Federal Government Should Give Full Scholarship To All Medical Students
Every literate person knows that we don't have enough medical doctors in Nigeria, because the doctor-patient ratio of 1:6400 in Nigeria falls short of the World Health Organization (WHO) standard of...
View ArticleFemi Kuti with Supermodel Alek Wek and other Stars on the Gold Carpet in America
Femi Kuti, Alek Wek and other African celebrities and trailblazers arriving on the gold carpet for the 2014 FACE List Awards. Face2face Africa honored six African pioneers at the annual FACE List...
View ArticleTuition Free Universities in Finland, Austria, Norway, Germany and Sweden
Tuition Free Universities in Finland »studyinfinland.fi says:Since university education is funded by the State through the Ministry of Education, students enrolled in regular degree studies pay no...
View ArticleI Have Worked with the Best in Nollywood - Chris Orioha-Marcus
Chris Orioha-Marcus, the first Assistant Director of Lancelot Imasuen’s epic “Invasion 1897” is one of the few good directors in Nollywood and he believes more in his works speaking for him than making...
View ArticleTwo Nigerians in Contest for $75,000 Anzisha Prize for Young Entrepreneurs
Chukwuwezam Obanor.Two young Nigerians Chukwuwezam Obanor, 22, working in Nigeria and Chineye Okoro Onu, 19, working in Ghana are among the 12 finalists shortlisted for the 2014 Anzisha Prize...
View ArticleMobile Cloud Market Worth $46.90 Billion by 2019
The report forecasts the market sizes and trends for mobile cloud in the following sub-markets:On the basis of applications:Gaming Entertainment Utilities Education Productivity Business and finance...
View ArticleThe Best Friends of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
The best friends of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan are not the sycophants flattering him with half-truths and outright lies, but those who are not afraid to report and tell him the bitter truth. For...
View ArticleMasterCard-branded National eID Card Launched in Nigeria
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (left) makes a transaction on a MasterCard Point of Sale device using his National eID card, at the official launch of the eID card in Abuja, Nigeria today. He is...
View ArticleTout: Bridging the Gap Between the Video-Rich and the Video-Poor
"As the web becomes a more video-centric medium there is an unnecessarily large disparity between the video-rich and the video-poor in terms of publishers,"said Tout Founder/CEO Michael Downing..Tout...
View ArticleSee Senegal's Youssou N'Dour Live in Dallas!
Youssou N'Dour meets fans in Dakar. His massive popularity makes him a powerful political ally in Senegal. Photograph: Murdo Macleod.Youssou N'Dour and The Super Etoile is Africa's most popular live...
View ArticlePrivate Equity Investments into Africa Increased by 136% in 2013
Karen Breytenbach, Head: IPP OfficePrivate equity investments into Africa were up by 136% in 2013 (with a huge chunk of that going to power and infrastructure projects).PRESS RELEASEInvestors and...
View ArticleThere Are 89,000 Nigerian Refugees in Niger and Cameroon - UNHCR
Recent attacks in Nigeria send thousands fleeing to Cameroon for refuge – UNNEW YORK, 2 September 2014 / PRN Africa / -- Recent attacks by insurgent groups in north-east Nigeria have prompted thousands...
View Article500,000 Will Attend 2014 Toronto International Film Festival
From the 35, 000 who attended the inaugural film festival in 1976, 500, 000 people are expected to attend the 39th Toronto International Film Festival opening today with David Dobkin's The Judge, an...
View ArticleKoboRent to Crash Real Estate Rental Costs in Nigeria, West Africa
BEVERLY HILLS, California, September 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --Of all the countries on the African continent, Nigeria is the worst hit by outrageous property-related costs.The trend becomes more obvious...
View ArticleThe Movies People Are Talking About at the Toronto Film Festival
The Movies People Are Talking About at the Toronto Film FestivalIt wasn’t too many years ago that someone first called the Toronto International Film Festival the unofficial start of the Oscar season,...
View ArticleDidier Drogba Wins Appeal
DIDIER DROGBA WINS APPEAL We are pleased to announce that Didier Drogba and his family have won their Appeal, in the case brought against them by Acqua Nova. The Bastia Court of Appeal found that the...
View ArticleUSA Produces 58% of the Movies Shown in Nigeria
58 percent of the movies seen by Nigerians in Nigeria are from the United States of America according the latest reports by Statista. And contrary to bogus claims in Nollywood, Nigeria is not even...
View ArticleXAHIVE Launch Party and Indiegogo Campaign for Expansion Project
XAHIVE is a Canadian social networking platform that facilitates mass communication between people within a 2-kilometre radius. It is a free app than can be used on smartphones and computers. Users can...
View ArticleNollywood Mobile Video Market is Worth More than US$7 Billion Annually
There are over 127 million active GSM subscribers in Nigeria and the ARPU averaging N936 according to the latest report of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Over 25 per cent of these...
View ArticleGates Foundation Commits $50 Million to Support Emergency Response to Ebola
SEATTLE, Sept. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that it will commit $50 million to support the scale up of emergency efforts to contain the Ebola...
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