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          Leading Agribusiness Company Reaches Over 625,000 Smallholder Farmers Across Nigeria Through Financing, Extension Services, Processing, and Market Integration  Palm Valley Nigeria Limited (PVNL), a leading Nigerian agribusiness and agricultural development company, continues to strengthen its position as one of the country’s most impactful rural development partners, having supported over 625,000 smallholder farmers across multiple states since its establishment in 2008. Founded with a vision of improving and sustaining the livelihoods of women and youth in rural communities, PVNL has evolved into a full-service agricultural development and agribusiness company delivering innovative financing, certified agricultural inputs, modern processing solutions, extension services, produce aggregation, and market linkage support across major crop value chains including maize, soybean, rice, and ginger. Driven by its core values of Collaboration, Integrity, ...

 Codar has announced a strategic partnership with the Interswitch Developer Community, marking a significant step toward expanding practical learning and career opportunities for emerging tech talent in Nigeria. The partnership was activated through the Interswitch Buildathon 2026, a national hackathon that brought together developers from across the country to build innovative solutions using Interswitch’s payment APIs and developer infrastructure. Through the collaboration, Codar students participated in the four-day competition, gaining hands-on experience in product development, technical collaboration, and real-world problem solving. The partnership has already delivered strong results. Students from Codar finished among the Top 11 teams in the Buildathon, with three teams progressing into the Interswitch Developer Community Mentorship Program, where they will receive ongoing mentorship, technical support, and access to industry opportunities. The collaboration reflects a shar...

  A new ride-hailing platform has arrived. It is called Cruz. The platform is now live with structured ride categories, transparent pricing, and an automatic 10% discount for every new user. Cruz also offers executive rentals in Benin, Warri, Asaba, Abuja, Lagos, and Port Harcourt. For Everyone, Not Just One Type of Rider Whether you are a student heading to class, a worker going to the office, or a government official attending a meeting, you deserve a ride you can trust. Existing platforms often treat different riders the same way. Cruz is doing the opposite. "Your trip matters. Your time matters. You should not have to guess what you are booking." For Riders: 10% Off and Clear Categories Every new user gets 10% off their first ride. No code required. Ride categories are simple: Category Who It Is For Essential Students, daily commuters, budget-conscious riders Premium Workers, professionals, regular trips with comfort Executive Government officials, business travel, special occas...

    By Ayo Yakubu As Nigeria continues to grapple with security incidents, road accidents, medical emergencies, and disaster-related events, concerns around emergency response coordination remain a recurring issue for citizens and public safety stakeholders. Industry observers note that in many emergency situations, delays are not always caused by the absence of responders but by communication breakdowns that prevent critical information from reaching the appropriate authorities on time. It is within this context that AmBa Technology Solutions Limited, a Nigerian public safety technology startup, is developing a digital platform designed to improve how emergency information is reported, shared, and escalated among citizens, institutions, and response agencies. Founded by technology entrepreneur Onovo George Timothy, the company is building what it describes as an integrated emergency response and public safety ecosystem aimed at strengthening coordination during critical incid...

By Ifeanyi Olabode  | Nigeria is currently in the middle of a massive, uncritical romance with large language models. Across commercial hubs in Lagos and tech incubators in Yaba, artificial intelligence tools are hailed as the ultimate economic equalizer. Corporate executives, civil servants, and freelance software engineers use these platforms daily to summarize legal briefs, analyze financial spreadsheets, and draft internal strategies. But beneath this layer of rapid adoption lies a severe digital vulnerability that the local ecosystem is completely ignoring. While local users treat chatbot windows as secure personal diaries, global actors have weaponized the hidden spaces of the internet. The reality of this vulnerability became clear with OpenAI’s rollout of Lockdown Mode. This defense mechanism was built specifically to counter prompt injection attacks, a method where bad actors hide malicious instructions inside webpages, files, or cached data. When a chatbot reads this ...

   Benjamin Kelechi Ukaegbu is a Nigerian entrepreneur, technology executive, brand strategist, philanthropist, and community development advocate whose work spans information technology, commercial printing, branding, humanitarian services, business networking, and enterprise development across Africa and beyond. Born on February 5, 1981, in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria, Benjamin was raised in a family deeply rooted in education, entrepreneurship, and resilience. Growing up in his grandfather’s household, he was influenced by strong family values, discipline, and a commitment to hard work. His mother, a dedicated educator, instilled in him the virtues of diligence, integrity, and lifelong learning, while his father, an entrepreneur and mechanical engineer, inspired him through his ventures in manufacturing and power solutions. Benjamin’s entrepreneurial foundation was shaped by witnessing both success and adversity firsthand. His father’s manufacturing business in Aba was once a ...

    By Okoye Catherine A landmark research paper co-published by the African Chamber of Content Producers (ACCP) and the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) Ghana has identified the respectful, cross-party relationships among Ghana’s parliamentary leaders as a primary driver of the country’s democratic stability. The study, which surveyed 400 citizens across seven regions of Ghana, concludes that when political leaders model cordiality across party lines, their followers see no reason for conflict, a lesson the researchers say can be replicated across Africa. The paper, titled “Institutionalizing a Strong and Responsible Opposition for Democratic Resilience in Africa: A Ghana Case Study (2025/2026 Review)” , is already available as a preprint on ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Zenodo, and SSRN. Its findings have been submitted to peer-reviewed international journals and are now being positioned as a practical roadmap for achieving Aspiration 3 of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, an A...

