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The Chandler Good Government Index, released for the first time, places Nigeria as the third-worst governed country in the world. The report noted that the ability to handle corruption properly is the strongest indicator of good governance. Thus the CGGI ranked Nigeria 102 out of 104 countries with a score of...

Lagos State Government has rolled out a $20 million Coronavirus (COVID-19) Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (Lagos CARES) Programme to support livelihood for poor and vulnerable households and to expand food security services in the State. At the State House, Alausa, on Wednesday, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu launched the social intervention...

UEFA has released a new statement after the English Premier League, EPL, clubs withdrew from European Super League on Tuesday. UEFA, in a statement on Wednesday by its president, Aleksander Ceferin, said it was crucial that the 12 clubs who formed the European Super League ‘moves on’ after making a...

Tottenham Hotspur chairman, Daniel Levy, sacked Jose Mourinho as the club’s manager because the former Chelsea coach planned to rest several key players in Spurs’ Premier League clash against Southampton on Wednesday evening. According to football transfer expert, Duncan Castles, Mourinho wanted to rest the players because of Tottenham’s League...

Counterpoint Technology Market Research, a global research firm specializing in products in the TMT (technology, media and telecom) industry, just released a report in late April showing that TECNO managed to replace Samsung as Africa’s top smartphone brand for the first time in 2020, riding on a successful launch of...

The trio of Lagos, Rivers, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have topped the list of states with the highest amount of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2020. This is according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its report titled ‘Internally Generated Revenue At State Level (Q4 And...

Plus-size Nigerian actress, Eniola Badmus has taken to her Instagram page to pen down an emotional note after she bagged a multi-million ambassadorial with the Lagos State Waste Management Agency (LAWNA). Her ambassadorial deal with Lagos State Waste Management Agency (LAWNA) follows after she was mocked about two months over...

The federal government in partnership with the African Development Bank (AFDB) and other stakeholders has concluded plans to commence a Special-Agro Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) Programme aimed at concentrating agro-processing activities in demarcated areas to boost productivity and integrate production, processing and marketing of selected commodities. Under the programme, the...