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By Adedapo Adesanya A three-member panel of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice has ordered the Government of the Republic of Benin to pay Mr Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Igboho, 20 million CFA for unlawful detention. The court ordered that the money should be paid within three months. Igboho had on February 10, applied to the court challenging his arrest and detention in the French-speaking country. The ECOWAS court also directed the country to comply with its order and revert to the court with evidence of payment. Igboho was arrested alongside his wife, Ropo, in

By Adedapo Adesanya Energy stakeholders have urged African countries, including Nigeria, the continent’s largest crude producer, to reject all anti-fossil fuel policies that may arise at discussions at the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). They called on African countries to fiercely defend the role oil and gas play across the continent, adding that it has become clear that developed nations seem committed to phasing out fossil fuels, advocating for an anti-fossil fuel energy transition that does not take into account the needs of the developing world. For instance, the African Energy Chamber (AEC)

The federal government has expressed its readiness to intensify efforts toward Nigeria’s 3.14 million hectares of irrigation systems to boost food production in the country. Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation,  Mr Joseph Terlumun Utsev, disclosed this at the ongoing 5-day National Workshop of the Nigerian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (NINCID ) themed The Role of Irrigation and Drainage Practices for Food Security in Nigeria in Kano. The Minister who gave this assurance also reiterated that the government is committed to ensuring adequate water supply to homes,  industries, and for agriculture purposes nationwide. The Minister, who was represented

By Dipo Olowookere In the third quarter of 2020, Lafarge Africa Plc posted an impressive performance, with double-digit growth and a strong balance sheet. In the financial statements for the period ended September 30, the cement firm grew its recurring EBIT by 7.2 per cent despite the significant devaluation of the Naira. In the period, the revenue increased to N179.9 billion from N163.1 billion, while the cost of sales rose to N123.8 billion from N112.7 billion, leaving the gross profit at N56.1 billion as against N50.4 billion of the same period of 2019. In the results released last week to

By Aduragbemi Omiyale Airtel Nigeria, trading as Airtel Networks Limited, has made payment for the Intention to Bid Deposit (IBD) for the second 5G licence auction of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The company, alongside Standard Network, expressed interest in the exercise, but the other bidder did not pay the required fee of $273.6 million on or before the December 5 deadline, as stipulated in the Information Memorandum (IM) guiding the auction process. As a result, Airtel was announced as the winner of the offer and will join its rival, MTN Nigeria, to roll out 5G services to its subscribers

By Dipo Olowookere As the world of music is evolving so is the tech space, which is coming up with different means to make lovers of music continue to enjoy songs being released by artistes. It is no doubt that the introduction of Spotify into the music space changed how songs are streamed by users on the internet and since then, efforts have been made to create other platforms that could rival it. News coming out from Nigeria has it that a local computer programmer known as Chika Nwaogu has successfully created the first Indigenous music streaming platform with several

By Dipo Olowookere The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has advised investors “to trade with caution” on the shares of Medview Airline Plc and 12 others. The reason for raising the red flag, according to the exchange, is because the companies have failed to give details of the financial statements as required by the rules for joining the stock market, which will provide necessary information to the investing community on action to take about their securities. In a notice posted on its website on Wednesday, the NSE listed the names of the other firms as Aso Savings and Loans Plc, Deap

By Adeniyi Ogunfowoke You must be wondering what it’s so difficult about buying baby clothes that you have to actually learn how to buy them. Well, newborn baby clothes cost a lot of money and your baby usually outgrows them in no time! That is why if you are first-time parents, you need to know how to buy baby clothes smartly. Jumia, the online store you can trust shares ways you can do this with little or no stress. Choose a size ahead of your baby’s age Sizes can be on the small side and babies grow quickly. Most 6-month-old babies can

By Okechukwu Keshi Ukegbu The accolades keep coming in torrents like rains at the peak of the rainy season. The latest in the kitty came from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum who endorsed Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu  as the deputy chairman of the forum. In the words of the forum chairman and governor of Sokoto State Aminu Tambuwal, Gov Ikpeazu was unanimously appointed by the members. Since his emergence as the governor of Abia State in 2015, it has been plethora of victories, like his name, Victor implies, awards and recognitions. He won “Vanguard Newspaper Governor of the Year

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The General Overseer of Champions Royal Assembly, Abuja, Prophet Joshua Iginla, has been described as a very deep spiritual man who is not all about religion, but after what God has asked him to do. The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, who made this commendation, confessed that he has been monitoring the cleric for a while and realized that he carries the glory of God. The monarch, who was at the church when the man of God celebrated his birthday on Sunday, May 23, 2021, informed the congregation that the meaning of the name of the

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The entertainment industry in Nigeria was busy in 2021, with some artists making headlines with the release of their albums, songs and others. One company that tracked happenings in the year, especially how some songs and albums faired is Spotify, a music streaming platform. The firm has now released what it called Wrapped, an annual round-up of the top artists, albums, songs and playlists of the year as streamed by users on the platform from around the world. Analysis of Wrapped as released by Spotify revealed who Nigerians are listening to, the newcomers that are shaking up