Tony O. Elumelu, Chairman of Heirs Holdings and UBA Plc. has advocated entrepreneurship as a veritable solution to achieving poverty reduction in the country. Elumelu who is also the Founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation delivered a paper themed: “Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility and Africapitalism: The Role of The Private Sector In Fighting Poverty in…
The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, purported court order against the release of Tai rerun election results by INEC is not of any consequence if any person or political party decides to embark on an ego trip using the courts. “In any case, the Electoral…
A blast, which occurred on Wednesday morning along Potiskum road in Damaturu, Yobe State capital, has claimed at least one live. The explosion was initially mistaken by residents of the area to be an attack from the Boko Haram terrorists’ group, but it was later confirmed to have occurred at a welder’s shop. One soldier…
The Nigerian Military has been applauded by the Bangladesh Armed Forces for its success in the fight against terrorism in the country. The Bangladesh Armed Forces have also expressed their willingness to adopt the Nigerian Armed Forces winning strategy to combat insurgency and criminalities in their country. This was contained in the remarks by the…
Nigeria’s tourism and hospitality industry might overtake the downstream sector by 2021 if the recently launched African Union (AU) passport is adopted by the country’s legislators. This is according to Kushal Dutta, the managing director of Africa’s number one hotel booking portal Jumia Travel Nigeria, who further said the Pan-African Passport will allow free movement…
…Picks First Semi-Final Ticket For The North On a day four States from the North fell in the battle, Master Abdullahi Shuaibu Maje excelled for NTIC Boys High School, Kano, Kano State in the on-going Cowbellpedia Mathematics Television Quiz Show. After two preliminary rounds, Abdullahi picked a semi-final ticket for his school, and the first…
Reports reaching us indicate that the cancer patient, Mayowa Ahmed, whose #Save Mayowa Campaign fund caused controversies few weeks ago, has breathed her last. The young lady was said to have died at a hospital in South Africa, where she was flown to for treatment. Recall that the issue concerning funds raised for her treatment…
The Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, FUNAAB, Professor Olusola Oyewole, alongside the university Bursar, Moses Ilesanmi are being quizzed at the Iyaganku office of the EFCC Ibadan. They were grilled on Tuesday, August 17, 2016 in respect of an alleged case of abuse of office and misappropriation of funds reported against the…
In a dramatic encounter involving ten states last weekend at the on-going preliminary of the 2016 Cowbellpedia Mathematics Television Quiz Show, Cross River State triumphed and picked two semi-final slots. In the junior category, Master Godswill Harold of Deeper Life High School, Calabar was locked in battle against Shukura Kamardeen of Federal Government College, Daura,…
No fewer than 12 houses have been shut down by the Lagos State Government on Friday shut over discovery of shallow oil wells built by landlords to illegally scoop diesel from pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. A statement issued on Friday by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, Habib…