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The Rotary Club of Eko Signature has formally installed its Charter President, Rotarian Davina Ogbue, with a clear agenda to leverage corporate partnerships and professional networks for sustainable community development. The installation ceremony in Lagos brought together business leaders, government representatives, and club’s officials who reiterated commitment to humanitarian service. In her address, Ogbue emphasised that leadership in Rotary is ‘a call to action’ rather than prestige.  “We wanted to create a distinct space where the energy, talents and minds of the next generation could be seamlessly channelled into sustainable life-changing service. We began with 20 charter members and has…

Charles Ajunwa Alisa Hotels, Ghana’s leading indigenous hospitality brand, has reaffirmed its commitment to deepening partnerships within the Nigerian travel and corporate markets as it hosted a cocktail reception prior to the 22nd Akwaaba Travel Market. The reception brought together tour operators, travel industry stakeholders and representatives of corporate organisations, including some of the companies and partners with whom Alisa Hotels has built business relationships in Nigeria over the years. The event provided an opportunity for the Alisa Hotels team to reconnect with existing partners, engage prospective clients and showcase the group’s expanding portfolio of accommodation, conferencing, dining and events…

The Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, disclosed this on Friday during the opening ceremony of the 10th meeting of the North East Governors’ Forum in Maiduguri. The post North-east governors raise ₦10.8 billion to form regional airline appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

Applications have opened for the federal government’s iDICE Skills-to-Jobs Programme, which will provide free digital, employability and specialised skills training for 50,000 young people across North-central Nigeria. The programme targets eligible participants aged 15 to 35 in Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau and the Federal Capital Territory, helping them develop practical, job-relevant skills for opportunities in the digital and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sectors. Tech4Dev will implement the programme in a consortium with TeleSoftas and Taltrix, combining virtual, self-paced and in-person learning with employability support, employer engagement, job matching and placement support. The intervention forms part of the Skills-to-Jobs…

Joseph Odok As Nigeria marks 66 years of independence, the anniversary offers more than an occasion for patriotic speeches. It is also an opportunity to ask a practical question at the sub-national level: what has government actually done with the resources and opportunities available to it? In Cross River State, Governor Bassey Edet Otu’s administration has now crossed the three-year mark. Its record should neither be reduced to government publicity nor dismissed through opposition rhetoric. The more useful test is evidence: projects completed, institutions recovered, policies implemented, measurable outputs and, equally important, unresolved problems. That evidence presents a more complicated…

Dike Onwuamaeze In a country with a record low savings and investments, the Co-Founder/Chief Executive Officer of Piggyvest, Mr. Somto Ifezue, has announced that the company has mobilised over nine million Nigerians and transformed them to committed savers and investors for assured financial freedom. Ifezue announced this last month during the company’s ‘Open House’ event at the National Theatre, Lagos, to mark the 10th anniversary of Piggyvest, a saving and investment digital platform. He said, “We are trying to transform Nigeria into more of a productive country. And in order for it to be productive, there has to be savings…

Higher Education Secretary NTA: The Secretary of the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Smt. Deepti Gaur Mukherjee, carried out a detailed inspection of the infrastructure and administrative structure of the recently formed National Testing Agency (NTA) office located on Minto Road, New Delhi, today, October 3, 2026. The inspection, which was accompanied by high-ranking officers from NTA, involved examining the modern facility for operations, administrative processes, and the confidential zone of high security to establish foolproof and leak proof processes for national competitive exams that will soon be organized.This comes after NTA recently relocated from its old offices…

I muffled my sobs with a pillow so my family couldn’t hear me from the adjacent room. I was 19 years old and we were in Paris, staying on the top floor of an old six-story walkup where every step echoed through the thin walls. I was trying, and failing, to hide the emotional war I had decided to wage on my body. Who does that on a family vacation? In Europe, no less?Pulling tear-soaked strands of hair off my cheeks, I stood in front of a full-length mirror and grabbed the fat of my thighs. If only I could…

Soy sauce was created in China about 2,200 years ago, as a means to preserve food and to zhoosh up the humble vegetarian Buddhist diet. It’s a demonstration in kokumi – literally “rich taste” – a flavour sensation that’s often called the sixth taste.I tested all of today’s soy sauces straight from the bottle, in all their intensity. I first identified distinctive aromas such as cooked potato, sulphur and broth (all typical in soy sauce and not as off-putting as they sound), alongside caramel and malty notes. The best ones are more nuanced, with fruity high notes and vinous tones.The…

Between the treetops, I can see the towers of a distant mist-shrouded castle. Is it possible I could make contact with the spirit of the great Welsh hero Owain Glyndŵr so soon, at the very start of our hike? We are not even on the actual trail of Glyndŵr’s Way. I’ve had to make a detour to find accommodation that takes dogs, as Stevie the terrier is with me. The Castle Inn at Knucklas is a mile off the route, and two miles or so from the pretty border town of Knighton – where the 135-mile (217km) Glyndŵr’s Way officially begins.The towers slide away behind…