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2 Aug 2023
Unified Payment: Boosting Commercial Transactions, Setting Trends In Fintech Sector   How would you describe your upward movement and the challenges you have so far faced in the Fintech industry?    I would rather describe the path that we have taken as an organisation than what I have done as an individual. As an organisation, we…
2 Aug 2023
How my life, worldview were shaped at UI, by Ejiro Gray Ms Ejiro Gray, the Director, Governance and Sustainability of Sahara Group attended the University of Ibadan between 1998 and 2004 to study Law. However, for her, the institution was not just about gaining admission to study a course there, she was born and raised…
2 Aug 2023
Rather than abate, cultism in Nigeria, especially in Lagos metropolis, has continued to gain patronage despite a series of arrests.
24 Jul 2023
After four years Nigerian Prisons Service changed its name to the Nigerian Correctional Service as one of the criteria to solve the problem of administration of the criminal justice system, the problem of prison congestion in the country still poses a huge threat to the security of the country.
23 Jul 2023
“We are using this medium to warn those trading under the bridge that we will not tolerate any form of illegal activities under this bridge and other bridges in the state.
21 Jul 2023
This year’s pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca is one of the most expensive in recent times. Yet, also one of the most disappointing for several faithful.
12 Jul 2023
Federal Government’s recent rechristening of the National Women Development Centre (NWDC) as Maryam Babangida Centre has reawakened the old question of the usefulness of ‘First Ladies’ pet projects vis-à-vis their sustainability.
9 Jul 2023
“I didn’t know what I was going to do in Mali, I didn’t know that I had been trafficked. I thought I would get a job on arrival there, but I had a horrible experience,” said Oyinlola Aaron, a returnee from Mali.
9 Jul 2023
Over 1.6 million vehicles jot across Lagos State roads daily. Among these, 226 cars run on the roads per km compared to the national average of 16 cars per km.
6 Jul 2023
Monthly deduction of sports levy from the salary of policemen nationwide is unsettling rank and file of the Force, Bertram Nwannekanma and Albert Uba report.
2 Jul 2023
Recently, the family of Assistant Superintendent of Police, Hezekiah Abiona, killed by some naval officers in December, called for justice over the murder of their breadwinner. Abiona’s offence was flagging down the naval officers and attempting to enforce traffic....
30 Jun 2023
President Bola Tinubu would be remembered for reversing the traditions. In stark deviance to what his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, was known for in his eight years of leadership, he did not only hit the ground running, but also turned the conventional inauguration speech into a policy statement.

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27 mins ago
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, yesterday, urged researchers and institutes in the agricultural sector to align their research with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda on food security to have enough food to feed Nigerians.
32 mins ago
Nigeria may face worse power outages given rising attacks on transmission infrastructure, a development the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) blamed for grid collapse.
34 mins ago
Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) has dedicated this year’s edition of World Book and Copyright Day to Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, for his dedication to the promotion of reading culture and the protection of copyright. 
35 mins ago
Report released yesterday by an international child rights group, Save the Children, indicated that about 15.6 million children in Nigeria faced hunger as the lean season starts in June.
40 mins ago
An information security organisation, Digital Encode, has established a new sub-Saharan global office in the Lekki area of Lagos State, Nigeria.
41 mins ago
An advocacy group, the Coalition for Land Rights Advocacy in Nigeria (CLARAN), has called for compensatory justice for victims of the Lagos-Calabar Superhighway project and amplified the voices of affected individuals in matters of land rights.
43 mins ago
Citizens Gravel, a non-profit organisation, has said Nigeria has over 27.5 million legal problems with land disputes accounting for 30 per cent of the legal issues. 
47 mins ago
Government at all levels have been enjoined to activate policies aimed at encouraging learning among children.
1 hour ago
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered that the charges on alleged N80.2 billion fraud filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, be served through his lawyer, Abdulwahab Mohammed.
1 hour ago
Residents of Taraba, Gombe and Adamawa states are facing severe hardship as a result of widespread power outage, which has crippled businesses and exacerbated economic challenges in the region.