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In many parts of the world, including Nigeria, women often face the barriers of discrimination and persistent gender inequalities which deny them access to key positions in the corporate world as well as access to finance or the formal economy. Women make up almost half of the world’s working-age population ...

Just like the proverbial cat of many lives, corruption in Nigeria seems to possess several lives as it will not just die despite the current administration’s claim that it has reduced the despicable act to the barest minimum. It was reliably gathered that the Civil Servants saddle with the responsibility ...

It is the general belief that no good work is lost, this can well be used to describe what happened recently when Honourable Prince Ned Nwoko was being given an award of honour as the Africa Community Developer of the Year by some Africans in diaspora under the name Africa ...

It is the general declaration that human life is priceless and it is expected to be treated as such in every condition. This believe was also at the fore-front of governments’ order to both private and public hospitals that every effort must be put into use should anybody needs urgent ...

In addition to efforts of the Nigeria Police Force and Lagos state Police command to further strengthen Community Policing and ensure maximum safety of lives and properties in the state, the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Lagos, has on Monday trained police officers on community engagement and security services. The ...

Speaking at the Youth Konnekt Forum in Cape Verde yesterday, African investor and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA), charged entrepreneurs to embrace hard work, discipline and sacrifice on their entrepreneurial journey to success. He addressed over young ...

In its determination and resolve to foster a new mindset among Nigerians, the Mindshift Advocacy for Development Initiative has unveiled a new blue print to get Nigerians to think differently, believe differently and to act differently, so as to generate a mindset geared towards development. The event which was attended ...

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, abruptly called an end to a stakeholders’ meeting in Yenagoa on Wednesday as an argument between political leaders threatened to boil over into physical violence. INEC had organised the meeting as part of its preparations for the governorship election ...

NIGERIA’S total public debt rose to N25.7trillion ($83.882billion) by the end of June 2019, according to the Debt Management Office (DMO). This is an increase of about N753billion over the N24.947trillion reported by the government agency as the total debt as of the end of March. According to the figures released ...

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the federal government cannot adequately provide health care services for the entire Nigerian population. Osinbajo said this on Tuesday at the national health dialogue organised by Premium Times in Abuja on Monday. Represented by Nicolas Audiferren, his chief physician, Osinbajo said an effective national health insurance scheme ...