Vice President Kashim Shettima has issued a rallying call to global investors, declaring that Nigeria and Africa are open for business and ready to defy narratives of doom and gloom often painted about the continent. Speaking on Tuesday at the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Shettima emphasized Nigeria’s growing investment potentials and…
Swanky Jerry, born Jeremiah Ogbodo, is a name synonymous with elegance, creativity, and transformation in African fashion. As a celebrated superstar stylist and founder of Swanky Signatures Styling, his journey from Lagos, Nigeria, to global fame is nothing short of inspirational. Swanky has not only defined fashion trends but also redefined the role of stylists…
A woman, Oluwakemi Akala and two men, Onyekachi Aguguo and Tsolaye Eburajolo, were on Tuesday arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly dealing in 28 kilogrammes of Cannabis Indica. The trio are facing two counts bordering on conspiracy and importing of the hard drugs…
Justice A.O. Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, on Tuesday, ordered the final forfeiture of a property, a u-shaped two-storey building in Lagos, used as a private school to the federal Government of Nigeria. The property is situated in the premises of Goodwill Private Schools, Ikorodu, Lagos State. The judge gave the…
The Nigerian currency, the naira, continued to react negatively to the assumption of office of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States by depreciating marginally against the dollar at both the official window and parallel market on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. FMDQ data showed that the naira depreciated to N1,552.78/$1 on Tuesday,…
