The leading political parties in Nigeria have all now named flagbearers for next February’s crucial presidential election and the focus is shifting back to the country’s fragile economy and the daily struggle of the people and businesses in Africa’s mo…
Lagos PVC Clash: PDP blames APC government
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) for creating obstacles to prevent citizens, particularly people of the SouthEast region resident in Lagos State from collecting their Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) to ena…
We’ve template to fund reconstruction of Ota-Abeokuta road- Abiodun
Dapo Abiodun, the Ogun State governor, says his administration has got the approval for a template that will allow the state government to partly fund the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta road. Abiodun, who stated this during the 70th birthday …
Democracy Day: Glo hails Nigerians’ resilience, urges unity
Globacom, a telecommunications company, has commended the resilience of Nigerians and their efforts to ensure that democracy was sustained in the past 23 years. The company, in a goodwill message to Nigerians on the occasion of Democracy Day, urged all…
Nigerian power sector would have collapsed without CBN’s intervention – Experts
Stakeholders have expressed concerns over the continuous dependency of the power sector on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) seven years after the sector was handed over to the private investors. The experts who insisted that the sector would have coll…
Coca-Cola HBC donates €1m to support local communities
Coca-Cola HBC, the parent company of the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Ltd, has announced a €1million donation to support community empowerment and social impact programmes in Nigeria. The announcement was made by Zoran Bogdanovic, CEO Coca-Cola HBC,…
Where to invest N1m right now
For most people, saving N1 a day isn’t enough by itself to make them rich. But the fact that you can end up with tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands or millions of naira, from a N1-per-day investment just shows the power of small, consiste…
Africa Soft Power summit returns with 3-day session in Kigali
The 2022 Africa Soft Power ‘Africa Month’ Summit, hosted industry leaders, across the creative, cultural, knowledge and digital industries around the continent and global diaspora in Kigali to three days of impactful conversations, centered around the …
FrieslandCampina records 35% revenue growth despite difficult operating business environment
Despite a difficult operating business environment in the country, FrieslandCampina WAMCO, Nigeria’s dairy leader grew its revenue by 35 percent to N268.4billion in 2021 from N199.5billion recorded in 2020. The dairy leader and makers of Peak, Three Cr…