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China in partnership with Federal Government has chosen Iragbiji in Boripe Local Government of Osun State as an agro-business hub for its proposed smart farming industrial estate. Speaking at the palace of Aragbiji of Iragbiji, Oba Rasheed Olabomi Odundun IV, Chair of China International Business and Development Corporation (CIBDC), Mr. Chang...

Neveah Limited, a player in the export and commodity trading sector, has been ranked 21st on 2025 Financial Times Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies list, and first in the Metals and Mining category. The publication recognises the company’s expansion on international markets, its strong operational capabilities, and consistent year-on-year revenue growth, while...

Former Vice President and 2023 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and former Senate President Senator David Mark on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with select PDP leaders in Abuja. The high-level meeting, which began around 2 p.m., took place at the Borno/Anambra/Cross River Hall of the Transcorp Hilton...

**CP Assures Sustained Effort Against Criminality in FCT In the continued effort to rid the Federal Capital Territory and its environs of all forms of criminality, the operatives of the Command, acting on the strategic directive of the Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Ajao S. Adewale. The Police in Abuja...

All Progressives Congress National Youth Leader, Dr. Dayo Israel, has said the “Progressive Youth Resource Centre” in Wuse 2, Abuja, will mobilise for President Bola’s Tinubu re-election. He said the centre, built in his first tenure, is a multifunctional facility to redefine youth engagement in the party and Nigeria’s political...

Fintech firm,  VeendHQ, has said its artificial intelligence platform,  Vida AI, will redefine credit decision. Designed for Africa, Vida AI delivers speed, accuracy, and fairness in credit assessments. Vida AI has a machine learning engine that processes alternative data to generate real-time insight into borrower behaviour and risk to assess those...

Prince Kazeem Balogun, All Progressives Congress (APC) councillorship candidate for Ward A, Agboyi-Ketu LCDA in Lagos State, has revived an abandoned borehole on Adetayo Street, off Oyebanjo Solarin Street, Elebiju, Ketu  The facility will provide 12,000 litres of clean water daily and improve the council’s access to safe water. Inaugurating the facility,...

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has asked the federal government to release the remaining two months’ withheld salaries of their members who participated in the 2022 strike. The union also decried the persistent delay in salary payments to federal universities, often weeks after other federal workers have...

Suspended Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara has met with the suspended Speaker of the House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule and other aggrieved state lawmakers.  Multiple sources confirmed on Thursday evening the meeting held and ended with Fubara holding the hands of Amaewhule as they shared jokes and laughter. It was gathered that the...

The third day of protests against Engr. Farouk Ahmed, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), has seen the involvement of more Nigerians, including religious clerics and lawyers. The protesters led by Dan Okwa and Bishop Abel King among others are demanding Ahmed’s...