The first female cricket league in the country, the South-south Female League is to be rounded up this weekend with the super four playoff to crown the winner of the inaugural edition in Benin-City, Edo State. Chairman of the Edo State Cricket Association and member representing the South-south Zone on the board of Nigeria Cricket... Read More
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, the Mohammed Ajiya Ibrahim (MAI) Foundation has handed over a brand new Transit Camp it built for the 50 Police Mobile Force (PMF) in Kubwa, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory. Speaking while handing over the camp to the FCT Police Command, Founder of... Read More
The British Deputy High Commission in Lagos, in association with the UK Border Force, Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the National Crime Agency (NCA), have donated a Rigid-Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The boat was presented to the NDLEA Chairman, General Mohammad Buba Marwa, by the British Deputy... Read More
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said 20 countries, including Nigeria lost $13.3 billion to internet crimes between 2016 and 2020. In 2020 alone, the affected countries lost $4.1 billion to such crimes as government impersonation, identity theft, personal data breach, misrepresentation, cyber scam, business email compromise, romance scam among others. In its... Read More
Fund seeks to support entrepreneurs using renewable energy to start or diversify existing businesses
The African Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) (www.AECFafrica.org) has today launched a US$1.2 million Innovation Fund to unlock the potential of renewable energy to create new business opportunities. Businesses and entrepreneurs in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe can apply for funding. The fund is aimed at strengthening market readiness of emerging innovations,... Read More
PIX (L-R): Mr. Yinka Fisher of SMEDAN; Mrs. Taiwo Abiose, Director of Entrepreneurship; Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs. Yetunde Arobieke; Mrs. Kudirat Bello, Director, Admin and Human Resources and others during the Global Entrepreneurship Week at the State Treasury Resource Centre Alausa … As Commissioner Calls for... Read More
The Central Naval Command based in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has begun the retraining of its men in marksmanship and weapons’ handling to reduce collateral damage in their engagement with civil duties. The exercise, which was held at Elele 5 Battalion barracks of the Nigerian Army, is in small arms firing and range classification. The Field... Read More
It is no longer news that Prince Ned Nwoko is championing a cause for a Malaria free Nigeria and Africa as a whole. Infact the name Ned Nwoko is now synonymous with Malaria Eradication. Still on the road to permanently end the disease in Nigeria, Ned met with the Leadership of the National Assembly... Read More
In preparation to restart the social intervention programmes of the Federal Government after the safe re-opening of schools, the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, in collaboration with the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme, has embarked on a five-day training exercise for food vendors, food handlers and critical stakeholders. Speaking at... Read More
Significant milestone reached as almost half of all UK adults in the UK get the vaccine 95% of people aged 65 and over have been vaccinated with first dose Nine in 10 of those clinically extremely vulnerable have received first jab More than 25 million people in the UK have received their first dose of... Read More