Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

Femi Rogers: Nigeria Placed to Lead Global Digital Economy He is an entrepreneur with over 29 years of experience in real estate investment-financing, construction, acquisition, project management, and sales. That’s Femi Rogers, the CEO of Roston Group, a firm that also specializes in the construction of spec homes in Nigeria and the United States. Rogers hails from Ondo State, and a graduate of University of Ado Ekiti now Ekiti State University. He talks to select journalists, including Olaoluwakitan Babatunde about his life and businesses. Walk us through your business journey from the furniture business to the oil and gas industry,…

94 Scholars Appraise Buhari’s Eight Years of Governance in a Compendium A team of 94 academics, researchers and experts have come together to chronicle former President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight years in office. Their findings, documented in a five-volume compendium, scored the immediate past administration around governance and development across sectors in his eight years tenure. Themed: ‘Muhammadu Buhari: The Nigerian Legacy (2015-2023)’, the 125 chapters series initiated by May Publishing Limited captures the policies, programmes, projects, challenges, achievements and shortcomings of the former president, including his ascension to power. Addressing journalists about the work in Lagos, recently, Project Director and…

Technology Usage: Nigeria Ranked 109th Globally, 11th in Africa The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has revealed that Nigeria is ranked 109th globally and 11th in Africa in terms of technology usage, citing the Network Readiness Index (NRI). He was of the view that the 109th rating is not good for Nigeria which has 82 per cent of the mobile network subscribers base in Africa. Danbatta disclosed this at the opening ceremony of the Forum on Emerging Technologies organised by NCC in Abuja with the theme ‘Contextualising the Network Readiness Index (NRI) for…

94 Scholars Appraise Buhari’s Eight Years of Governance in a Compendium A team of 94 academics, researchers and experts have come together to chronicle former President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight years in office. Their findings, documented in a five-volume compendium, scored the immediate past administration around governance and development across sectors in his eight years tenure. Themed: ‘Muhammadu Buhari: The Nigerian Legacy (2015-2023)’, the 125 chapters series initiated by May Publishing Limited captures the policies, programmes, projects, challenges, achievements and shortcomings of the former president, including his ascension to power. Addressing journalists about the work in Lagos, recently, Project Director and…

Technology Usage: Nigeria Ranked 109th Globally, 11th in Africa The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has revealed that Nigeria is ranked 109th globally and 11th in Africa in terms of technology usage, citing the Network Readiness Index (NRI). He was of the view that the 109th rating is not good for Nigeria which has 82 per cent of the mobile network subscribers base in Africa. Danbatta disclosed this at the opening ceremony of the Forum on Emerging Technologies organised by NCC in Abuja with the theme ‘Contextualising the Network Readiness Index (NRI) for…

Government Has No Obligation To Support Businesses Sijibomi Ogundele OPEN LETTER TO MR. PRESIDENT Dear Mr. President In 1978, Steve Jobs raised over a million dollars from the garage of his house through the use of his intellectual collateral, not a property, to develop the largest technology company and the biggest firm in the world today by market capitalization. The multi-trillion-dollar vision with a backbone of public research funding from the U.S. government was achieved based on the national importance of driving innovation and as a sign that government’ investment and its initial leg into great companies do not only…

‘I’ll Be Back Stronger Next Year,’ Amusan Says After 100m World Title Defeat Nigerian track queen, Tobi Amusan, has said she will be back stronger next year after losing the world women’s 100m hurdles crown to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams on Thursday in Budapest. In an interview with journalists after the game, Amusan said, it was quite “a journey getting into the final” despite all she had gone through in the last couple of weeks. “I Just want to say a huge thank you to who has been supporting me through the ups and downs, Ya’ll stood by me, kept praying…

FIFA rankings: Super Falcons move up 8 spots, now 32nd in world Super Falcons players celebrate one of their goals Nigeria’s women’s Football National team, the Super Falcons, have moved eight places up to become 32nd in the world and first in Africa in the latest FIFA ranking released on Friday. Super Falcons were previously in 40th place in the rankings released in June before the 2023 World Cup. The Super Falcons had the second highest point increase of 94.14 to move from 1554.94 to 1649.08. They were only second behind Morocco, who had a point increase of 104.22 to…

I was 5 when P’square released ‘Bizzy body’ – Paul Okoye’s girlfriend, Ivy Ivy Ifeoma, the 23-year-old girlfriend of Paul Okoye, popularly known as Rudeboy, has shared an intriguing tidbit about her age in relation to one of P-Square’s classic hits. The song in question is none other than “Bizzy Body,” a track that made waves in the music scene many years back. The TikTok post featured Ifeoma dancing enthusiastically to the tune, prompting a curious fan to inquire about her age when the song was a hit. The inquisitive fan’s question was direct: “How old were you when ur…

Oluremi Tinubu urges digital literacy for women First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, reiterated the importance of digital literacy and its role in fostering economic independence amongst women. She stated this at the closing ceremony of the Renewed Hope Initiative RHI/NITDA Women Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Training Empowerment Programme for 35 women across the Federal Capital, Abuja. Oluremi, who presented the women with a grant of N100, 000 and new laptop each, at the Presidential banquet hall at the end of the programme said: “these skills are indispensable tools for driving growth and innovation. “Also, the…