Detained Binance employee, Tigran Gambaryan, has filed a lawsuit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the NSA. Gambaryan said the EFCC and NSA violated his fundamental human right to liberty by detaining him and seizing his travel documents. The other detained employee
Prof. Barth Nnaji, chairman of Geometric Power Group, has attributed the reason he developed the $800m Geometric Power Plant in Aba to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the late James Wolfohnson. He disclosed this at the recently convened leadership colloquium on “Igbo Leadership and Development.” Nnaji linked
Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, today announced a majority investment in of one of the world’s most dynamic and exciting independent record labels, Mavin Global (Mavin). The deal remains subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close by the
The foreign exchange turnover saw a significant rise of 76.61% to $117.32 million, coinciding with the Nigerian naira’s strengthening against the dollar in the official market on Tuesday, February 20th, 2024. However, despite this improvement, the intra-day high remained elevated, reaching N1,701 against the dollar
NOVA Merchant Bank Limited, a leading merchant bank in Nigeria, has announced that it is set to begin its conversion to a full Commercial Banking Business following its recent requisition of the national commercial banking license from the relevant authorities. To this end, the Bank
An official of the Nigerian government on Monday announced a plan to help Nigerian tech startups raise a total of $5 billion yearly in funding rounds by 2027. The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, disclosed the plan in the ministry’s 31-page Strategic
A Nigerian software entrepreneur, Alex Onyia, CEO Educare, has been hailed on social media over the academic initiative he introduced for youngsters of his village to enable them to perform excellently in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) UTME of 2024. Alex revealed on
It was Nelson Mandela who said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” While you’ll hear the occasional debate about the suitability of Nigeria’s current educational system, many will agree that good education can significantly alter the trajectory
Kennedy Ekezie may be 25, but he has lived a life only a few people dream of. At 19, he graduated from the University of Calabar with a Bachelors degree in Philosophy. As a student, he was a member of the debate team and founded a
An estimated 160 million people born in Africa now live outside the continent. For some, education was the vehicle that took them away, but for others, it was work. Yet, most have one thing in common – the need to send money back home to