Aliko Dangote is one of the most successful industrialists not only in Africa but globally. Born into an upper-class family in 1957 in the Nigerian state of Kano, Dangote learned the ropes of entrepreneurship in his formative years from his grandfather, Sanusi Dantata, who raised him following the demise...
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About 9 days after the release of Wizkid’s fourth studio album, the numbers are backing the generally positive reception it received. The 14-track album has reportedly been streamed more than 100 million times across music streaming platforms. The numbers are from Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, Audiomack and Boomplay. For...
Construction of a new terminal building and other ancillary works at the Kumasi Airport is nearing completion, a visit by AviationGhana to the facility has revealed. In June 2018, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cut the sod for the second phase of the expansion of Kumasi Airport, which is...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A supplimentatry appropriation bill of N46 billion passed by the State House of Assembly has been signed into law by the Bauchi state Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed. Speaking while presenting the appropriation bill to the governor for his ascent, the Speaker of the Bauchi...
ASHAMU AUSTIN ADELANI, Abuja The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) and her Executive Vice-Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Prof Umar Garba Danbatta have been respectively recognized as award recipients of the 2020 Nigeria Tech Innovation and Telecoms Awards (NTITA) for Broadband Development. A Press release issued yesterday by the Commission’s Director of...
Association of Micro Entrepreneurs of Nigeria (AMEN) has urged the Federal Government to reconsider its border closure policy for improved Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise’s (MSME) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contribution to the economy. The National President of the association, Mr Saviour Iche, made the call in an interview with the News...
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun will present the state 2021 proposed budget on Tuesday before the state House of Assembly, the Speaker, Mr Timothy Owoeye has said.Owoeye made this known on Monday during plenary, disclosing that he had received a letter from the governor notifying the assembly of his...
Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, has welcomed efforts to strengthen the organisation through reform and pledged to work closely with the administration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden. Tedros who made the pledge on Monday said the organisation’s funding must become more flexible and predictable...
Washington,Nov.9,2020 (dpa/NAN) A key U.S body that authorised the transition process after a presidential election has not yet established contact with president-elect Joe Biden’s team, according to a U.S newspaper report. The General Services Administration (GSA), which is in charge of federal government buildings, is refusing to send a...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has taken a definite step toward mainstreaming gender policy into its operations aimed at eliminating Gender Based and Sexual Violence (GBV). The Director-General of the agency, Mrs Julie Okah-Donli, at a stakeholders’ validation of the document on Monday...
Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Monday presented Staff of Office to Amb. Ahmad Bamalli as the 19th Emir of Zazzau. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Installation of the new emir which held at Zaria Polo field was attended by traditional rulers and other...
The Federal Government in collaboration with Save the Children, UNICEF, UNDP and other stakeholders is set to produce a draft bill that would legalise social protection in Nigeria, as well as harmonise all existing bills on social protection to produce an all-encompassing draft bill that would take care of...
Court adjourns case of accused kidnappers of Akewugbagold’s twins to Nov. 18 An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday fixed Nov.18 for the hearing of bail applications filed by six persons accused of kidnapping a set of twins belonging to a popular Islamic cleric, Alhaji Taofeek...
By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI ‘The easy accessibility individuals have to publish ideas on the Internet has led to the emergence of a new meritocracy of ideas that is similar in some ways to the public forum that existed during the time of America’s founding. It has several structural characteristics that...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana on Sunday appealed to the general public to strictly observe sanitary protocols put in place by the health authorities to check the spread of the coronavirus. He spoke against the backdrop of a disturbing spike in the number of cases in Ghana...
An NGO, The Raised for Excellence, says it has registered and commenced training for more than 2,000 youths to enable them achieve their dreams and contribute to societal development.The Convener of the NGO, Mrs Juliet Ogunkunle, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
ASHAMU AUSTIN ADELANI A new Communications agency, IMPACT Communications has launched its activities one year after it came into existence. This is even as the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the new Communication outfit, Harvey Kosigah DE HARDT-KAFFILS said the agency would tackle the business of Communication differently within Togo and...
Norbert Okolie, Media Office of the Enugu-based Rangers International FC has expressed confidence that the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL)will reverse itself and allow the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium (NAS) to host the club’s home matches this season. Okolie, who spoke to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on...
The House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology and the Minister, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, on Monday argued over scholarship selection method for secondary school students across the country. Rep Abiante Awaji, a member of the committee, representing Adoni/Opobo/Nkoro Federal Constituency, River, had during budget defence queried the minister...