Cakasa Ebenezer
Metro Top Story Women

Cakasa advocates gender equality and women’s empowerment on IWD

Cakasa Nigeria Company and its CSR outfit, Cakasa Ebenezer Foundation, have emphasised the importance of gender equality and women’s empowerment while joining the world in celebrating International Women’s Day 2023. They made the assertion during a celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD) on Wednesday in the Lagos suburb of Mushin. The IWD 2023 #EmbraceEquity campaign Read More…

Guardian Nigeria
Nigeria Politics Top Story

“I did not support Obi because nobody talked Igbo presidency with me” – Wike

Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers says he did not openly back Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Mr Peter Obi in the Feb. 25 election because no one discussed Igbo presidency with him. Dr Alex Ogbonnia, Press Secretary of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, revealed on Friday in Enugu that Wike made the remark during a meeting with Read More…

REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja
Business Economy Top Story

NBS: Nigeria’s Q4 2022 trade totalled N11.722bn

Nigeria’s overall goods trade, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), was worth N11,722.44 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022. The NBS Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics Report for Q4 2022, which was released on Friday in Abuja, supports this. According to the NBS, overall exports were N6,359.61 billion while total imports were Read More…

REUTERS/ Edward McAllister
Africa Health Top Story World

Poisoning cough syrup

A REUTERS REPORT Euromonitor, a market research company, estimates that the global market for children’s over-the-counter cough, cold, and allergy medications will be worth around $2.5 billion in 2022. Using a syrup consisting of glycerin or propylene glycol that is secure, sweet, and simple to swallow, these medications include active substances like paracetamol, often known Read More…

Guarian Niger
Education Metro Top Story

LASG launches STEM pilot centre in Yaba with GetBundi

The Lagos State Government and GetBundi Education Technology Business have formally launched a STEM lab at Wesley Girls Senior Secondary School in Yaba, Lagos. The setting up of the STEM lab is the beginning of a relationship between the Lagos State Government and GetBundi that will eventually lead to the implementation of GetBundi’s education technology Read More…

Isoken Nwabunka Nigeria Notes Women

Embracing equity through positive alliance

On the occasion of the 2023 International Women’s Day (IWD) with the theme, “Embracing Equity’, it is pertinent to discuss a subject close to me, ‘encouraging the girl child to succeed’. The #EmbraceEquity campaign topic for IWD 2023 aims to start a discussion on why just providing equal opportunities are not enough. Every individual has Read More…

Football Sports Top Story

Chelsea advance to Champions League q-finals after beating Dortmund 2-0

Raheem Sterling’s first-half goal and a contentious penalty by Kai Havertz helped Chelsea defeat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 overall on Tuesday, erasing a first-leg deficit. As a result, Chelsea advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League. The 2021 champions Chelsea wasted opportunity after opportunity in the first half, with Germany’s Havertz hitting the post and Read More…

Entertainment Top Story TV & Film

Nigerian box office earned N278m in February

The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) said on Tuesday that nationwide movie theatre ticket sales in February totaled N278 million. The National Chairman of CEAN, Mr. Ope Ajayi, who made this disclosure in a Lagos interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), noted that the theatres had 122,295 gross admissions over the course Read More…