Somoye Plans to Take Nigerian Artistes on the International Stage
Bayo Somoye Adaeze Anaekwe encounters one of Nigeria’s leading music business gurus who is bringing home the magic wand that he wields in the US If there is one thing James Bayo Somoye loves, it is...
View ArticleThe Speech of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the 2014 Budget Presentation
Good morning and thank you very much ladies and gentlemen. Honourable Ministers, my colleagues from the ministries of Works, Power and Women Affairs; Honourable Chair of the House Committee on...
View ArticleSeptuagenarians & Octogenarians National Confab Holds
By Alex O. Atawa Akpodiete Gradually Nigeria is becoming an elitist society, unless you believe it is already there. Elites are usually privileged and out of touch with the plight of the common man....
View ArticleBusiness Monitor report notes Nigeria’s construction industry beat …
(PRWEB UK) 17 March 2014 Business Monitor has just released its latest findings on Nigeria’s Infrastructure sector in its newly-published Nigeria Infrastructure Report. Nigeria’s construction industry...
View ArticleEntertainment Industry And The Selfie Craze: The Danger!
This is no joke anymore. The craze for selfies has gradually crept into our lives, thanks or no thanks to Ellen Degeneres who got us all crazy about it since the last held Oscar. But did the group...
View ArticleFG seeks Abacha $550m loot from US
The Federal Government on Wednesday said it supported the United States’ seizure of $550m corruption proceeds of a former Head of State, the late Gen. Sani Abacha and his associates. The...
View ArticleTestimony of Tony O. Elumelu to US Senate“Powering Africa’s Future: Examining …
Testimony of Tony O. Elumelu to U.S. Senate“Powering Africa’s Future: Examining the Power Africa Initiative.” Delivered on March 27th 2014...
View ArticleNightclub & Bar Convention: Club Quilox flies Nigerian flag in US
Nigeria was not left out at the Nightclub Bar Convention/Trade Show, which recently held in Las Vegas, United States. Club Quilox, a luxury nightclub located on Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue, Victoria Island,...
View ArticlePower Africa aims to build continent’s capacity internally
When US President Barack Obama visited Tanzania last year, one of his priorities was to launch the Power Africa initiative, a programme to help kick-start power generation across six African...
View ArticleHeirs Holdings advises public sector on attracting strategic funding for power
Mr. Sam Nwanze, Director of Finance and Investment at Heirs Holdings, the African proprietary investment company chaired by Tony O. Elumelu, CON, this week addressed key members of the Nigerian and...
View ArticleNigerian newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Friday morning
Good morning! Here are 10 things you need to know this morning: 1. While NEMA has insisted that only 10 dead bodies of victims of Nyanya workers’ day bomb explosion have been deposited in the morgue so...
View ArticleConfab – Retention of 13 Percent Derivation, Is Unacceptable-Odje
Ughelli — A Warri based Human Rights Activist and lawyer, Dr Akpor Mudiaga-Odje, yesterday, said the retention of 13% derivation to the oil producing States by the National Conference Committee on...
View ArticleAfrica: More ‘User-Friendly’ US Support Will Help Boost Energy Access …
Photo: Symbion Power Symbion Power LLC, a U.S.-based independent power producer and contractor specializing in designing, engineering, and constructing electrical infrastructure projects, has emerged...
View ArticleEntertainment as a tool for national growth: the Nollywood experience
Protecting Creativity Innovation A copyright is a platform which provides protection for literary, musical, and artistic works, cinematography, sound recordings, and broadcasting, while a trademark...
View ArticleGospel Singer Kefee Is Dead
Funsho Arogundade Female gospel music star, Kefee Don Momoh, who was under intensive care in the United States for over a week, is dead. Reports said the multiple award winning singer passed on at...
View ArticleAfricans in America Juneteenth Myth or Reality ~ 149th Anniversary
As early as 1849, Abraham Lincoln believed that slaves should be emancipated, advocating a program in which they would be freed gradually. Early in his presidency, still convinced that gradual...
View ArticleNIGERIA: AFC Finance: The African Finance Corporation
class=”eliadunit” The African Finance Corporation (AFC), a private sector-led Pan-African multilateral development finance institution, with a capital base of US$1.2 billion, invested a total of $385...
View ArticleNIGERIA: AFC Financed $385m Investments in 2013
class=”eliadunit” The African Finance Corporation (AFC), a private sector-led Pan-African multilateral development finance institution, with a capital base of US$1.2 billion, invested a total of $385...
View ArticleUS Reiterates Commitment To Supporting Nigeria
The United States of America has again expressed commitment to supporting Nigeria in the war against terror, saying it is optimistic and positive that Nigeria will win the war. At the ceremony held in...
View ArticleNigerian movie gets 10 nominations in US
A Nigerian movie, “30 Days in Atlanta” scored one of the highest nominations for the 3rd annual Golden Icons Academic Awards, GIAMA, scheduled for October 25, in Houston, Texas U.S.A. The movie got a...
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