On Saturday, December 1, 2018, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Lagos State governorship election in 2019, Olujimi Agbaje, kicked off his campaign. During the declaration held in Lekki, Lagos, it was a rainbow coalition of various social, political and cultural groups, who came to show their immense support for him. The…
The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, ANED, has lent its voice to the ongoing row between the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki and the management of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) Speaking in response to media queries, ANED’s Executive Director for Research and Advocacy, Chief Sunday Oduntan, said the umbrella body was displeased by…
The business of air travel in the continent of Africa is booming as commercial airlines are battling to get and cement their market share. This competition is awesome as currently, Africa’s aviation industry supports 6.8 million jobs and $72.5 billion in economic activity. Unfortunately, this has had little or no impact on the rates of…
The North West Zone of the Tax Appeal Tribunal, sitting in Kaduna, is hearing cases filed by the Kaduna and Kano State governments through their Boards of Internal Revenue over failure of some federal agencies to remit taxes to them. The Kaduna State Board of Internal Revenue on Wednesday, November 28, 2018, dragged the Ahmadu…
Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, the immediate-past governor of Delta State and APC 2019 Delta South Senatorial candidate has tasked both aggrieved and victors of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) primaries in Delta State to work for the victory of the party in the forthcoming general elections while assuring that President Muhammadu Buhari‘s cult following both…
Entrepreneurship has to do with identifying gaps and business opportunities in one’s immediate environment and bringing together the necessary resources in an innovative way to fill those gaps, bearing the risks involved and in the process gaining personal rewards. Information is a veritable source of entrepreneurship development, therefore entrepreneurs need to be regularly reminded of…
Two girls and a boy took the top three spots in this year’s edition of the UBA Foundation’s National Essay Competition as 14–year old Odjegba Divine Omesiri emerged the overall winner, carting away a brand new laptop as well as an educational grant worth N2,000,000.00 to study in any African university of her choice. Odjegba,…
Nigerian startup, Publiseer, has announced its third expansion outside its home country, taking digital publishing services to South Africa, the country the word ‘Publiseer’ comes from. Before this expansion, Publiseer had expanded into its neighbouring West African country Ghana, and Kenya. With this new expansion, Publiseer’s authors and musical artists from South Africa will get…
Following the discouraging body languages of majority of the divisional party chairmen whom he appreciated for enhancing the impunity that offered him the contentious senatorial candidacy of the PDP, Aidoko has resorted to constituting a group of nine wise men purportedly to checkmate what he refers to as “distrust and anti-party activities” of some party…
Founder and President of David Umahi Nweze Akubuoraha Ebonyi Transformation Agenda (DUNAETA) Monica Chidinma Ada Eze has described Governor David Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi State as a divine tool in God’s hands for the emancipation and greatness of Ebonyi State. Lady Monica Eze who made the assertion in a press statement issued on Sunday after…