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From Kampala to City Hall: how Zohran Mamdani, the Ugandan-born socialist, became New York’s next big hope Zohran Kwame Mamdani’s path to the brink of becoming New York City’s first Muslim and Indian-origin mayor began far from Manhattan’s glass towers. Born in Kampala to renowned Ugandan academic Mahmood Mamdani and acclaimed Indian filmmaker Mira Nair, […]

Cowrywise has announced plans to launch an investment application to expand wealth-building access for Nigerians. The new app is expected to roll out in the coming weeks, where customers can explore, buy, and manage investment products that include mutual funds, fixed-income instruments, and other tech-enabled assets. Read also: Football For Good: Cowrywise Combines Sports and Social […]

The Queen Consort of Warri Kingdom, Her Majesty, Olori Atuwatse III, delivered a keynote address at the 2025 FLAIR Summit in London, calling on African nations to consciously recognise and elevate women’s leadership at all levels of society from homes and markets to statehouses and boardrooms. Speaking during a high-level session of the First Ladies […]

…As Niger, FCT win 25th national finals It was a defining moment for thousands of secondary school students who participated in the 2025 Milo Schools basketball championship at the National Stadium Lagos. The basketball championship which started with about 13,000 secondary schools across four conferences was reduced to just 12 schools for both boys and […]

Ifenyinwa Ani-Osheki, executive secretary Enugu State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, with the traditional ruler of host community, and other health personnel as the Enugu State flagged off Child Health Week. Enugu State government has urged pregnant and nursing mothers to make use of the modern and equipped health facilities in their various rural areas instead […]

Kayode Peters, the acclaimed Nigerian filmmaker, director and actor celebrated for his pioneering work in theatre and television, has died in Toronto after a prolonged battle with illness. Peters’ family confirmed his passing in a statement shared via his official Instagram page on Saturday, June 28, 2025. “It is with profound sadness that we announce […]

It’s a Sunday afternoon in Ikeja. A group of men gather under a zinc-roofed kiosk, playing draughts and sipping sachets of gin as Afrobeats pulses from a nearby loudspeaker. Laughter erupts often, loud and rowdy, but beneath the noise is a quiet agreement: emotions don’t belong here. There are stories, sure, of jobs lost, children […]

When Gift Nosa started selling hair from her home in Lagos, she had no shop, no website, and barely any money for marketing. “I uploaded pictures of human hair on my WhatsApp status, and that is how I got my customers,” she recalled. “I sent broadcast messages to my contacts, and people began sending me […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has notified all capital market stakeholders and prospective issuers that the submission and processing of applications for the issuance of Commercial Papers (CPs) would commence on July 1, 2025. This development according to the SEC is in line with the “Rules on Issuance of Commercial Papers” issued on December […]

… To take effect January 1, 2026 … Experts raise implementation concerns in states President Bola Tinubu on Thursday signed Nigeria’s four boldest tax bills into law. Analysts say these tax laws will renew investor confidence in the Nigerian economy, unlock billions of naira in revenue while protecting small businesses and workers. Zacch Adedeji, special […]