Sports

Commonwealth Games: England listed as part of Africa

Ihesiulo Grace 4 April 2018 0

England have been listed as an African nation with capital in Banjul in the official programme for the Commonwealth Games’ opening ceremony, leaving the local organisers red-faced.       The A$10 (£5.5) programme is being sold at newsagents and merchandise tents around the balmy

News

2018: Lagos And Abuja Named Among The Worst Cities To Live In Africa

Ihesiulo Grace 21 March 2018 0

Giant of Africa, Nigeria, pride itself in featuring in international rankings, Mercer’s released its 20th annual Quality of Living survey compared 231 major metropolises, examining factors such as crime, healthcare, education, public services, recreation, housing and personal freedom. As expected, Two Nigeria cities Abuja (213) and Lagos (212) Also made it into the top 20

Business Economy

Who Really has the largest economy in Africa?

Ihesiulo Grace 11 March 2018 0

President Muhammadu Buhari recently presented the country’s 2018 budget at the National Assembly. It was Nigeria’s biggest budget in terms of size. Yet, it was “meagre” when compared with the budget of other major countries in AFrica Nigeria- $23 billion, South Africa – $116 billion Angola – $124 billion, Algeria – $53

News

Chinese firm to invest $100million in Nigeria, others

Ihesiulo Grace 10 March 2018 0

…Niger govt to donate land to investors A Chinese multinational Company has disclosed that it will invest over One hundred million US dollars ($100million) in Nigeria and other African countries to boost the continent’s economy within the next three years. ‎This was made known in Minna, during the Longrich Minna mega Business Summit, by the […]

Opinion

Wake up call for giant of Africa, Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 31 January 2018 0

Nigeria is a gifted country with human resources and materials as well, but it does not want to grow because she has hang-ups with “this is the way we have been doing it”. Many schools of thoughts would say such thinking will bring divide especially when flexibility is absent. Life would be “Stand still” because […]

Politics

Watch PMB and OBJ at 30th AU Summit

Ihesiulo Grace 28 January 2018 0

Few days after Nigeria’s Ex President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, wrote President Muhammadu Buhari, advising him to take a rest from public service, both men are caught on camera at the 30th AU summit. They are not alone. Gen Abdusallam is seen in the video, and from all indications, the scene looks like three jolly good […]

News World

America deeply respects Africa,Trump tells AU

Ihesiulo Grace 28 January 2018 0

President Donald Trump said the United States “deeply respects” Africans and will dispatch its top diplomat to the continent. This was contained in goodwill message by the American President to the 32nd Ordinary session of the African Union (AU) holding in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The letter was not made public, but its existence was confirmed […]

Business Headlines

Africa Promises Good Investment Opportunity, Says Elumelu

Ihesiulo Grace 25 January 2018 0

The Group Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) and one of Africa’s top businessman, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has stressed the need to change the African narrative while concentrating on the myriad of opportunities inherent in the continent, stating that its economic transformation and stimulation should be the focus of all governments and global institutions. This, […]

Business

Ooni, group, partner on malnutrition in Africa

Ihesiulo Grace 26 December 2017 0

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, is partnering with Empower 54, an NGO, in creating awareness and eradicating malnutrition in Africa, which currently kills 2.3 million children annually in Nigeria. Empower’s President, Princess Modupe Ozolua, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the monarch would work with Empower via his Global Outreach […]

Business Headlines

Dangote: Only African in Bloomberg 50 list of year’s most influential people

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2017 0

Aliko Dangote was honored last night at the Bloomberg 50 annual gala dinner at New York’s iconic Gotham Hall. Bloomberg’s list of 50 most influential names who have had an impact on the world in 2017 included Dangote, Africa’s richest person, for his outstanding commitment of over $4B USD to increase Nigeria’s food production capacity. […]

News Nigeria

FG bemoans importation of GMO, urges coys to embrace organic foods

Ihesiulo Grace 1 December 2017 0

Federal Government on Thursday tasked the newly opened to embrace the local content policy in order to promote made-in-Nigeria goods, stem capital flight and conserve the most needed foreign exchange. Buhari stated this at the opening ceremony of Novare Gateway mall (Shoprite), in Abuja, he said hope it would boost tourism, create jobs and provide […]

Opinion

Mugabe’s exit: What impacts on Africa?

