African inventors and entrepreneurs have set their sights on securing a $49.6 million investment from stakeholders during the recently concluded Africa Social Impact Summit (ASSIS). The event, which took place in Lagos, featured a deal room where 18 businesses, chosen from a pool of over 500 applicants across Africa, presented their proposals. These finalists, representing Read More…
Mr. Babatunde Johnson, the Executive Chairman of Orile-Agege LCDA, has announced that the council has allocated a budget of N50 million as relief measures to counteract the impact of fuel subsidy removal on residents. Johnson revealed this during a subsidised food price initiative carried out across various Community Development Associations (CDAs), motor parks, schools, and Read More…
The Nigerian Army announced on Monday that it had successfully rescued another Chibok girl, Mary Nkeki, aged 27, from Dikwa Local Government Area in Borno. Nkeki was abducted in 2014 alongside more than 200 students from Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok by Boko Haram insurgents. Maj.-Gen. Gold Chibuisi, the Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Read More…
Mr. Laurent De Boeck, Chief of Mission at the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Nigeria, has called upon filmmakers to consistently place creativity at the forefront of their efforts to combat human trafficking. Speaking at the conclusion of IOM Nigeria’s 2023 Short Film Contest on ‘Combating Human Trafficking’ in Abuja on Monday, De Boeck emphasised Read More…
The Registrar of the Chartered Institute of Treasury Management (CITM), Mr. Olumide Adedoyin, has issued a warning to the Federal Government regarding the purported intention to re-denominate the naira, cautioning that it could jeopardise economic stability. Adedoyin conveyed this concern in a statement released in Abuja on Tuesday, addressing the alleged plan for naira re-denomination. Read More…
West Africa’s principal regional body, ECOWAS, has turned down a proposition by Niger’s military junta to postpone elections for three years. This refusal prolongs a political deadlock that may prompt military intervention if no resolution emerges following a July coup. Seeking diplomatic solutions to Niger’s July 26 coup, the seventh in West and Central Africa Read More…
The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has initiated the removal of a five-storey building situated at 7, BreadFruit Street on Lagos Island due to violations of construction regulations. In a statement released on Monday, Mr. Gbolahan Oki, General Manager of LASBCA, announced the development. The statement was issued by Mrs. Adetayo Akitoye-Asagba, Assistant Director Read More…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) recommended that media practitioners in Lagos embrace the state government’s health insurance policy as a proactive measure for maintaining good health and well-being. Mr. Ajayi Adeleye, Chairman of the NUJ Lagos State Chapter, offered this advice during the union’s Walk for Fitness event in Ikeja, as part of the Read More…
