari relapses to old habits: Works from home; reduces working hours
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has kept a low profile since his grand return from sick leave on Saturday. Buhari disembarked his plane in Abuja on Saturday to a military salute…
September 1 is Sallah Day: Sultan
The Sultan of Sokoto and Chairman Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared Sept. 1, 2017 as Eid-el-Kabir day. This is contained in a statement signed…
Funmi Iyanda goes on stage for Oya Chronicles
Media personality, Funmi Iyanda, will be on stage at Kachette 347 Old St, London EC1V 9LP on Sunday, August 27 for Oya Chronicles: In Conversation With My Mother. The enchanting one night…
Again, gunmen kidnap another ex-minister
The police command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the abduction of a former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Mr Hussaini Akwanga. Akwanga served during the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo…
