Africa ranks low in global business environment rankings

Singapore, Canada and Denmark will be the three countries with the best business environment over the next five years, according to the latest business environment rankings, BER, by the Economic Intelligence Unit, EIU. EIU’s BER measures the attractiveness of the business environment in 82 countries quarterly, using a standard analytical framework with 91 indicators. The latest ranking for the second quarter of 2023 shows that North America and Western Europe continue to be the best...

LAUTECH bans staff, students from driving tinted vehicles

The management of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, has proscribed the use of tinted vehicles by staff and students. The school also banned student car owners from bringing their cars to school, as well as roadside parking within the school premises. According to a memo signed by the institution’s registrar, Dr Kayode Ogunleye, the regulations are part of the measures to curb motor accidents on campus. The school management further mandated that learner...

Peter Obi returns to social media after a four-day break

…speaks about challenges of reclaiming mandate After being conspicuously absent from social media for four days, Peter Obi, Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, is back to social media. Obi returned to social media on Tuesday after his last post on Friday, April 14, 2023, to reiterate the mission to reclaim his mandate and encourage his supporters to have faith as he goes through the process of challenging the victory of Bola...

Full list of nominees for AMVCA 2023

The nominees for the 2023 edition of the African Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards, AMVCA, were unveiled on Sunday. The AMVCAs recognise and celebrate the best of talent and creativity in the African film and television industry, by giving actors and other professionals the platform to showcase their skills and get the recognition they rightfully deserve. It has become one of the most prestigious awards in the continent’s entertainment industry. The categories unveiled featured 14 voting...

5,068 Nigerian Christians killed in 2022, 1,041 in 2023 – Report

A new report by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) says 5,068 Nigerian Christians were massacred in 2022 while over 3,000 were kidnapped. The report also said that 1,041 Christians have been killed and 707 abducted in the first 100 days of 2023 – between January 1 and April 10. Intersociety says that Christians of Benue, Kaduna, Plateau, Taraba, Niger, Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, and Kebbi states are worse affected by...

Fashola clears the air on the controversies about President-elect Tinubu

Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing has dismissed the controversies surrounding the  President-elect, Bola Tinubu, noting that “those issues don’t matter”. Tinubu has been embroiled in a series of scandals lately which borders on his identity, age, academic qualifications, and source of wealth. The latest is the allegation that he holds dual citizenship. Speaking in an interview on Channels TV on Sunday, Fashola, who was Tinubu’s chief of staff during his tenure as the...

Twitter locks David Hundeyin’s account for ‘posting private information’ of Tinubu’s dual citizenship

Two days after he shared evidence of the undisclosed dual citizenship of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, Investigative journalist David Hundeyin has been locked out of his Twitter account. Hundeyin’s media platform, West Africa Weekly disclosed the development on Twitter After posting evidence of @officialABAT's undisclosed dual citizenship and perjurous INEC EC9 declaration, West Africa Weekly founder @DavidHundeyin's Twitter account has been maliciously reported for "posting private information" and is temporarily locked. pic.twitter.com/QFxcapDmMc — West Africa...

Tinubu’s Guinean passport ignite renewed agitations over his election victory

The controversy about the President-elect, Bola Tinubu has taken a fresh plot after his Guinean passport, which shows that he holds dual citizenship, surfaced on social media. On Saturday, investigative journalist David Hundeyin shared photos of a Guinean diplomatic passport bearing ‘Bola Ahmed Tinubu’ and the President-elect’s image on his Twitter page. The passport was issued in October 2015 and expired in October 2020. Hundeyin also shared a section of Tinubu’s EC-9 form — application...

WhatsApp adds new security features to protect users against hackers

To give users extra layers of privacy, WhatsApp has rolled out three new security features: account protect, device verification, and automatic security codes. The additional security features were announced in a blog post by Whatsapp on Thursday. According to the blog post, the ‘account protect’ feature alerts users of an unauthorised attempt to move their Whatsapp account to another device. “If you need to switch your WhatsApp account to a new device – we want...

Tinubu is having a ‘working rest’ in Europe, there will be ‘no dulling’ once he returns – APC

The All Progressives Congress, APC, says the President-elect, Bola Tinubu will swing into action immediately after he returns from Europe. Felix Morka, the national publicity secretary of the party, said this during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday. The West African Pilot News had reported that Tinubu left the country three days after the 2023 general election with his spokesperson, Tunde Rahman saying that the President-elect travelled to Paris “to rest...

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