Realnews2019Lecture: Stakeholders Explain Why West Africa Must Look Beyond Oil
By Anayo Ezugwu West African countries have been advised to invest in human capital and improve on their infrastructure in order to ensure economic development since the new wave of oil discoveries cannot guarantee their future economic growth, especially now that the world is investing heavily in renewable and clean energy... Read more
In The New Rivers, The Lord’s Goodness is Manifest
By Simeon Nwakaudu Personally,  I do not like any form of self-praise. It appears to me as gloating,  no matter how it is couched. But with the destructive manipulations of the democratic process,  it is strategic for us to continue to place in the right perspective the magnitude of... Read more
7th News Express Anniversary Lecture Holds In Lagos
A broad spectrum of political, business and social heavyweights are expected to storm the Main Hall of Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikeja, Lagos, for the 7th News Express Anniversary Lecture holding this morning, Thursday, November 14, 2019. The event starts by 11:00 a.m. and is expected to last not... Read more
‘Hold African Leaders Accountable For Bad Governance, Death Of Fleeing Migrants’ – UN Rep, Emelonye
African lawyers have been charged to leverage on their exclusive control of the judicial arms of their governments to enforce and advance the cause of justice, human rights and overall development in the continent. Making the call while giving the opening remarks at the just ended conference of African... Read more
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the Feb.23 general election. Justice Tanko Mohammad, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN),  led six other justices to unanimously dismiss the appeal for lacking in merit. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the other... Read more
FirstBank Celebrates 2019 Customer Service Week, Underscores The Impact Of Customer Service Through A 125-Year Run
Nigeria’s premier and leading financial services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has joined the rest of the world to celebrate the 2019 Customer Service Week themed “The Magic of Service’. The weeklong event is to be celebrated from 7 – 11 October 2019 across the Bank’s over 700... Read more
A Healthcare Administrator Nkem DenChukwu on Wednesday called for suicide prevention and mental health awareness to curb the rising spate of suicide across the country. DenChukwu, who is also an Author and Filmmaker made the call in an interview in Yenagoa noted that suicide was preventable. She advocated the... Read more
Saudi Government Denies Medicine to Religious Prisoner of Conscience
.USCIRF calls for immediate Release of blogger Raif Badawi WASHINGTON DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemns Saudi Arabia’s intensified mistreatment of religious prisoner of conscience Raif Badawi. The Saudi government has denied Badawi access to books and to crucial medicine, and he has... Read more
FirstBank Supports Educational Institutions With FirstEdu
Lagos, 18 September 2019, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has announced its educational solution – FirstEdu – specifically designed to enhance the educational facilities in schools. The FirstEdu product includes FirstEdu loan and FirstEdu portal. FirstEdu loan is targeted at private Nursery... Read more
Mr Tein Jack-Rich, Founder and President, Belema Oil Producing Limited, has assured OML-25 host communities of effective corporate social responsibility when operation resumes on the oil facility. Jack-Rich gave the assurance on Thursday in Kula, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers, when he visited traditional rulers, leaders and women... Read more