The Rockefeller Foundation has announced the award of three new grants to support organizations that are working with countries, communities and regions in Africa and Asia. According to Rockefeller, the grants would help the organisations to leverage data and technology…
By Kenneth Afor | A convergence of delegates and experts fostering developments in various sectors in the continent’s economy have called on presidents and leaders in their respective countries to initiate policies that will promote growth and sustainability in the…
…Securing Farming Communities Through And After COVID-19 Is A Priority One of world’s harshest terrains for farming threatens to crumble under COVID-19. West Africa’s farmer collectives, small businesses and other stakeholders in agriculture reveal their plight as rains approach and…
By Gabriel Ogunjobi With N1000 bribe, I “smuggled” foreign rice from Benin Republic to Nigeria despite govt’s restrictions Rice smuggler on the run… In August 2019, the Nigerian Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari declared a partial land border closure…
By Kenneth Afor | Nigeria’s e-commerce giant, Konga has partnered with UKAid to enhance the productivity of smallholder farmers in the country and give them more access to the markets via the use of technology. Konga, after going through a…
An international NGO, Helen Keller International, HKI has commenced an initiative towards achieving Food sufficiency and sustainable interest in Farming amongst Teachers and pupils in Lagos State schools. Under the program, over 6,000 children in public primary schools are to…
Wakanow has again partnered with key airlines to offer highly discounted travel packages for summer. Of such partnerships is a deal with Emirates Airlines which offers a whopping 50% discount on select hotels to customers who are visiting or stopping over at Dubai for a minimum of 3 days this summer.
A luxury mansion co-owned by former Vice Presiden Atiku Abubakar, and his fourth wife, Jennifer Douglas, in Potomac, Maryland, United States, has been auctioned for 42.95 million, Premium Times gathered. “The seven-bedroom cream-coloured single family brick house on 9731 Sorrel…
Weeks after Lagos state government raised tariff on Land charge in the state, the Federal government led by President Muhammadu Buhari has also approved an amendment to the excise duty rates for alcoholic beverages and tobacco with effect from Monday,…