  By Seyi Abu A Nigerian technology innovation company, VaKYum Innovation, is set to launch a groundbreaking product aimed at transforming the landscape of global academic recruitment and remote education. The product, named ‘Lecturiing’, is a professional networking and job-matching platform designed to connect higher educational institutions with qualified lecturers across the globe for remote lecturing opportunities. The platform is expected to bridge gaps in local and international academic recruitment by enabling universities and colleges to source, verify and hire qualified lecturers remotely through a single digital ecosystem. Speaking on the initiative, VaKYum Innovation’s Chief Technology Officer Rasheed Olabisi Owolewa PhD, said the platform was developed to address challenges associated with recruiting qualified academic talent locally and across borders while creating opportunities for lecturers to access global teaching engagements. According to him, the primary users ...

By Jackson Adams Every great album tells a story. Sometimes that story is obvious. Other times, it reveals itself through the emotions that connect one song to the next. On The Lonely Tribe, Emanvee creates one of the album’s most compelling narratives through two songs that sit on opposite sides of emotional recovery: “Broken Promises” and “Found.” Together, the records tell a story many listeners will recognize. It is the journey from heartbreak to healing. From disappointment to acceptance. From losing yourself in someone else to finding yourself again. “Broken Promises” begins in the aftermath of betrayal. The song captures the frustration of investing love, trust, and loyalty into a relationship only to discover that the commitment was not shared equally. The lyrics paint the picture of someone who remained present during difficult times while watching the other person slowly withdraw. “You call my phone only when e sweet. When life hard, you retreat.” Rather than focusing on ange...

 The traditional Nigerian ‘Owambe’ is no longer just a localized Saturday ritual of colorful Aso-Ebi, heavy percussion, and curated local delicacies. Over the past decade, this unique cultural phenomenon has quietly transformed into a highly structured, multi-million dollar global export. Today, premium celebratory productions are cutting across international borders, commanding major event venues from London and Birmingham to Houston, Toronto, and Accra. This globalization of celebration marks a significant shift in how the African diaspora connects with home, turning milestone birthdays and weddings into high-production masterclasses. What used to be intimate community gatherings have evolved into global destination events requiring complex cross-continental logistics, elite multi-genre sound curation, and meticulous crowd orchestration. Industry experts note that executing an event of this scale requires a deep understanding of cultural nuances combined with international produc...

   By Dada Guru Tags: tree planting in Nigeria, climate adaptation, heatwave resilience, Parkia biglobosa, community reforestation, youth climate action, Gombe State Ask anyone who grew up in a hot place about the tree they remember. There is almost always one. The mango in the compound. The Dongoyaro tree by the road. The shade where elders sat and children played in the worst heat of the afternoon. You never really think about that tree until the day it is gone and the sun comes straight for you. Shade is one of those gifts you only notice once you have lost it. In Akkoyel, a community in Kumo East LGA, Gombe State, that shade has been thinning for years. The land is semi-arid, the rains are unreliable, and the temperatures keep climbing. So, in May 2026, 60 school children and more than 40 community members did something about it. They planted 100 trees, and in doing so they planted something harder to measure: a generation that will remember why those trees are there. The ...

By Rita Uwa Nigeria’s hospitality industry runs on constant motion—guests checking in and out, transactions flowing across POS systems, staff rotating through shifts. But beneath that activity lies a structural problem that many operators struggle to quantify: revenue leakage. It’s not always obvious. There’s no single moment where things “break.” Instead, losses happen quietly—through inconsistent reporting, missed entries, untracked discounts, and operational blind spots that compound over time. For years, most hospitality businesses have relied on after-the-fact reporting to understand performance. By the time discrepancies show up, the opportunity to fix them has already passed. A growing number of founders believe that model is broken. One of them is the team behind Anli, a Nigerian startup building what it describes as a real-time monitoring and intelligence layer for hospitality businesses. Turning Hospitality Operations Into Live Data Streams At a high level, Anli is tackling a...

  By Brian Gordon Marvin Empire Nigeria Limited, a diversified Nigerian company is building a multi-sector ecosystem that combines musical instrument education, creative entrepreneurship, business support services, and herbal wellness solutions under a unified vision of empowering individuals and businesses to realize their potential and create sustainable opportunities for growth. Founded by entrepreneur and professional guitarist Ojikutu Mayowa Babatunde, Marvin Empire Nigeria Limited has evolved from a music-focused venture into a diversified enterprise serving customers across education, entertainment, entrepreneurship, and wellness sectors. The company's growth reflects a broader trend among emerging Nigerian businesses seeking to create value across multiple industries while maintaining a common focus on skills development, innovation, and practical solutions. The journey began in 2015 when Ojikutu identified a gap in access to musical instrument services and training. Throug...