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2017 0

The forced resignation from the high office of the President of Zimbabwe of the 93-year old Mr. Robert Mugabe on November 21st 2017, perhaps made the global headline as the most significant political event out of Africa this year. Although the story was nearly overshadowed by the gruesome picture of 26 Nigerian migrants that died […]

Africa World

Egypt’s Sinai terrorist attack on mosque kills over 235 people

Ihesiulo Grace 24 November 2017 0

……..President declares state of mourning ……..Leaders condemn attack Terror attack on the African continent has continued to gather momentum, as Egypt falls to yet another terrorist which left over 235 people dead. An attack which occurred in a mosque in Al-Arish on Friday killed 235 people and injured at least 109, according to Egypt’s prosecutor […]

Business

Why Facebook plans to train 50,000 Nigerian SMEs in 2018

Ihesiulo Grace 23 November 2017 0

Facebook has said it will train and support over 50,000 students, small businesses and creative entrepreneurs across Nigeria in 2018. Facebook’s Public Policy Director, Africa, Ms Ebele Okobi, during a news briefing on Wednesday in Lagos, said that the training would be through a series of digital skills, as well as long-term impact programmes. Okobi […]

News

US arrests former officials in Africa bribery schemes

Ihesiulo Grace 22 November 2017 0

The United States government has arrested an official connected with bribery scandals in Africa. The bribery scheme, according to agency report, was hatched in the halls of the United Nations (U.N) in New York and spanned several continents. The report fingered Chi Ping Patrick Ho, Hong Kong’s former Home Secretary, and Cheikh Gadio, a one-time […]

Entertainment

Nigeria, Africa, Lagos brace up For AFRIMA 2017 Awards

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2017 0

THE 2017 ALL AFRICA MUSIC AWARDS is here again to create a night of glamour, glitz and grandeur for Africa in its crowning glory through a world-class live production event broadcast to over 80 countries around the world. This year’s edition is positioned to be explosive with guests list boasting the biggest African and international […]

Celebrities Entertainment

AU, AFRIMA Unveils Exciting Events Calendar

Ihesiulo Grace 21 October 2017 0

The African Union Commission, AUC and the International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) has unveiled some of the exciting programme of activities and performers billed for the AFRIMA 2017 main events to hold in the Official Host City, Lagos State between Friday, November 10 and Sunday, November 12 at various premium locations […]

Headlines News

US rates NAPTIP high in combating human trafficking

Ihesiulo Grace 21 October 2017 0

​The renewed efforts by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to curtail incidences of human trafficking in the country has received a major boost as the United States of America (USA) has thrown its weight behind the activities of the Agency in order to improve its effectiveness as a model […]

Tourism

Africa: Nigeria denies approving ‘Visa on Arrival’ for all Africans despite notice to AU arrival

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2017 0

The Federal Government has denied it has decided to start issuing visas on arrival for all Africans. The Deputy Chairman of the African Union, Kwesi Quartey, was reported to have broken the news in Addis Ababa in a Facebook post. He praised the action as a “laudable move towards Africa’s integration agenda.” The AU’s political […]

Business Capital Market

Lafarge Africa registers ₦60bn CP programme with FMDQ

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2017 0

Lafarge Africa Plc has issued a N60 billion commercial paper (CP) to raise funds for short- term obligations and to authenticate the CP programme, the FMDQ Securities Exchange board listing, markets and technology committee has approved the registration of the CP Programme, to its platform. The FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange or the OTC Exchange, in […]