By Betty Abah Youths in Otukpo, Benue State have apprehended a 61-year old grand father who Sixty one year-old grandfather, Scheduler Solomon, who raped and impregnated a 14-year old house help. When apprehended by the youths of the area 7th November, he quickly hid the girl to cover up. After his arrest, he was taken to the police, grandpa Solomon, …

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By Yinka Olaito Africa’s media landscape has come of age. Given where it all began, we cannot but say there have been a couple of improvements when compared to what obtains today. The only challenge is that the media narrative is still being dominated and controlled by the advanced or western media. Africa’s stories had not enjoyed the kind of …

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—To Vie For $100,000 Grand Prize Cable News Network (CNN) has named a Nigerian youth, Ms. Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin, as one of its Top 10 Heroes of the Year. The 10 finalists are “remarkable trailblazers who have truly changed the world,” according to CNN, and each of them will get $10,000. This is as the CNN Hero of the Year will …

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Tayo Olanipekun The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has removed the name of the Executive Vice Chairman of Aiteo Group, Benedict Peters, from its list of wanted persons. The action has brought the anti graft agency to conformity with the order of an High Court order to do so. Justice O.A Musa had handed down the judgment in March …

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Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Nwanneka Ekweremadu and son on Tuesday survived an assassination attempt at his Apo Quarters in the country’s capital, Abuja. “The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, and son escaped an assassination attempt at about 4 am on Tuesday,” Uche Anichukwu, special adviser on media to the Deputy President …

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Cote d’Ivoire, Africa’s largest cocoa producer, has sent a delegation to Nigeria to understudy the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Youth Agripreneur (IYA) Model, as part of efforts to revamp its agriculture and address its growing youth unemployment, IITA said today. The 10-man delegation understudying the IYA model was led by Karitia Caulibaly, Deputy Director of Cabinet, Ministry of …

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Tayo Olanipekun United States Consul General, John Bray, has called for increased investment in the education of the girl-child and greater political participation by women in Nigeria. He made this call in Lagos on Friday while delivering a keynote address on the second day of the 17th Annual Conference of Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ). Delivering the …

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By Christine Lagarde Mark Twain once said that “History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.” As heads of state gather in Paris this week to mark 100 years since the end of World War I, they should listen closely to the echoes of history and avoid replaying the discordant notes of the past. For centuries, our global economic …

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—Project Now 83 % Completed Tayo Olanipekun Lagos State Government said the ongoing Oshodi Transport Interchange would be completed within the first quarter of 2019. Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr Adebowale Akinsanya, in a statement on Monday, said it was “gratifying” to report that “substantial progress” had been made towards the completion of the project. The project, being implemented …

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Interswitch Group has announced the launch of its innovative blockchain-based supply chain financing service, in partnership with Microsoft. The initiative brings together entrepreneurs, major financial institutions and corporate organisations, all on a single platform to provide end-to-end visibility that will ensure fast and seamless trade financing in supply chain operations. Interswitch Blockchain Service (Supply Chain Finance Module), built and hosted …

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