December 2025 – Page 214

Wizkid’s ‘Morayo’ Tops Nigeria’s 2025 Streaming Charts

06.12.2025

Wizkid’s album ‘Morayo’ has achieved a historic feat, crowned as Nigeria’s most-streamed album of 2025 on both Apple Music and Spotify, despite having been released in the final weeks of 2024. The annual “Wrapped” season arrived with its usual fanfare, and the data revealed a remarkable narrative. Morayo, which debuted on November 22, 2024, carried...

Google.org Funds ATF to Boost AI Talent in Africa

06.12.2025

Google.org has provided $1m to the African Technology Forum to scale its flagship ATF AI Challenge and deepen Africa’s artificial intelligence talent pipeline across four countries. The 37-year-old institution announced the funding in a statement, stating that it would train more than 10,000 university students and young professionals in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa...

PIND & Ford Foundation Boost Host Community Development

06.12.2025

The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta and the Ford Foundation have concluded the Bridges Project with a high-level stakeholders’ dialogue aimed at strengthening the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act’s Host Community Development Trusts in the oil-producing region. In a statement, the two organisations closed the project at a two-day forum titled ‘Four...

Ransom Business That Replaced Armed Robbery

06.12.2025

•I want govt to deploy technology to end insecurity, says Ejiofor•‘There’s compromise among security agents, locals, bandits’ Kidnapping, according to many, now leads among reported criminal cases in today’s Nigeria. The huge monetary gains the culprits enjoy from crime, security experts say, have made it more lucrative than the hitherto dreaded armed robbery. ISIOMA MADIKE,...

Innovation to Drive Nigeria’s Economic Breakthrough

06.12.2025

The Federal Government has asserted that Nigeria possesses the requisite capacity to drive economic transformation across all sectors, leveraging innovation, robust private-sector partnerships, and strategic regional integration. This declaration followed the successful conclusion of the 2025 Nigeria International Trade Fair in Lagos, which the government described as a powerful demonstration of the nation’s rising industrial strength...

Legal representation dispute stalls Nestoil appea

06.12.2025

The proceedings at the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, were halted on Thursday after a dispute arose over who was properly authorised to represent Nestoil Limited and Neconde Energy Limited in a $1bn debt appeal. The appeal, filed by First Trustees Limited and FBNQuest Merchant Bank Limited, is challenging the ruling of Justice Daniel Osiagor...

Cavalli Group inaugurates new board to drive growth

06.12.2025

Cavalli Business and Investment Limited Group has inaugurated a new board of directors as part of its strategy to deepen corporate governance, strengthen its market position and accelerate growth ahead of 2026. The Group Managing Director, Emmanuel Odemayowa, announced the company’s decision during a recent media briefing, describing the transition as a defining moment for...

LEAP Positions Africa as a Global Innovation Hub

06.12.2025

LEAP Africa has reaffirmed Africa’s growing status as a global centre of innovation as it hosted the 12th edition of its Social Innovators Programme and Awards in Lagos on Thursday. The 12th SIPA, a gathering of young innovators, policymakers, financiers, and development leaders, was held under the theme ‘Africa as THE Sector: Maximising Possibilities through...

Intercontinental Distillers Empowers Nigerian Artisans

06.12.2025

Intercontinental Distillers Limited’s brands, Eagle Aromatic Schnapps and Squadron Dark Rum, have empowered artisans and technicians with essential tools and equipment to strengthen their craft and promote sustainable practices during the Lagos Edition of the 2025 Nigerian Artisans and Technicians Conference. The three-day conference, themed ‘Artisan Innovation: Driving Sustainable Practices & Green Technology’, gathered artisans...

Traditional Institutions Remain Irreplaceable, Will Be Preserved Under Tinubu

06.12.2025

The Vice President Kashim Shettima has reiterated the commitment of the administration of President Bola Tinubu to the preservation and protection of traditional institutions in Nigeria. According to him, traditional rulers are the closest to the grassroots and are the leaders and fathers of the society whose institutions outlive every administration. Shettima gave the assurance...