NIGERIAN billionaire and philanthropist Tony Elumelu has been appointed to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Advisory Council on Entrepreneurship and Growth, a new high-level group designed to help shape policies that foster global economic development through private sector-led growth. The announcement cements…
IN a major breakthrough for Africa’s energy future, Nigeria, Angola and Ghana have fully honoured their capital commitments to the Africa Energy Bank (AEB), marking a significant step forward in launching the continent’s first pan-African oil and gas financing institution. The announcement…
NAMIBIA has officially revoke visa-free access for travellers from more than 30 countries, including the United States and United Kingdom, effective April 1, 2025. The move, finalised by Namibia’s Cabinet last year, is now being implemented shortly after the swearing-in…
FORMER Minister of Petroleum Resources, Chief Don Etiebet, CON, has felicitated President Bola Tinubu on the appointment of technocrats and industry experts into top positions at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC Ltd. Engineer Bashir Bayo Ojulari was appointed…
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu will today, Wednesday, depart the country for Paris, France, on a short working visit. Tinubu’s spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday. According to the statement, during the visit,…
Kanyeyachukwu Tagbo-Okeke, a 15-year-old Nigerian artist, has broken the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the Largest Painting, unveiling the world’s largest art canvas by an individual. The record-breaking artwork, titled “Impossibility is a Myth,” was revealed in Abuja to…
THE West African Gas Pipeline Company Ltd. (WAPCo) has committed over 750,000 dollars annually to train more than 164 artisans in Nigeria, with a focus on empowering local communities. Dr Isaac Adjei-Doku, General Manager, Corporate Affairs of WAPCo, made this…
THE Federal Government and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) have signed a 175 million dollars Programme for Country Partnership (PCP). While signing of the agreement on Wednesday in Abuja, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Sen.…
THE 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has faulted the governance system in Nigeria, submitting that the government is not working for the people. In an interview with Arise News on Tuesday, Obi insisted that Nigeria is not a democratic…
FAMOUS Nollywood actress, Eniola Badmus, has revealed her future political ambitions. The former plus-sized actress revealed her intention of becoming a senator in the near future in a recent Instagram post wherein she reminisced about her old body. Badmus,…
