Only 20% of Funded African Tech Startups Had a Female Founder in 2022
African tech’s gender problem is only getting worse, with just 20.2 per cent of 633 funded ventures in 2022 having…
CBN Denies 70-Day Extension of Old Notes Shared By Aisha Buhari
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked a purported story it issued or shared on the Instagram page of…
UK Envoy Wants Nigeria’s Next President to Hike Taxes
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing has listed raising taxation among three things Nigeria’s next president should focus…
Femi Fani-Kayode’s absence stalls trial, lawyer blames it on DSS grilling
The forgery trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja…
Court of Appeal affirms Oyebanji as Ekiti governor
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, has affirmed Biodun Oyebanji as the winner of the governorship…
Presidential Poll: INEC Meets Thabo Mbeki-led Commonwealth Observers
With less than five days to the presidential elections in Nigeria, the commonwealth observer mission to Nigeria on Monday met…
No President in Nigeria’s History Came Prepared for the Job – Kukah
In the 62-year history of Nigeria, spanning democratic and military governments, no president or head of state was ready to…
Ezekwesili Accuses FG of Using Naira Swap Poicy to Target ‘Criminals’ It Knows
A former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has expressed strong criticism of the naira swap policy of the Central…
Elections: Resist Illegal Sit-at-Home Order in S/East – Ohanaeze Reechoes
The Apex Igbo Socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has again, urged the people of Southeast to resist the sit-at-home order…
We didn’t ask banks to collect old N500, N1,000 notes — CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said it did not direct banks to collect the old N500 and N1,000,…