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The year 2020 may have gone, but the effects of the global lockdown and COVID-19 pandemic are still visible in every work of life with many countries and organisations working to stabilise economically. One of the most-hit sectors during the pandemic is labour, employability and how people work in compliance with the new normal. Unusual…

Kidnapping has been a growing menace in Africa’s most populous country. The first major kidnap incident in the country made the headlines in 2014 when Boko Haram jihadists kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in Chibok town, Borno State. Estimates from Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, ACLED, showed that at least five times more people were…

Access to high quality, reliable and sustainable water still remains low, despite considerable progress in Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector,

William Shakespeare’s popular saying, ‘all is well that ends well’ best captured the feeling for Team Nigeria to the 22nd edition of the Commonwealth Games, which ended in Birmingham...

President Hage Gottfried Geingob (born 3 August 1941) is the third and the current President of Namibia, in office since 21 March 2015. He was the first Prime Minister of Namibia from 21 March 1990 to 28 August 2002, and he served as Prime Minister again from 4 December 2012 to 21 March 2015. Between…

The Chairman of Del-York Group, in conjunction with his U.S. partners, Messrs. Huffine Global; paid a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to meet with key government officials, investment fund managers and strategic investors interested in taking advantage of potential strategic partnership opportunities between the Kingdom, the United States and Africa. Hot on the…

*As country celebrates “Day of Ukrainian Statehood” As the war between Russia and Ukraine continues to rage with its attendant socio-economic consequences on the countries around the world, Ukraine government has called for additional more powerful an effective anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense system. In an interview with Bridget Chiedu Onochie, the Charge d’ Affairs, Embassy…

Over the last twelve years, Nigeria has grown to master the practice of local content, to the extent of mentoring other resource-rich countries such as Uganda in promoting their own industries. Nigeria is one of the few countries to have enacted a primary regulation dedicated to it, with a broad objective to domicile a share of the US$18 billion average annual spending on exploration and production by IOCs. Nigeria’s pursuit of local content has greatly facilitated the growth of local service providers and contractors. It has also fostered a mutually-beneficial relationship between international and local companies.

Although those heady and uncertain days in 2020 when the dreaded outbreak of the Corona Virus convulsed the globe appear to be receding, the devastation imposed continue to stare governments and citizens in the face.

The PR Power List is a first-of-its-kind celebration to honour outstanding PR professionals in Nigeria to mark World PR Day, celebrated annually on July 16 across the world. More than mere column inches or primetime interviews, these stars of the PR world have:

The disclosure that 106, 256 Nigerians died in road traffic accidents between January 2019 and December 2021 is alarming.

Since its establishment in July, 1982, the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), formerly known as Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye, has carved a niche for itself as one of the foremost institutions in Nigeria. OOU has lived up to the purpose for which it was established to “be a world-class University comparable to any other, engaged in imparting contemporary knowledge, using high-quality facilities and multi-disciplinary approaches, to men and women of all races, as well as generating new ideas and intellectual practices relevant to the needs of its immediate community, Nigeria and the world at large”.