Category: Spotlight
IWD2022 – We need a sustainable, feminist recovery centred around and driven by women
As the world moves ahead to mark International Women’s Day today, the clock on women’s rights is moving backwards. All of us are paying the price.
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Remedial Health raises $1 million pre-seed funding to digitize pharmacies in Nigeria and beyond
Nigeria’s Remedial Health, a startup providing financing and supply chain management solution has received $1 million in pre-seed funding to digitiz [...]
Oxford University inducts first Igbo Language lecturer
The University of Oxford, England, has inducted Emmanuel Ikechukwu Umeonyirioha as its first Igbo Language lecturer.
Umeonyirioha made th [...]
Abba Kyari: The inter-agency rivalry between police, NDLEA over drug business
The country went wild on Monday, February 14, following the arrest of the suspended police chief, Abba Kyari, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Age [...]
Nigeria’s Amabua Mohammed becomes first female police adviser for MJTF in Chad
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has announced the appointment of Amabua Mohammed, an assistant commissioner of police (ACP), as its adviser for the Mul [...]
Aliko Dangote Foundation flags off nutrition program in Kano
The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has commenced the implementation of its nutrition flagship program, tagged: Aliko Dangote Foundation Integrated [...]
Fidelity Bank boosts well-being of host communities with CSR projects
Foremost financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has inaugurated Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects in three South-Western states of Oyo [...]
Davido receives 1,234 applications for his N250m orphanage fund
Award-winning singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has revealed that his N250m orphanage fund received over 1,234 applications.
The si [...]
Mo Abudu, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala make Forbes’ List of 100 Most Powerful Women of 2021
Nigeria’s former finance minister and current director-general of the World Trade Organisation Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and filmmaker Mo Abudu have been re [...]
Ogun gov rewards AfDB president’s niece, Dr Oyinlola Adesina with N5m, house, scholarship for breaking OAU record
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has rewarded Dr Joy Oyinlola Adesina who made history by being the best graduating student ever pr [...]