Davido Nigerian Afropop singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has announced the donation of N300m to orphanages across Nigeria through his Foundation. The Grammy-nominee made the announcement on his social media on Tuesday. Davido said the contribution is his yearly contribution to the nation, adding that details of disbursement …
Read More »Ned Nwoko’s Firearms Bill To Empower Civilians For Self-Defence Scales First Reading At Senate
Ned Nwoko and image of firearms A bill seeking to amend the Firearms Act and allow civilians to own and carry firearms for self-defence has scaled first reading at the Nigerian Senate. The bill, sponsored by Senator Ned Nwoko, representing Delta North, comes in response to the rising insecurity in …
Read More »FG To Audit N22.7trn Ways And Means Debt To CBN
CBN Headquarters In Abuja The federal government on Tuesday unveiled plans to audit the N22.7trn Ways and Means debt to the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, disclosed this at the opening of the Public Wealth Management Conference today in …
Read More »Audit reports: Ogun Assembly invites ex- Commissioner, 2 others
Ogun House of Assembly Ogun House of Assembly Committee on Public Accounts and Anti-Corruption has invited a former Commissioner for Information and Strategy in the state, Waheed Odusile, a former Permanent Secretary, Mr. Abiodun Awere and the Director of Finance and Accounts for clarification of some financial infractions. contained …
Read More »MOFI Launches N100bn Project Preparation Fund To Stimulate Investments In Nigeria
Managing Director/Chief Executive of MOFI, Mr Amstrong Takang The Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) has launched a N100bn project preparation fund to stimulate investments in Nigeria. The Managing Director/Chief Executive of MOFI, Mr Amstrong Takang said this on Tuesday at the Public Wealth Management Conference in Abuja. The conference which …
Read More »‘Talk Is Cheap’— Nigerians React To Ben Bruce’s Advice On Lifting Naira From N1,730/$
Ben Murray-Bruce, Founder of Silverbird Group Former Nigerian Senator and the founder of Silverbird Group, Ben Murray-Bruce, has been criticised after advising the government to focus on harnessing the potential of agriculture if they want the naira to rebound. After the close of trade on Monday, the businessman shared a video of …
Read More »Shock as Lion kills worker in popular Nigerian University
Lion kills Olawuyi at OAU A lion has mauled and killed a Veterinary Technologist, Olabode Olawuyi at one of Nigeria’s foremost institution, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU). The incident occurred on Monday while Olawuyi was feeding the lion at the Zoological garden of the university. OAU‘s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun …
Read More »Actor Seun Jimoh advises women not to confess to cheating
Seun Jimoh Popular Yoruba actor, Seun Jimoh has warned women not to confess their extramarital affairs or infidelity to their partner. The actor made this known in a post on his Instagram page on Monday. According to him, there is no point in confessing because men don’t forgive cheating. …
Read More »How Uganda’s Eddy Kenzo went from sleeping on the street to historic Grammy nomination
African Voices Changemakers airs on CNN International on Saturday 17th February 2024 at 0930 SAST READ MORE | WATCH A CLIP In the latest episode of African Voices Changemakers, CNN’s Larry Madowo spent time with Eddy Kenzo, Uganda’s first Grammy nominee, to talk about his moment …
Read More »WACOT Rice Completes Transformational Argungu Outgrower Expansion Programme
WACOT Rice Limited, a member of the Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group, has successfully concluded the Argungu Outgrower Expansion Programme (AOEP), a collaborative initiative with the USAID-funded West Africa Trade and Investment Hub aimed at enhancing rice production in Nigeria. The outgrower expansion programme, initiated in 2020, was designed …
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