UK Minister for Africa condemns abductions of 100 people…
James Duddridge, UK Minister for Africa condemns abduction of over 100 people in Nigeria and pledges continued UK…
Nigeria has 12 Ebola cases, 5 recovered
The Ministry of Health, in a statement on Monday, confirmed Nigeria has 12 confirmed cases of the Ebola virus, of…
Ebola disease under control, says Fashola
Lagos Sate governor, Babatunde Fashola said at the weekend there was no need for the citizens to panic over the…
COREN wants engineering firms to register with it
The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) said weekend in Abuja that all engineering firms…
Transcorp and the drive to transform Ughelli power plant
The current state of the Ughelli Power Plant is a foretaste of the gains the recent privatisation of the Nigerian…
What kills startups?
We’ve all heard the statistic that half of all startups fail within their first five years. The actual number is…
Rehabilitating roads in Nigeria
The suspension of Borini Prono, the contractor charged with rehabilitating the Apapa Port to Mile 2 stretch of the…
Japanese agency develops capacity training programme for…
The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has announced its plan to develop a training programme that…
Investing in paints production
With the Nigerian population increasing at annual rate of 3.3%, additional houses of more than 500,000 have to be…
Crowd funding: Can this overcome the funding challenge?
The major challenge for every average entrepreneur is securing funds to finance a business idea. The banks are…
Gbenga Sesan, CEO, Paradigm Initiative
Gbenga Sesan grew up in Akure. He saw a computer for the first time ever during his third year in secondary school,…
Nnewi: ‘The Japan of Africa’
Nnewi is the second largest urban space in Anambra State in southeastern Nigeria. Nnewi as a metropolitan city…