Innovate Africa launches with $2.5m Angel Fund for early-stage Africa-focused startups
New early-stage Fund to support African founders in achieving product-market fit
Senegalese President Diomaye to lead negotiations between ECOWAS, breakaway Sahel nations
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye to engage in dialogue with the military leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger with…
Herbalist, Okada rider receive death sentence for killing Osun corps member
the 10-year-old daughter of the deceased witnessed her father’s murder
JAMB Registrar urges universities to stop admitting underaged students
Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has advised tertiary institutions to stop admissions of underaged students. Oloyede, who also faulted what he described as…
Tinubu creates Ministry of Livestock Development
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has created the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, although no minister has been announced yet for the new ministry. The President announced the creation of the…
Yemi Farounbi accepts role as father of day at Penpushing Media anniversary
A former Nigerian Ambassador to the Philippines, Ambassador Yemi Farounbi has accepted the role of father of the day at the 6th anniversary lecture of Penpushing Media scheduled to hold…
Wanted drug baron, associates nabbed at Imo country home
A major drug cartel behind the production and distribution of deadly psychoactive substance, methamphetamine, popularly called ‘mkpuru mmiri’ has been taken down by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement…
Tunde Akanni: The Unforeseen Twinning of Tinubu and OBJ
By Tunde Akanni PhDRecently, a photograph of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, was all over the internet. The world has however been left to hazard…
UBA’s GMD Appointed Chairman of CIBN Body of Banks’ CEOs
Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, United Bank for Africa, (UBA) Plc, Oliver Alawuba has been appointed as the Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) Body of…
Amaewhule-led assembly gives Fubara 7 days to present Rivers 2024 budget before it
The Rivers State House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule has given the state governor, Siminialayi Fubara, seven-day ultimatum to represent the 2024 Appropriation Bill. The House resumed sitting on…
