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The informal retail space in Nigeria has one of the lowest entry barriers. Most people who are into ‘hustling’ – street parlance for those chasing extra income – play in this space. Characteristically, the majority of informal retail businesses are largely unstructured despite their huge potential. Nigeria’s informal retail business …

National Assembly members, who failed to win their parties’ tickets for the 2023 elections, are set for a showdown with state governors and their aides. Findings by our correspondents showed that in states such as Benue, Kebbi,  Zamfara, Delta, Ekiti and Ogun, governors or their loyalists defeated incumbent Senators and …

Since his appointment as MD/CEO of First Bank of Nigeria Limited in 2016, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan has completely transformed the financial institution and has made it attractive to every strata of the society. From an institution that used to be perceived as an old-generation bank, FirstBank is now a darling …

Foluso Oguntola With a track record of experience, professionalism, safety, perfection, and above all customer satisfaction, Cyndi’s Empire, an aesthetics, skincare, and dermatology clinic which was set up at the commercial nerve center of Nigeria, Lagos State has continued to set tongues wagging with series of skincare products and services …

Bandits have killed a student affairs’ officer at the Abdu Gusau Polytechnic Talata-Mafara, Zamfara State, Sanusi Haliru, after collecting N4m ransom from his family. Haliru was abducted along the Abuja-Kaduna Road on his way to attend a pre-NYSC mobilisation workshop in Abuja. His captors demanded N4m ransom for his release, …

Chris Ngige The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has denied knowledge of any planned meeting with the Federal Government. This is contrary to reports circulated on Thursday that the FG had scheduled a meeting with the Union. In an interview with THE WHISTLER, the ASUU President, Prof. …

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Zamfara State, says it has extended the daily closing it hour for its staff to capture more eligible registrants at the centres in Gusau. Professor Saidu Ahmed, Zamfara INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), gave the assurance in an interview …

The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has said that telecom companies need to collaborate for the effective deployment of the 5G network in the country. The EVC said this at the 90th Edition of the Telecom Consumer Parliament (TCP) hosted by …

Police The Delta State police command has advised Nigerians against sharing pictures of their children in school uniforms, withdrawing large amounts at ATM machines, among others. The police command took to its twitter account to share the security tips on Thursday. Weekend security tips. Tip 1. Never use car stickers …

Idumota, Lagos A global business intelligence, Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has ranked Lagos, the Nigeria’s commercial capital, as the world’s second least liveable urban area. EIU ranked Lagos 171 out of 172 countries in the list of most liveable cities in the world for the first quarter of 2022, according …