The top 10 winners of the Future Africa Leadership Award, an initiative of the Oyakhilome Foundation Initiative, have been awarded a total grant of $125,000 to promote development initiatives of their respective countries. The Senior Executive Officer of FALA, Olajumoke Ola-Akinsanya, disclosed this during a media briefing in Lagos on Thursday. Speaking on how the…
The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, commenced the distribution of 15,000 free reflective jackets to commercial motorcycle riders in the state. Makinde, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Sulaimon Olanrenwaju, said the governor spoke through the Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Musibau Babatunde, at a ceremony organised by…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have besieged the Head office of the Dangote Group of Companies in Lagos State. Our correspondent gathered that the search, which commenced at the company’s head office in Lagos around 3 p.m. on Thursday is still ongoing as of the time of filing this report. A source,…
The United States is to engage in a renewed diplomatic push to calm tensions in the Middle East as the region teeters on the brink of a regional conflagration following a suspected Israeli strike on a Hamas leader in Lebanon, twin bombings in Iran and no end in sight to Israel’s war on Gaza. US…
The African Export-Import Bank has expressed readiness to finance several key projects to drive development and investment in Enugu State. Afreximbank President, Prof. Benedict Oramah, who declared the bank’s commitment during a working visit to the Government House, in Enugu, on Tuesday, explained that the bank’s interest in Enugu stemmed from the vision espoused by…
This decision follows the recent suspension of accreditation for degrees obtained from institutions in Benin and Togo. During an interview on Nigeria’s Channels Television channel, Education Minister Tahir Mamman stated on Wednesday, “We are not going to stop at just Benin and Togo. We are going to extend the dragnet to countries like Uganda, Kenya,…
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) have warned Nigerians against panic-buying and dismissing reports of a planned hike in the pump price of petrol also called Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). ccording to reports, fuel marketers clashed with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) over…
Citing health challenges, the former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq has officially written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking an extension of the deadline to meet with EFCC interrogators over an ongoing probe into the N37,170,855,753.44 allegedly laundered during her tenure in office, through a contractor, James…
Inspires youths at FirstBank-sponsored Lagos Concert By Ayomide Otitoju Afrobeat’s sensation, Adekunle Gold, popularly known as AG Baby, mesmerised hundreds of music lovers and inspired youths at a pre-Christmas concert sponsored by FirstBank, Nigeria’s premier financial institution. The event, aptly named “Stacked December Party,” took place on December 22, 2023, at the Palms Shopping Mall…
