VICE-President Kashim Shettima has arrived in Stockholm, Sweden, for a two-day working visit aimed at boosting trade and bilateral relations between Nigeria and Sweden. The Vice-President’s aircraft touched down at the Arlanda International Airport Stockholm, at about 9:53p.m. (Nigerian time)…
CHRISTAIN Chukwuka Wigwe, a cousin of the late Herbert Wigwe and former group managing director and CEO of Access Bank, has filed an Affidavit of Truth accusing Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede of taking indirect guardianship and custody of the deceased’s assets and…
ON the occasion of your birthday celebration and the public presentation of your remarkable 50 books, my wife, Lady Helen, and I extend our heartfelt congratulations to you, Professor Mike A.A. Ozekhome, SAN. We are deeply thankful to Almighty God…
THE Democratic Republic of Congo’s state mining company, Gecamines, has announced its first-ever shipment of germanium concentrates to Europe. The concentrates, produced at a new plant in the mining hub of Lubumbashi, will be sent to Belgian company Umicore for…
AFRICA’S business events sector, part of the global Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) industry, is seeing robust growth despite inflationary pressures and economic hurdles. The industry, valued at $16.6bn in 2023, is projected to reach $65.6bn by 2032, with…
RUSSIA is urging BRICS countriesto establish a new international payment system, immune to Western sanctions, at the upcoming summit in Kazan from October 22-24. President Vladimir Putin aims to strengthen BRICS—expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the UAE—as…
UGANDA is developing a new internet cable route via Tanzania as part of the Northern Corridor Integration Projects (NCIP). The initiative aims to reduce the country’s reliance on Kenya, currently the sole route for Uganda’s internet traffic. Improving internet…
Burkina Faso commemorated its revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, on Tuesday, marking the 37th anniversary of his assassination. Sankara, a former president and military captain, was killed alongside 12 others in 1987 by a hit squad during a meeting of…
THOSE who recently visited the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) expressed dissatisfaction with the flood-soaked equipment and the enormous amount of money required to restore it to operational condition. This is particularly true of the machines in the radiology…
THE President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON has advised Nigerians to disregard stories of impeachment speculations against him describing it as fake news and a figment of the reporters imagination and ethical deficit. Recall that an online publication,…
