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Explainer-How Britain is exploiting Brexit to reform finance?

Explainer-How Britain is exploiting Brexit to reform finance?

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Small toy figures are seen in front of a Brexit logo in this illustration picture, March 30, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain proposed over 30 reforms…

Inside International Alliance Africa’s quest to spark innovation in SA townships

Inside International Alliance Africa’s quest to spark innovation in SA townships

According to data by Ande Global, there are currently more than 500 townships across South Africa, and together, these communities make up 40% of the country’s total population. Entrepreneurs in these townships typically face numerous…

Acumen: Over twenty years of fixing the way in which Africa and the world sort out poverty

Acumen: Over twenty years of fixing the way in which Africa and the world sort out poverty

Twenty-one years ago, the idea befuddled donors and people in the nonprofit sector.  Jacqueline Novogratz, a former banker at Chase Manhattan and manager of special projects at the Rockefeller Foundation proposed a venture, Acumen, that…

Interview with Confidence Staveley: Founding father of Cybersafe Basis

Interview with Confidence Staveley: Founding father of Cybersafe Basis

Confidence Staveley took a study break after her secondary education to reinvigorate her mind before going off to university where she was set to study medicine. During this period, her parents advised her to enroll…

FCT minister seeks partnership for rural improvement

FCT minister seeks partnership for rural improvement

The minister of state for the Federal Capital Territory, Dr Ramatu Tijani-Aliyu, on Thursday stressed the need for “functional” partnership for the development of rural infrastructure. The minister made this known during the commissioning of…

Reaching each youngster with vaccines in communities liable to polio illness.

Reaching each youngster with vaccines in communities liable to polio illness.

Sokoto, 9 December, 2022 - As the traditional head of Gagi community, Sokoto State, Northwest Nigeria, Alhaji Sani Umar Jabbi (Sarkin Yakin Gagi), insists that every child in his district must be vaccinated with the…

NNPC to fund highway initiatives with N1tn – Kyari

NNPC to fund highway initiatives with N1tn – Kyari

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited is to provide additional N1tn for road projects in Nigeria, NNPC Group Chief Executive, Mele Kyari, announced in Lagos on Thursday. Kyari, in a video clip seen in Abuja,…

APGA disaster: 2023 elections beneath menace, warns chieftain

APGA disaster: 2023 elections beneath menace, warns chieftain

The embattled leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Edozie Njoku, has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission that failure to accord him recognition as the authentic national chairman of the party is capable of…

Nigerian don baggage UNESCO senior fellow award

Nigerian don baggage UNESCO senior fellow award

A Nigerian development expert, educationist, poet, and former lecturer at the University of Ilorin, Noel Ihebuzor, has been appointed Senior Fellow of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation International Bureau of Education. This…

Lagos govt, stakeholders meet over Fourth Mainland Bridge

Lagos govt, stakeholders meet over Fourth Mainland Bridge

Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Government on Thursday met with stakeholders to assess the possible environmental and social impact of constructing the Fourth Mainland Bridge. The News Agency of Nigeria reports…

Naira slides once more; exchanges at N446 per greenback at I&E window 

Naira slides once more; exchanges at N446 per greenback at I&E window 

Friday, December 9, 2022 Naira and Dollars The naira on Thursday exchanged at 446 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, a depreciation of 0.04 per cent, compared with the 445.83 it exchanged…

Authorities launches ‘SHEFARMERS Initiative’ in Delta

Authorities launches ‘SHEFARMERS Initiative’ in Delta

Friday, December 9, 2022 A Photo of Women Farming used to iilustrate the story [Photo Credit: Vanguard] The Delta State government has launched the ‘SHEFARMERS Initiative’ to encourage women farmers. Senior Special Assistant to the…