Advertisers Association of Nigeria (ADVAN) echoed very strongly the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) call on all brands globally to hold social media platforms to account in light of recent failures to block dangerous and hateful content. In supporting the position WFA Regional Vice President for Africa, Folake Ani-Mumuney reiterated that while companies must decide their own…
 The monthly get-together of widows and orphans with Ibrahim Kadafir Mshelia Foundation is scheduled for Maiduguri, end of March. In a release by the sectional manager of the foundation, Comrade Segun Jones, he said the coming event will bring together widows and orphans from the North East to take stock and further evaluate their basic…
In the face of considerable campaigns to curb irregular migration and the deportation of thousands of Nigerians deserted in Libya in Europe, we are yet to see the end of the dehumanization, suffering and oppression Nigerian migrants face outside the country in their pursuit of greener pastures. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) with the…
·        Over 1,000 African entrepreneurs from African 54 countries to participate in the 2019 Cohort ·        Event to be live-streamed on TEFConnect – Africa’s digital entrepreneurship hub  The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the leading African philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs, will announce the selected applicants for the 2019 cohort of the Foundation’s flagship Entrepreneurship Programme on…
After three stellar exposés of the biggest culinary experience in Africa, the GTBank Food and Drink Festival is getting bigger for the 4th edition, which will hold for 4 days from Sunday, 28th April, to Wednesday 1st May 2019 at the GTCentre, Plot 1, Water Corporation Drive, Oniru, Lagos. Created in 2016 by leading African financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, the GTBank Food and…
Olowu of Kuta, His Royal Highness , Oba Hammed Adekunle Makama,has warned unscrupulous politicians to stop politicising the army. Olowu in a statement issued on Tuesday said the report from some states in the south south indicated that military were used to perpetuate violence on the innocent citizens. He warned desperate politicians to stop dragging…
Colleagues, students and friends of Pius Adesanmi gathered at Carleton University’s Institute of African Studies Monday to share stories and weep for the Nigerian-born professor and writer who headed the institute. Adesanmi was one of 18 Canadians who died on board an Ethiopian Airlines jet Sunday. The plane, which was en route to Nairobi, Kenya,…
Nigeria’s prolific writer, Professor Professor Pius Adesanmi, who died on the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines, predicted his own death a day before the crash. In his last Facebook post on Saturday, Adesanmi made a statement that portrayed him as a man who had premonition about his death. In the post, the deceased said “if I take…
One of Nigeria best brains and prolific writer Professor Pius Adesanmi is dead. He was among the 149 people in the Ethiopian Airline that crashed early this morning enroute Nairobi Kenya from Adiss Ababa the capital of Ethiopia . Professor Pius Adesanmi, a Nigerian professor with Carlton University in Canada is among those that died…
The family of slain female lawyer, Feyisayo Obot who was killed in her hotel room in Ikeja, Lagos have just issued an official statement to set the records straight and demand answers from the police. Already, the Lagos state command have arrested a murder suspect who allegedly snuffed the life out of the female lawyer in her…
