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There are and will always be all kinds of children. They consist of those that are well brought up and those that are ill-bred. There will be good children and vagabonds will abound. There are deprived ones, evincing lack of parental responsibility and care.

Hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and asylum seekers are trapped in border towns in the North-East following years of insurgency. Currently, there is fear of a fresh wave of Boko Haram resurgence in the region, especially in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states.

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company’s (EEDC) non-compliance with the order on capping of estimated bills, coupled with over 55 per cent metering gap in the zone, has led to aggravated customer dissatisfaction in the South-East region.

It is a troubling question that is not likely to go away very soon. It is a subject the perplexity of which is dismissed with a wave of the hand as inscrutable: What’s in a name? It is even our attitude to it that will make the question to be with us for a long…

The right to peaceful protest is constitutionally protected. Section 40 of the 1999 Constitution guarantees citizens’ rights to assemble and associate with other persons to protect their interests.

The rising profile of the South-East as a haven for abandoned projects is fanning the embers of worries among residents and stakeholders in the region, who deplore politicians’ non-altruistic reasons for project initiation and execution.

She is a dynamic manager with disruptive ideas whose professional engagements have provided innovative solutions to complex business challenges. Sayu Abend, the Chief Executive Officer, SpacePointe has over 20 years of experience in application development, with a specialized focus on fintech. Throughout her career, she has designed and operated award-winning platforms that are distributed globally,…

Globally, the financial services industry has come under intense competition from Financial Technology (FinTech) firms. These are innovative firms leveraging technology to deliver tailored financial service offering to consumers and corporate entities. In Nigeria, Africa’s largest technology hub, investors are taking positions in the country’s growing tech ecosystem fueled by attractive fundamentals such as the…

Oritsetinmeyin Igbene, Managing Director, Liberty Assured Limited, is a dynamic and visionary entrepreneur with a profound passion for architecture and Fintech. With over 12 years of diverse experience in different sector of the economy, the Caleb University don and businessman, is hingeing on innovation, excellence and architecture as avenue to impact lives and for social…

In Nigeria, a nation grappling with gender disparities in leadership roles, women with visual impairments face even greater challenges in accessing opportunities for professional growth and advancement. Recent data paints a stark picture: while women occupy very few seats in the national Assembly and hold approximately 20-25% of board positions in publicly listed companies, the…

Started banking operations on December 2, 2019, having secured its license on July 3, the same year, from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), TAJ Bank opened two branches in Abuja and Kano for business. Eight months later, precisely August 24, 2020, it extended its operations to Sokoto State. As a non-interest bank with the strategic…

Klasha is a Fintech company providing cross-border commerce solutions, enabling African businesses to access global goods and services easily. Through Klasha’s technology, global merchants can sell in Africa, and African consumers can pay for international goods and services online using African payment methods and currencies. Klasha’s mission is to enable Africans to remain globally competitive…