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VerifyMe Listed As Notable Startup and Ecosystem Champion in StartupBlink Report
Digital identity and open finance infrastructure company, VerifyMe Nigeria, has been listed as one of Nigeria’s Notable Startups and Ecosystem Champions in the Global...
HADI SIRIKA: NO TO NIGERIA AIR
Mr Hadi Sirika’s plans to start up a national airline from scratch is just sheer folly. Maybe he is oblivious of the fact that...
Anaekwe: Why We Prioritise Stakeholders’ Needs, Expectations
Aishat Anaekwe is the Senior Brand Manager, Life Continental Beer and 33 Export Lager. In this interview she speaks on issues around the brands...
Wigwe: Our Target is to Have Strong Presence in Major Trade...
The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Plc, Mr. Herbert Wigwe, in this interview by Julia Chatterley, Anchor of First Move on...
POLITICS
LIFE & STYLE
Evergreen Musical Company Partners National Theatre for Musical Contest
Through a strategic partnership, Evergreen Musical Company and the National Theatre have birthed the inaugural edition of Thrillerbandz@Theatre, a musical contest spotlighting musicians of...
BASHORUN KOLA DAISI: INSIDE STORY OF AN INDUSTRIALIST TURNED EDUCATIONIST
Looking regal, charming with a mien of contentment in white apparel, the Ibadan High Chief Bashorun Kola Daisi always made an impression on his...
LEEMON IKPEA: From 40ft Container to Offices in Warri, Lagos, Italy and USA
THE EXECUTIVE
Chief Executive Officer of Lee Engineering & Construction Company Limited, Dr. Leemon Ikpea, founded the company on November 11, 1991. In the last...
Cheers to A Legal Collosus, Olanipekun, at 70
Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) means many things to many people: a husband, father, grandfather, principal and a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association....
HEALTH & WELLBEING
George Okoroma: Taking ACEN to Greater Heights
Recently, the Association for Consulting Engineering in Nigeria celebrated its 50th anniversary. Vanessa Obioha encountered the President, Engineer George Okoroma who shared some of...
50,000 Residents Enroll in Nasarawa Health Insurance Scheme
Igbawase Ukumba in Lafia
Over 50,000 residents of Nasarawa State have so far been enrolled in the Nasarawa State Health Insurance Agency (NASHIA).
Executive Secretary of...
Fertility Expert Recommends Freezing Eggs for Women Above 30
Rebecca Ejifoma
A renowned fertility expert and Managing Director, Nordica Fertility Centre, Dr. Abayomi Ajayi, has urged unmarried ladies in their early 30s to consider...
One Woman Organises Free Breast Cancer Screening For Women
Ayodeji Ake
Sterling Bank, through its One Woman proposition, recently organised a free breast cancer screening and education event for women in Lekki area of...
Open Defecation: UNICEF’ Builds 7,728 Toilet Facilities in North-east
...As 32% in Yobe engage in open defecation
Onyebuchi Ezigbo and Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri
United Nations Children Fund, (UNICEF) has said that 7,728 toilet facilities...
SPORT
EDUCATION
Augustine Varsity VC Urges Govt to Support Private Universities
The Vice-Chancellor of Augustine University, Ilara-Epe, Prof. Christopher Odetunde, says the recent announcement by the Federal Government that it will start paying bursary and...
Lagos SUBEB Partners Women Affairs Ministry to Tackle Out-of-School Children Manace
Funmi Ogundare
As part of efforts to reduce the increasing number of out-of-school children, the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board recently paid a courtesy...
FCE Umunze Partners Afreximbank on Job Creation
The Provost of the Federal College of Education (Technical) Umunze, Anambra, Dr. Tessy Okoli, says focusing on entrepreneurship and skills acquisition can curtail the...
NUC Approves PG, Additional Undergraduate Programmes at SSU
Onuminya Innocent in Sokoto
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved postgraduate programmes and 16 additional undergraduate programmes at Sokoto State University.
In a statement, the...
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My Meetings with De Klerk over Apartheid
GUEST COLUMNIST By Aliyu Gusau
Sometimes life affords us opportunity to witness and participate in significant moments in history. Such an opportunity came my...
EDITORIAL
EFCC AND THE SHIPWRECKS ON WATERWAYS
The anti-graft agency should decide on what to do with seized ships as they are endangering lives
It is an open secret that the Economic...
Column
Direct Primaries Won’t Give Power to the People
Ring true BY Yemi Adebowale Email: yemi.adebowale@thisdaylive.com
Phone 08054699539
I always laugh whenever I hear the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, the...
