OWEDE AGBAJILEKE, Abuja The Senate has received the long-awaited report on the 2018 Appropriations Bill from its Committee on Appropriations. The report was laid on Tuesday in plenary by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Danjuma Goje, six months after President Muhammadu Buhari presented the N8.612 trillion budget estimates to a joint session of the […]
… as FG earns N1.6bn in duties JOSHUA BASSEY A total of $735.8 million (about N264bn) exports of finished goods have in the last three years been recorded at the Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ) in Lago
Court drawing by Anne Gyrite Schütt made available by Danish news agency Ritzau SCANPIX shows accused Peter Madsen (L) during his trial at the courthouse in Copenhagen, where his verdict was spoken i
The Federal Government has been asked to increase its funding of the education sector if Nigeria will become globally competitive. A university Don at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife in Osun state, Dr. Babatunde Ogundare made the submission at the Faculty of science secondary schools Quiz Competition held at the institution. Eighty-one schools […]
TWO men — Dare Olasupo and Tosin Feyisetan — who allegedly impersonated staff of Chubyzion Nigeria Ltd to collect a parcel, were on Monday brought before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun. The a
Union flag decorations are seen in Regent Street, London on May 11, 2018 ahead of the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and US actress Meghan Markle. Britain’s Prince Harry and US actress Meghan Markle
Chinese President Xi Jinping China on Tuesday called for restraint, “especially” from Israel, after 59 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces during clashes and protests along the Gaza border against the US embassy opening in Jerusalem. “China is seriously concerned about a large number of casualties caused by the violent conflict in the Gaza […]
The Rise Fund, the impact fund run by private equity group TPG Growth, has made its first investment in Africa, leading a $47.5m deal to buy an unspecified stake in digital payments provider Cellulant
The Rise Fund owned by private equity firm, TPG Growth, has led a $47.5 million investment in Cellulant, an African digital payments provider with operations in Kenya and Nigeria. The deal which inclu
FEMINISM being one of the oldest and social movements in history is not without nigglers. These critics have more often claimed that the movement’s central objective is the rejection of domesticity by women or even labelled it an anti-male crusade. They tout that feminists are bad mothers, incapable of cooking, and that they are contemptuous […]