Chude Jideonwo, 29 and Adebola Williams, 28, co-founders of Red Media Africa have emerged winners of the 2014 edition of CNBC Africa All Africa Young Business Leader of the year. The young Nigerians are the founders of Future Awards Africa, Y! Africa – the magazine, Ynaija.com and Red Communication. The innovation that gave them the…
AFRIMA’s 23 Karat Gold Award Arrives Nigeria
The International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA has received the 23.9-Karat gold plated trophy on Friday in Lagos. The coveted trophy was received by Rikki Stein, AFRIMA International Advisor. The trophy, which was produced by an award trophy making company ‘Awards4u’ based in the United Kingdom, UK, was conceived and visualised by…
Why Nigerian Films Can’t Win Oscars Yet
It is a dream that has been nursed for many years. Then it came very close to reality. But as things stand right now, it is still looking like a mirage. Earlier this year, when the Nigeria Oscars Selection Committee, NOSC, was inaugurated many had high hopes that finally, Nollywood would get a chance to…
How To Make Money from Ebola
With the Ebola outbreak dominating the national discourse, parents are inevitably going to be confronted with the necessity of explaining the deadly disease to children. Although Nigeria has been declared Ebola-free, schools, parents, guardians might still need to explain or describe properly to the curious children what Ebola is all about without necessarily spreading unfounded…
Fashion Police Daughter Inherit $100m in Cash
Melissa Rivers, daughter of Joan Rivers, late fashion police host is to inherit over $100million from her mother’s estate. Rivers, 46, will receive $75 million in cash and her mother’s $35 million apartment in New York City. Her son, Cooper, 13, will also receive a share of the legendary comedian’s estate. News of Rivers’ inheritance…
“Reverse Discriminatory Policies”- Muslim Groups Tell Lagos Govt
The Joint Muslim Forum, JMF, a Muslim group has called on the Lagos State government to put an end to actions and policies that constitute discrimination against Muslims in the state. At a press conference held on Thursday at the Rahmat Islamiyyah hall, Ikeja Lagos, JMF noted that Muslims have suffered various degrees of discrimination,…
Boko Haram Frees Abducted Women, Marries Off Girls
Boko Haram insurgents, who reportedly abducted about 60 women and 40 girls from two border villages between Adamawa and Borno states, this week, have freed the women among their captives. Villagers, who spoke on the issue with newsmen in a telephone interview from their hideouts, disclosed this. Relatives of some of the abducted women who…
Victims Seek Life Imprisonment For Rapists
Rape victims on Thursday besieged the National Assembly, demanding that bills that seek to protect women and children against violence are passed before the end of the current legislative session. The protesters, mostly young ladies, who shared their agonizing rape experiences, had female federal lawmakers almost in tears as they listened to them. A bill,…
FG Says Power Plants Perform below 30 per cent capacity
The federal government has announced that some power generating plants in the country are performing below 30 per cent of their installed capacities after about one year the sector was privatised. Chinedu Nebo, minister of power, explained that many power plants built to generate electricity were only able to utilise a fraction of their installed…
Fire Outbreak At Lagos International Airport
There was a fire outbreak at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday morning. The fire, which was quickly traced to the electric panel room on the second floor of the terminal by a combined team of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN’s electrical engineers and fire officers, was extinguished shortly…
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