President Muhammadu Buhari evening joined his Zambian and Ethiopian counterparts in calling for unity among African countries to demand unconditional repatriation of assets stolen from the continent. The call came at a high-level event on Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) held on the sidelines of the ongoing 74th United Nations General Assembly in New York.                 The theme of the event was “Promotion of International Cooperation to Combat Illicit Financial Flows and Strengthen Good Practices on Assets Recovery and Return to Foster Sustainable Development”. According to some estimate ..read more

The United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF) has pledged to continue to support the education, health and sanitation programmes of the present administration to enhance the living condition of Nigerians. Mr Maulid Warfa, the UNICEF Chief Field Officer in charge of Kano, Katsina and Jigawa States, made the pledge on Wednesday in Katsina, when he paid a courtesy visit to Gov. Aminu Masari. He told the governor that he hails from Ethiopia, who moved to Nigeria as UNICEF Chief Field Officer from Iraq. Warfa commended Masari for being a champion of education since he became the governor of the st ..read more

Rotimi Salami is a multiple award-winning actor and film maker, who has created his own space in the make believe world. In this interview with OLATUNDUN ELIZABETH, he shares his experience as an actor, his dreams of becoming a politician, among other issues. Can you share your grass-to-grace story? Just like every other celebrity out there, mine is not so different. I dreamt of probably being an actor someday in life but I never understood how to go by it. Many years back, 2006/2007, I met with a friend and I told him I thought I can act. I never said I was better than any of these actors ..read more

The Filmhouse Imax Cinemas, Lekki, Lagos, was the place to last Sunday, as movie stars and celebrities turned up for the premiere of the movie Made In Heaven. The star-studded event, which was amplified by the Angels and Demons dress code, was well attended by the crème of the entertainment and business world. The premiere which heralds the Friday September 20 release of the movie was attended by the cast and crew of the movie including Ay, Lasisi Elenu, Nancy Isime, Uche Nwaefuna, Jdess, Jay Franklin Jituboh, Chinonso Young, and the producers Darlington Abuda and Aloysius Okeke. Majority ..read more

Aside the challenge of capital for fintechs, insufficient human resource remains a major concern for operators in Nigeria’s financial industry, experts have said. Experts expressed worry over the rising deficit of software developers and subsequently called for more employable graduates. With the survival of any financial firm based on their level of automation and technology adoption, while some fintechs have resorted to employing human resource outside the country, experts noted that it does not still provide the option. According to them, this is due to the cost of onboarding them, lack ..read more

Everyone seems to be moving to the cloud. If your company hasn’t, it can start to feel like the rapture has taken place, and you’re the only ones left behind. Cloud computing has created a workload-location decision process that businesses must confront sooner or later. Gartner recently predicted that by 2025, “80% of enterprises will migrate entirely away from on-premises data centres”. According to the report, the trend of moving workloads away from the premises will continue, leading most businesses to shut down their traditional data centres. In Nigeria, specifically in Lagos and Abuja ..read more

Every industry is noticing the effects of changing generational preferences and technological progress. The ways we shop, socialize, and amuse ourselves have all shifted into the digital age, limiting our opportunities to make real, in-person connections. The tasks that once got us out and about among our communities are now handled through screens, slipping us into a space of digital isolation. However, the need for social and emotional experiences hasn’t gone away, and this shift is fueling a growing desire for real-life experiences and face-to-face interaction. As recently stated in For ..read more

The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has written to Fifa for an explanation of its missing votes for the Best Fifa Men’s Player award. The EFA says that Pharaohs’ acting coach Shawky Gharib and captain Ahmed Elmohamady placed votes for Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah that were not counted. Neither are included in the voting breakdown on Fifa’s website. Since the awards ceremony, Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah has removed ‘Egypt’ from his Twitter profile. His profile now simply reads: “Footballer for Liverpool FC.” He also posted a Tweet which translates as: “Whatever they do to try to change ..read more

The ongoing controversy surrounding the office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo over an alleged strained relationship between him and his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari, took a new dimension yesterday when the former in a statement declared his readiness to waive his constitutional immunity to “enable the most robust adjudication” of several baseless allegations, insinuation, and falsehoods against his person and office.   Last week, Buhari set up an Economic Advisory Council (EAC) which, according to a statement from by his media aide, was to replace the Economic Management Team (E ..read more

One Democrat described it as "disturbing" while a Republican said it was "troubling". The complaint refers to a controversial phone call between Mr Trump and the Ukrainian president, US media say. The latest developments come as the acting director of US intelligence is due to testify on the issue. Joseph Maguire's account of the complaint by an unnamed intelligence officer will be closely scrutinised when he appears before members of the House Intelligence Committee later on Thursday. The content of the complaint is still classified but the most senior Democrat in the US Senate, Chuck Schum ..read more