Nigerian soldiers and policemen have raped and sexually abused women and girls fleeing the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. Forty-three cases of “sexual abuse, including rape and exploitation”, were documented in July, HRW said.…
Seye Joseph With over 80% of the Nigerian population “unserved” and “undeserved” with electricity supply, what promises does the off-grid electricity market hold for SMEs and the Nigerian growth? What should Nigerian modern businesses look like in the face of…
As part of its calendar Q3 earnings call, BlackBerry announced that it would no longer be manufacturing BlackBerry smartphones. The hardware-focused game was over and the future would be in software. This makes the timing of today’s launch of the new DTEK60 BlackBerry handset kind…
Seye Joseph & Mayowa Adeniran Violence all around the world has become a daily occurrence that has continued to serve as point of concern to all stakeholders that involve in the amelioration of the effects of violence in the society.…
Annually, the world celebrate the world stroke day, a day set aside to raise awareness of the incidence of stroke world-wide and the fact that ailment is treatable. This day that is themed “Face the Facts: Stroke is Treatable…
Efforts by The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE or The Exchange) to encourage indigenous firms to list their shares on its market has been bolstered with the listing of 889,981,552 ordinary shares of The Initiatives Plc ( TIP) at 50 kobo…
Guinness Nigeria Plc has announced a revenue increase of 6% for the first quarter of its financial year ended 30 September 2016. The company said the increase was driven in part by contributions from its new mainstream and international premium…
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) opened the 2nd TEF Entrepreneurship Forum – the largest gathering of African entrepreneurs and the highlight of the annual TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The Forum celebrates the 2016 cohort of Elumelu Entrepreneurs – selected from over…
Lawmakers from State Assemblies in South Western part of Nigeria have called for their inclusion in the total processes and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The parliamentarians said this in a communiqué signed after a two-day conference on…
The Senate yesterday began moves to establish mother and baby units in prisons for the care of pregnant female inmates, nursing mothers and their babies. Three bills for the repeal and re-enactment of the prisons Act CAP P29 LFN 2004…
