Working Nigerians interested in receiving consumer credit can visit CREDICORP’s website to express interest before the deadline date of May 15, 2024. President Bola Tinubu has approved the takeoff of the first phase of the Consumer Credit Scheme to facilitate…
Benin Debuts First-Ever National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
Everything Precious Is Fragile is an opportunity to collapse the conventions that define the nation in the global popular imagination. VENICE — Still in 2024, inclusion in La Biennale de Venezia remains an honour. It’s a symbol of recognition, legitimacy even,…
PICTORIAL: Inside the most expensive school in Nigeria
Inside Charterhouse Lagos, A newly commissioned primary school in Lekki with its secondary school underway that charges N42m as a fee per annum. Charterhouse Lagos is the first British independent school in West Africa and part of the prestigious Charterhouse…
JAMB condemns Lagos centre for stopping hijab-wearing candidates from writing UTME
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has condemned a Lagos-based Computer Based Test (CBT) centre for stopping hijab-wearing candidates from writing the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Specifically, the examination body insisted that it has no policy barring…
Extremists cry ‘Islamophobia’ to stifle free speech, says think tank
Sajid Javid backs report and claims term has been weaponised as a political football, to the detriment of enabling positive change Extremists are exploiting the tag of Islamophobia to stifle free speech, says a report backed by Sajid Javid. The…
Yahaya Bello: I didn’t ask EFCC to arrest Yari, Matawalle – Ozekhome
Frontline human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has debunked report that he queried why the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has not arrested two former Governors of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari and Bello Mattawale. Ozekhome, SAN,…
Ondo APC Primary: Aiyedatiwa Extends Olive Branch To Opponents, Thanks Tinubu
Aiyedatiwa was declared the winner of the Ondo primary election, beating other aspirants including a lawmaker Jimoh Ibrahim. Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa wants his opponents in the Ondo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election to work with him. He…
Abuja’s Chinese supermarket under fire for denying Nigerians entry
The management of an Abuja-based Chinese supermarket has come under fire for denying Nigerians entry into the facility. Our correspondent reports that entry into the supermarket is restricted exclusively to individuals of Chinese descent. The supermarket situated at the China…
German-American billionaire declared dead in 2021 found with mistress in Russia
An investigation has claimed that a German-American billionaire, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances near Switzerland’s iconic Matterhorn peak six years ago, is suspected to be residing in Moscow with a Russian mistress. In April 2018, Karl-Erivan Haub, a retail tycoon,…
Atiku, Wike attend PDP national caucus meeting in Abuja
It is not clear if the duo greeted each other, but former Vice-President Sambo was seated in between them when the meeting was in progress. Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike,…