IHG Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading hospitality companies, has announced the signing of Crowne Plaza Lagos Ikeja, a 119-rooms hotel scheduled to open in early 2028 under a franchise agreement with Watercress Hotel International Limited and to be operated by Valor Hospitality Partners, a global leader in integrated hotel management and operations…
Cross section of women caretaker vommi Women traders have been appointed as ex-officio members into the leadership structures of all 158 structured markets in Anambra State. This development seeks to address the longstanding exclusion of women from decision-making circles in markets, despite women constituting a significant percentage of the trading population. The President-General of the…
CSOs in a group photograph with FIRS Anambra Head Tax Comptroller, Charles Meribe By Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Community of Practice, Anambra State Chapter, has called for clearer understanding and support regarding the enabling environment for their operations. The group, a network of registered CSOs in Nigeria, made this appeal during…
Afor-Igwe Market women The Social and Integral Development Centre (SIDEC) has called on women traders in Anambra State to overcome political aloofness and aspire to leadership positions. SIDEC Executive Director, Ugochi Ehiahuruike, emphasized that this is the only way women can harness their natural competencies to positively influence society. She made the call during a…
Nnamdi Kanu The Federal Government of Nigeria on Thursday formally closed its case against Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who has been facing charges of treasonable felony and other offences related to his advocacy for the independence of Biafra. Kanu has been held in detention since 2021. This…
