Business

WorldRemit excites SMEs with new product for business payments

Ihesiulo Grace 14 June 2019

Ukpono Ukpong – Abuja WorldRemit has launched ‘WorldRemit for Business’, a new service that enables small and medium-sized business owners to quickly pay employees and contractors in 140 countries worldwide, including fast-growing markets such as Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and

Aviation Education

Goodmus partners Ibuumerang for seamless travel deals

Ihesiulo Grace 11 June 2019

Goodmus Learning Centre has entered into a partnership with iBuumerang to enable travelers have access to affordable travel services worldwide. iBuumerang is an MLM company that offers travel discounts and the ability to earn money by becoming an affiliate member and selling the product and by recruiting people that join the opportunity. Chief Executive Officer […]

Business

Fortuna Düsseldorf goalkeeper eager for Nigeria U-23 action

Ihesiulo Grace 10 May 2019

Fortuna Düsseldorf goalkeeper Maduka Okoye is eagerly looking forward to donning the green and white jersey of Nigeria against Sudan in the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixture in June. Okoye, 19, who is born to a Nigerian father and a German mother took to the social media to announce his intention and desire […]

Business

Non-oil revenue collection below proportion Budget figure of N467bn- Analysts

Ihesiulo Grace 8 March 2019 0

A group of analysts at FBNQuest have said Federal government non-oil revenue collection stood below proportion budget figure of N467 billion for 2018 budget. The Lagos based research firm noted that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s latest monthly report for November noted that the federally-collected revenue still runs well behind budget. According to FBNQuest […]

Africa Headlines

Kenya’s bond, Zimbabwe’s airline for sale

Ihesiulo Grace 12 November 2018 0

Kenya will in November sell 20-year amortised infrastructure bond worth 50 billion shillings (489 million dollars) just as Zimbabwe pushes to privatise airline. The proceeds will be used for road, water and energy projects, Central Bank said on Monday. The bond will have an 11.95 per cent coupon, it said. It added that it would […]

Education News

Foundation unveils plan to reduce out of school children in Nigeria, Kenya, others

Ihesiulo Grace 7 May 2018 0

Education Above All (EAA), a foundation founded by Her Highness Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser of Qatar has unveiled a programme targeting 10 million Out-of-School children in Nigeria, Ghana and other countries across the world. Sheikha Moza who is also a United Nations Sustainable Development Goal advocate and Chairperson of EAA Foundation, alongside partners, announced that

News

France 24 to celebrate the launch of its international news channel in English on DTTV in Kenya

Ihesiulo Grace 30 March 2018 0

France 24, the French international news channel has signed an agreement with SIGNET (a subsidiary of the Kenyan Broadcasting Corporation) for the broadcasting of its English channel on the Kenyan public DTTV offer. This agreement has strengthened the presence of France 24 in Kenya where the channel has more than doubled its coverage to reach […]

Africa

Kenya proscribes Odinga’s political party after “swearing-in”

Ihesiulo Grace 31 January 2018 0

The Kenyan government has declared the opposition coalition’s National Super Alliance (NASA)’s wing, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), as an organised criminal group. Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i, in a gazette notice dated Jan. 30, outlawed the movement as per the Prevention of Organised Crimes Act, 2010. Matiang’i issued the notice just hours after NASA

Headlines News World

Confusion in Kenya as Odinga forms parallel government

Ihesiulo Grace 31 January 2018 0

..TV and Radio stations shut down over live transmission The Presidential flag bearer of National Super Alliance (NASA), Raila Odinga has been sworn in as the ‘people’s president’ yesterday in Kenya. Odinga took his oath of office at Uhuru Park Grounds in Nairobi around 2.45 pm. However, some of his cohorts including his running mate […]

Africa World

Kenyan Police employed assault and rape during polls – HRW

Ihesiulo Grace 15 December 2017 0

The last has not been heard of Kenya’s recently concluded elections that brought the country’s president to power for the second term in office, as revelations show massive breach of rights by security operatives. Several dozen of women in Kenya said Police officers attacked them during this year’s election season and some said they were […]

