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4 days ago
As migrant carers are henceforth banned from bringing dependant spouses and children to the United Kingdom, stories of their bread-winners-turned-care workers are distressing. They are routinely exploited, raped and abused.
8 Mar
Throughout history, the central role played by women has ensured the stability, progress and long-term development of nations. In the 21st century, the issues of gender balance and the need to accord women equal opportunities and allow them achieve their full potentials in the society, have gained more momentum, globally.
8 Mar
Being a widow is a universal phenomenon that happens when a woman loses her spouse. This condition brings different experiences for different women, depending on their economic status, family size, employment status, cultural heritage, environment, religious beliefs and educational background. 
1 Mar
Certain events cannot be erased from memory and, indeed from consciousness. After nearly six decades, controversy still rages over the calamitous events of 1966.
21 Feb
Piqued by the security challenges bedeviling the country, President Bola Tinubu recently pledged to establish forest guards to secure the nation’s rainforests.
12 Feb
Allegations of graft and cabinet members stealing from the poor are pointers to where President Bola Tinubu should begin the housecleaning task of tackling the corruption monster ravaging all facets of national life...
31 Jan
There are arguments for and against the enactment of state legislation, akin to the federal character principle, to check persistent cries of marginalisation by ethnic minorities in states nationwide.
11 Jan
Synergy Wellcare Medicaid Limited, an indigenous Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) duly registered and accredited by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), was established to provide healthcare solutions to Corporate, Communities and Individual clients with professionalism and customer centricity. Committed to providing excellent, comprehensive, and cost effective healthcare services to personnel cutting across various job functions and responsibilities towards overall staff healthcare and organisational growth, the Company’s main priority is strictly targeted at ensuring evidence based health and wellness of client’s work force to achieve set goals and optimal productivity. 
9 Jan
A resilient go-getter and result-driven professional with over 15 years of experience working in IT operations, Ochuko Iyogwoya, Chief Executive Officer of Javaplus Innovations Limited is a high calibre, competent and resourceful financial expert with excellent and proven track record of business insight supervising technical and development teams, product management, project implementation, business development and overseeing large information technology projects within an international organization. Excerpts… 
20 Dec
Nigeria and her African counterparts hold the oddly familiar record of a humongous debt burden whose maintenance cost is competing with earnings and development prospects. Yet, to the same continent belongs the unenviable report of illicit financial flow that rivals the debt volume. But mending the fiscal basket case is the ambitious mandate the African…
8 Dec
This year’s 16 days of activism against gender-based violence ends on Sunday, December 10. With the “Unite! Invest to prevent violence against women and girls,” a lot still needs to be done to protect women and girls in Nigeria, a case in point being the thriving Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
5 Dec
ROTIMI BANKOLE: Astute Professional, Creating Innovations That Help Clients Stay Ahead At All Times Whenever media agencies are being discussed in respect to adhering to global best practice, professionalism and integrity consciousness, one name that features prominently is the SBI Media Group, a company established with a mission to offer best-in-class media solutions to clients with a transparent process and fulfilled staff.
1 Dec
Sa’ad A. Jijji, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (Ag.) of Pension Alliance Limited (PAL PFA), is a 1995 graduate of Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University as well a 2009 MBA graduate from University of Oxford. He is also a member Institute of Directors of Nigeria (IOD). His 26 years working career spans across many sectors of the economy starting in 1997 as one of the pioneer staff of Intercellular Limited, a Telco Operator. Sa’ad later switched to Banking with Citibank Nigeria all in Lagos. In 2004, Sa’ad opened MTN Kaduna Office as Manager. A year later, he was promoted to Regional Manager, based in Abuja, in charge of Northern Nigeria. In 2008, he was moved to MTN Head Office as National Customer Intelligence Manager, strategizing for the company’s then 50 million customers.

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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, yesterday disclosed how his administration was able to save $53 million for Nigeria from a contract of $128 million approved by the immediate past administration of President Muhammadu Buhari He said the administration of President Bola Tinubu met the contract for the operation of the…
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Donald Trump has been unable to post a bond covering the full amount of his $454m New York civil fraud judgment against him, his lawyers said in a court filing.
16 mins ago
Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), yesterday, warned against any attempt to pull down the President Bola Tinubu-led government over the media buzz generated on the heels of alleged budget padding.
21 mins ago
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to speedily pay up outstanding salaries of members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational (NASU) and Associated Institutions and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU).
26 mins ago
Following the disruption on March 14, which affected data and voice services due to cuts in undersea fibre optics along the coasts of Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has confirmed services being restored to approximately 90 per cent at optimal level.
30 mins ago
An equitable energy transition is critical to realisation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), OPEC Governor for Nigeria, Ambassador Gabriel Aduda, has stressed.
33 mins ago
Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN) has exonerated the current administration from the pervasive hardship in the country, noting that the development is a cumulative effect of poor policies over the years.
1 hour ago
As inflation shaves off savings of many low and middle-income class Nigerians amid rising construction costs, homeownership plans are being deferred as untamed food prices continue to bite deeply into household incomes. 
1 hour ago
A faction of Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, cautioned President Bola Tinubu on the handling of security challenges in the country.
1 hour ago
Nigeria’s electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) may have spent an average of N670,000 to purchase each prepaid meter and other accessories through a N273.3 billion facility obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).