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Every season, Big Brother Naija becomes part of the national conversation. An eviction sparks arguments, a housemate becomes the internet’s latest favourite, a task gets people talking and, before long, BBNaija is everywhere on television, social media, radio and entertainment platforms. But beyond the drama is a bigger story about the business built around the show. BBNaija has grown into a platform that brings together television, advertising, digital content, influencer marketing, media and talent development. What happens inside the house may drive the conversation, but what happens around it keeps a much wider group of people and businesses engaged. The…

On the day of the alleged murders, Lamarre-Condon had set his alarm for 04.30 local time, Hatfield claimed, and sent a text to a friend which read: “I’ll try to call you tonight and update you… there’s no sign I’m doing it”.Lamarre-Condon then switched to a burner phone, picked up a rental car and waited outside Baird’s home for three hours dressed as an Uber driver, the prosecution alleged. He had previously bought a surfboard bag to dispose of Baird’s body, Hatfield said.After entering Baird’s home with a key he had previously obtained, Lamarre-Condon shot Baird in the kitchen and…

The same calculator has been on most kids’ back to school shopping list since the early 2000’s and the dominance of Texas Instruments’ calculator division goes back even farther.In the next episode of Version History, David Pierce is joined by The Verge’s Nilay Patel and Victoria Song to tell the story of TI graphing calculators and how one company managed to take over the market and never let it go.This is the second episode of the fifth season of Version History where we’re heading back to school. We’ve already talked about the perilous journeys of The Oregon Trail that many…

The smiles may still be there, the handshakes may still be exchanged, and both men may still profess loyalty to President Bola Tinubu, but beneath the polished political courtesies, something appears to be boiling. As the race for the 2027 election and tussle for power brokers increases, Minister for the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, have suddenly found themselves on opposite sides of an intriguing power contest, one that could have consequences far beyond their personal relationship. Wike, never one to whisper when he can speak loudly, has seemingly opened a new front in…

The BBC’s Annabel Rackham shares some dos and don’ts, following government advice in case of food supply chain disruption.

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has received financing from the African Development Bank (AfDB), Agence Française de Dévelopement (AFD) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) towards the implementation of the Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (iDICE) Programme. The objective of the iDICE Programme is to promote entrepreneurship, boost innovation, create jobs, enhance social development, and achieve economic transformation by fostering growth in the digital technology and creative ecosystem, building on brownfield investments and synergies with ongoing initiatives in Nigeria. As part of implementation arrangements, the iDICE Programme Coordination Unit (PCU) within the Bank of Industry (BOI) – the…

Seven Ethiopian rebel groups have announced they have formed an alliance to remove the government in Addis Ababa and push for a transitional administration.The alliance brings together the Fano militia in Amhara, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and four other smaller groupings in a coalition named Alliance for Survival.The groups accuse Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government of presiding over “war, genocide, mass destruction, and utter poverty”, claiming Ethiopia is at risk of disintegration.Federal authorities have not yet responded.Ethiopia has faced years of armed conflict in Oromia and Amhara, the most populous states in the country.There…

Abdulkareem Kubau The truest measure of an education policy is not the elegance of its declarations, but the number of children whose lives it changes. In Kaduna State, Governor Uba Sani has steadily moved education reform from aspiration to measurable action, confronting one of the gravest threats to the state’s future: the exclusion of children from school. His administration has treated the out-of-school crisis neither as an inherited misfortune nor as an insoluble feature of northern Nigeria, but as an emergency demanding money, evidence, competent management and sustained political will. That seriousness is visible first in the state’s priorities. For…

I write to show my concern towards what happened in the custody of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Niger State Command. If the scene had been properly managed, I feel that evidence could be quickly and easily gotten to prove the cause of the deaths of the suspected illegal miners.  Miners use the following toxic chemicals to weaken soil and rocks, break and washing to extract mineral resources they wanted. The chemicals are Ammonium nitrate plus Fuel oil (ANFO), Sodium cyanide, Mercury, Sulfuric acid, and Xanthates.  ANFO, Ammonium nitrate plus Fuel oil is an explosive for blasting hard…

Nigerian stocks advanced by 2.9 per cent last week, lifted by bank and oil & gas equities. All the sector indexes appreciated during the week. The main equity index has yielded 60.5 per cent so far this year. “Recent broad-based declines have, however, brought several frontline and mid-cap stocks to more attractive entry levels. This could encourage some bargain-hunting during the week,” analysts at Meristem Securities said in a note ahead of the week. PREMIUM TIMES has assembled some stocks with sound fundamentals, adopting rigorous approaches to save you the risk of picking equities at random for investment. The pick,…