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Lagos—Sterling Bank’s OneWoman Initiative is empowering 2,500 female entrepreneurs by giving them free access to the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women online programme. The bank’s initiative, in partnership with the International Finance Corporation, IFC, is equipping female entrepreneurs with the skills and resources to scale their businesses and drive growth. The comprehensive curriculum, which is delivered …
ABUJA—The Federal Government, yesterday, opened its case against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as the Department of State Services, DSS, narrated before the Federal High Court in Abuja, how he was arrested in 2015. The development came on a day the court gave permission for identities of …
Actress Annie Macaulay publicly confirmed her divorce from musician Innocent “2Baba” Idibia during the 17th Headies Awards ceremony held on Sunday night. The movie star, who had been silent on the matter for months, finally reacted while co-presenting the award for Best Afrobeat Singer of the Year alongside Farooq Oreagba, popularly celebrated as the “King …
Canada elects a new government on Monday to confront annexation threats from the United States and deal directly with President Donald Trump, whose trade war has defined the campaign. The Liberal Party, led by new Prime Minister Mark Carney, looked set to lose easily to the Conservatives’ Pierre Poilievre until the US president’s attacks on …
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has tackled Peter Obi over the perceived disparaging comment he made about Nigeria at Johns Hopkins University in the United States. The Lagos Governor said Obi lacks the moral right to talk about poverty in Nigeria. During his recent engagement at Johns Hopkins University, the 2023 Labour Party Presidential …
CHAIRMAN Christian Chukwu was an institution when the word had a delightful meaning. His towering presence in Nigerian football survived the enduring forgetfulness that attends sports. We should be grateful to have had him for this long. His passing on 12 April 2025 at 74, shocked many who had worried over his health in the …
Tyler Herro scored 30 points as the Miami Heat reached the NBA playoffs with a thrilling 123-114 overtime defeat of the Atlanta Hawks in their Eastern Conference play-in clash on Friday. The Heat, which recovered from a 10-game losing streak in March to reach the play-in, will now face top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers in the opening …
The Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism, and the Creative Economy has announced an open call for fashion designers and creatives across the country to apply for “Nigeria Everywhere: The Creative Collection”. This nationwide talent search aims to spotlight Nigeria’s finest fashion creatives on a global platform, celebrating the nation’s vibrant cultural heritage and artistic …
A Tunisian court handed down jail sentences of up to 66 years to multiple defendants, including prominent opposition figures, for national security offences, local media and a defence lawyer said Saturday. The trial, criticised by rights groups and decried by a defence lawyer as a “masquerade”, is of unprecedented scale with around 40 defendants including …
Prof. Dele Jegede is a Nigerian-American painter, art historian, cartoonist, curator, art critic, art administrator and teacher. He was born 1945 in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Jegede earned his first degree in Fine Arts (with First Class Hons, majoring in Painting) from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, in 1973. From 1979 to 1983, he …