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Half-naked children in a village in Kano State were seen huddled and letting out a shriek as they dispersed in various directions. They were playing hide-and-seek game. One Ishaku – aged four – peeped through a broken fence made of clay with mucus streaming down his nostrils.

How can I get the best out of my employees and make them go the extra mile to help achieve my organisation’s vision and goals? This is a question every business leader wants an answer to. As a study shows, although many leaders understand the importance of employee engagement, they lack ideas on how to actually create…

Telecommunications revolution is daily transforming the Nigerian society in diverse ways since the dawn of the new millennium.

There is a looming showdown between the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and some radio and television broadcasters in Nigeria over the inability of the commission to recover over N4 billion in licensing fees from the licensees.

The loss of N2.49 trillion in seven months by investors in the nation’s bourse is the unsavoury news coming out of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). The loss, amounting to 15.64 per cent between January and July, has been attributed to political uncertainty in the country by development experts. Available data shows that the market…

The six teenage girls of the Regina Pacies Secondary School Onitsha, had, two weeks ago, mounted the global podium where they claimed the golden trophy at the World Technovation (programming) Challenge.

Rivers Shasha, located on the fringes of Ife North and Ife South local councils of Osun State, used to ‘swallow’ farmers and rural dwellers yearly. In 2010, it claimed a family of seven in one fell swoop. They had gone to farm in the morning, but while at the farm, it rained cats and dogs.…

Today, Muslim faithful in Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate Eid-el-Kabir, known as the feast or festival of the sacrifice. It is the second of two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide each year, the other being Eid-el-Fitr, which comes up at the end of Ramadan every year.

The Music Publishers Association of Nigeria (MPAN) has urged the Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) to save the music industry from collapse by lifting the suspension that stopped the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) from operating as a Collective Management Organisation (CMO) for musical works in Nigeria. Though, COSON’s legal team, headed by Uche Val Obi…

The dawn of this week signaled the celebration of youths as Sunday, August 14 was the International Youth Day, a day designated by the United Nations (UN) to celebrate young individuals across the world.

It is three days to the suspension of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), just as efforts by many Nigerians to get the exercise done remain bumpy.

Nigeria has every reason to celebrate her five golden girls of the Regina Pacies Secondary School Onitsha, who took the world by storm, silencing bigger challengers like the United States...