Startup funding to Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, Kenya and other parts of Africa dropped by 31 per cent in the half year of 2024. This is according to an analysis by Africa: The Big Deal, in its half-year report on startup funding. It noted that Continue Reading 

Domestic tourism has reduced drastically over the years with Nigerians from all walks of life citing economic hardship, insecurity, and poor awareness as the reasons the rarely do domestic tourism, FELICITAS OFFORJAMAH reports. Nigeria has Continue Reading 

A federal High Court in Kano has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to two judges heading the Kano Commissions of Inquiries to resign their appointments or risk losing their statutory remunerations.    Justice Simon Amobeda gave the order Continue Reading 

Rights activist, Rita Lori-Ogbebor, has urged the Federal Government and Delta State Governments to ignore the alleged demand for delineation of wards in Warri Federal Constituency by the Ijaw.             Continue Reading 

Nigeria has been given the opportunity to assert its superiority over the Benin Republic, which defeated the Super Eagles in a World Cup qualifier last month.   The June 10 defeat was the Cheetahs’ first triumph over the Super Eagles Continue Reading 

• ASUU insists on withdrawing from postgraduate teaching, supervision over unpaid claims • Rights group asks UI to rescind decision to expel students The management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), yesterday, said that the Continue Reading 

Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Ogbia Local Council of the state, yesterday, sentenced four men who abducted a former state’s Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Federal Otokito, to 40 years imprisonment each. Justice S.W. Continue Reading 

• Lagos pays N4.46b to 2000 retirees  Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has implored the 2,000 retirees, who got their contributory pension worth about N4.46 billion, yesterday, not to donate it to churches, mosques or Continue Reading 

Expresses worry over escalating economic, social issues The South-East South-South Professionals of Nigeria (SESSPN) has condemned the siege laid by the Nigerian Police on the Secretariats of the 23 local councils of Rivers State, describing it Continue Reading 

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), yesterday, shut down four unregistered bakeries in the Port Harcourt metropolis. The bakeries are: He Reigns Bakery, Okabie Street, off Bakery Road, Rumuigbo; Divine Continue Reading