World

Kenya govt lawyer, US warn Odinga over December 12 swearing in

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2017 0

With impending self-inauguration of Raila Odinga as the president of Kenya’ following recent inauguration of the court endorsed winner of the election, President Uhuru Kenyatta, concerns have been raised on inherent dangers. Kenya’s Attorney-General Githu Muigai, warned against plans to swear in the National Super Alliance (Nasa) leader, Raila Odinga as the ‘people’s

Headlines News

8 killed in Kenya as residents await results of presidential rerun poll

Ihesiulo Grace 30 October 2017 0

.Nairobi’s All Share Index drop by 5.5 percent …Odinga seeks new election in 90days Myke Uzendu, Oluchi Okoroafor, Abuja An uneasy calm prevailed in Kenya’s capital Nairobi since the rerun elections, as economic activities have nose-dived in the country. Local media has continued to report protracted battles between security forces and supporters of the main

Africa

Kenya’s presidential election rerun ruined

Ihesiulo Grace 28 October 2017 0

Kenya’s electoral commission has announced an estimated 34.5 percent voter turnout after the country’s presidential election rerun which was marred by opposition boycott, protests and deadly clashes. According to Agency report,the Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) said on Thursday that 35, 564 polling stations opened for the election out of the 40, 883 in

Africa Politics

Kenya Elections: Hold Vigil, Pray But Don’t Vote, Odinga Tells Supporters

Ihesiulo Grace 26 October 2017 0

As far as Kenya’s elections go, Raila Odinga has become leader of those who scatter.In every situation, there will be those who gather and those who scatter. Election officials said the repeat presidential poll would go ahead regardless of Odinga’s decision. The Kenya opposition leader on Wednesday urged supporters to boycott Thursday’s repeat presidential election […]

Africa

Kenya’s Supreme Court fails to hear election bid

Ihesiulo Grace 25 October 2017 0

Kenya’s Chief Justice has said the Supreme Court is unable to hear a petition calling for a delay in Thursday’s presidential re-run. David Maraga said not enough of the court’s seven judges were available to hear the case. The deputy chief justice was not available after her bodyguard was shot by gunmen on Tuesday the […]

Africa World

Kenya’s electoral commission CEO takes leave

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2017 0

…As calls for his sack thicken The chief executive of Kenya’s election board, who the opposition has demanded must be fired before a repeat presidential election scheduled for Oct. 26, said on Friday he was taking three weeks of leave. According to agency report, Ezra Chiloba said he had taken a personal decision to take […]

Crime News

I smuggled heroin into Nigeria to save my son – Teacher

Ihesiulo Grace 18 March 2017 0

A 43-year-old computer instructor, Anukaenyi Bob-Manuel Ogochukwu, has said he smuggled heroin from Nairobi, Kenya, to save his four year old son who is sick. He said this when he was nabbed at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos, by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for importing illicit drugs into […]

Africa

Kenya Massacre Mall to Reopen in July

Ihesiulo Grace 20 May 2015 0

The Westgate shopping mall in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, closed after a siege and massacre carried out by Somali Islamists in 2013, is to reopen in July, its management said on Tuesday. The mall, once one of the Kenyan capital’s most upmarket shopping centres, was devastated by an intense fire that broke out during the September […]

Headlines News

Fresh Violence in Burundi Leaves 1 Dead, Many Injured

Ihesiulo Grace 8 May 2015 0

Fresh political violence in Burundi has left one person and dead and at least three others wounded, as demonstrations continue against President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to run for a third term. Witnesses and a Red Cross official said the latest unrest occurred Thursday after police intervened to stop clashes between the president’s supporters and opponents

Africa

Kerry in Kenya Calls for Unity to Defeat Terrorism

Ihesiulo Grace 5 May 2015 0

US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday on security co-operation, after calling for unity in the face of terror attacks.   Kerry’s trip to the east African nation is the first high-level visit since 2012, and comes after years of tensions surrounding Kenyatta after he was charged […]