Category: Features
Nigerians In Diaspora: Yemi Edun Selected For 2022 Power-List Published In Partnership With JP Morgan And PWC
Nigerian-born London property expert and acquisition agent, Yemi Edun, also the founder and CEO of Daniel Ford & Co and…
Groundbreaking Malaria Vaccine Recommended By WHO
“This a historic moment. The long-awaited malaria vaccine for children is a breakthrough for science, child health and malaria control,” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Facebook Outage Shows Need For More Rivals, Says Margrethe Vestager
Facebook’s six-hour outage the previous day shows the repercussions fn relying on just a few big players and underscores the…
Lower-Income Countries Should Avoid High Interest Rate Financing : World Bank
The World Bank Group has called on lower-income countries to prioritise concessional financing and avoid the high interest rate financing…
British Envoy Says Nigeria’s Issues Is Corruption
The British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has said Nigeria’s major problem is corruption. She said the country is…
Analysts Worries, Gives Pathways To Debt Sustainability
Analysts have implored the Federal Government and sub-nationals to reduce recurrent expenditure, especially cost of governance, to accommodate more capital…
Nigeria’s VAT Conundrum: What States Generated And Received In The Last 8 Months
As the Value Added Tax (VAT) war rages, Saturday Vanguard obtained details of collections made by each state and what…
Oil Palm Startup In Nigeria Raises $4 Million To Build A “Smart” Factory
Besides being a key ingredient for cooking jollof rice, vegetable oil is used industrially in paints, soaps, biofuels, and lubricants.…
Nigeria: Troubles Ahead, Experts Warn As Debt Servicing Gulps 91% Of Revenue
The Federal Government spent N2.02tn on debt servicing in the first six months of this year. This figure represents 90.58…
EFCC Asks Banks To Report Fraudulent Election Financing, Forex Malpractices
Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has asked banks to collaborate with the agency in…
Worst Violence In Years Spreads In South Africa As Grievances Boil Over
Crowds clashed with police and ransacked or set ablaze shopping malls in cities across South Africa on Tuesday, with dozens…
Ponzi Schemes Flourish In Nigeria’s Declining Economy
I want to introduce you to one of the biggest investment platforms in Nigeria, RackSterli,” the pop star Davido told his…
Exclusive Frustrated By Delays, Tokyo 2020 Sponsors Cancel Booths, Parties
Japanese Olympics sponsors are cancelling or scaling back booths and promotional events tied to the Tokyo 2020 Games, frustrated by…
Black Wall Street was shattered 100 years ago. How the Tulsa race massacre was covered up and unearthed
A century ago this week, the wealthiest U.S. Black community was burned to the ground. At the turn of the…
Solid Minerals Exporters Owe Fed Govt N17.1b
Exporters of solid minerals are owing the Federal Government N17.1 billion royalties for minerals exported. Minister of Mines and Steel…
£4.2m Loot Paid To Delta State Govt – Accountant General
The Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris has disclosed that the controversial £4.2m looted by an ex-governor, has…
Cathie Wood, Still A Bitcoin Believer, Sees It Going To US$500,000
Cathie Wood is keeping the faith, even in the face of Bitcoin’s massive plunge that had wiped US$500 billion from…
U.K. To Offer Fast-Track Immigration For Oscar, Nobel Winners
The U.K. announced a fast-track immigration route for people who have won top awards including Nobel Prizes, Oscars and Golden…
Meet The Nigerian Running To Be Mayor Of London, Nims Obunge
This Thursday 6 May, Londoners will head to the polls to elect a mayor. In the ranks of the hopefuls…
ARCON, Partners To Raise Architectural Standard
The Architects Registration Council of Nigeria has said it is working with other bodies to raise architectural standard in the…
Lagos Muslims To Pay N1.37m For 2021 Hajj
The Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has said that the least amount to be paid for participation in the…
Ecobank Appoints New Head Of Corporate Banking
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, parent company of the Ecobank Group, has announced the appointment of Akin Dada as the new Executive…
PenCom Gets ISO Certification
The National Pension Commission said it has attained ISO 27001:2013 certification for its Information Security Management System. It said in…
Court Bars Federal Government From Blocking SIM Cards On April NIN Linkage Deadline
A Federal High Court in Lagos State has barred the Federal Government from blocking SIM cards not linked to National…
Ahead AFCON Qualifiers: Ndidi, Iheanacho Hit Camp Today
The Super Eagles camp came alive last night with the arrival of Everton midfielder, Alex Iwobi, Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen,…
Nigerian Fintech Startup, Blueloop, Gets YC Backing As It Plans Global Expansion
Nigerian fintech startup, Blueloop, has been accepted into the Winter 2021 batch of US-based accelerator, Y Combinator. The startup will…
INEC Plans Online Voter Registration, Targets 16 Million Nigerians
IN a bid to address the cumbersome process of voter registration at the various centres in Nigeria ahead of the…
AfCTA: Nigeria Plans $50bn Intra-Africa Exports
The National Action Committee on African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement has disclosed plans to achieve economically viable communities in…
Federal Government Orders Immediate Resumption Of Domestic Flights Catering Services
Catering services, hitherto suspended at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic are to resume on domestic flights immediately, the Federal…