The federal government announced a new board of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) without running security checks on the nominees, the ICIR can confirm. The ICIR exclusively reported on Friday that two persons announced as members of…
By Dele Momodu; dele.momodu@thisdaylive.com Fellow Nigerians, there is nothing more critical and important to us than the issue of electricity. Any country that continues to sleep in total darkness 57 years after attaining independence is indeed a backward nation. The…
Flutterwave, which provides modern payments infrastructure for banks and businesses to make and accept payments across Africa, announced on Monday that it has raised over $10 million in a Series A round of funding. The round was led by Greycroft…
Coca-Cola is killing Coke Zero for Coke Zero Sugar — we did a blind taste test to see if we could tell the difference Culled from – Business Insider
Critical elections are being held in Rwanda and Kenya. In Rwanda, the incumbent Paul Kagame will face Frank Habineza, of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and independent candidate Philippe Mpanyimana. In Kenya, Raila Odinga, representing an umbrella opposition party, the National Super Alliance, will challenge…
Former Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo Iweala was awarded the 2017 Aspen Institute Madeleine Albright award on Friday. Iweala, who is the co-chairperson of the Global Commission for the Economy and Climate, made the announcement on her Twitter. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ✔@NOIweala Honored also to accept the…
Google has spent years analyzing who succeeds at the company, which has moved away from a focus on GPAs, brand name schools, and interview brain teasers. In a conversation with The New York Times’ Tom Friedman, Google’s head of people…
The official Twitter account of Oluseun Onigbinde, co-founder of BudgIT Nigeria, a civic tech organisation, has been hacked. The organisation disclosed this via the Twitter handle of BudgIT. “Hello, our Lead Partner’s account has been hacked! Oluseun Onigbinde can’t tweet…
After a successful selection from the huge applications received for the 2017 fellowship, we are excited to announce the 4th edition of passionate, ethical and social change leaders, women who will lead and change the face of Green business in…
To this end, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, who visited the Dangote oil refinery site at Lekki Free Trade Zone, in Lagos, said the government is ready to play its part as a responsible government…
