The Power of Talent Retention

In this global era where there is high competition in the market, the drive is for firms to put measures in place to keep highflyers (talented employees) from an exodus experience. The survival of firms is highly dependent on their human assets. Subsequently, a mandatory requirement for companies is to retain those human assets.

Nigeria in debt: Senate Approves Buhari’s $6.1bn Foreign Loan Request

The Senate has approved the Federal Government’s request for a $6.1 billion (N2.343 trillion) loan request. As of December 2020, the most recent official data available, Nigeria's public debt was N32. 9 trillion, or $86.3 billion. This is according to the country's debt management office. The question is, when and how will Nigeria ever repay her huge debts?

India to train Nigerian Army Helicopter Pilots

In a bid to increase the technical efficiency of its personnel in battle, helicopter pilots of the Nigerian Army will now receive aviation training from India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). This follows recent requests by the Nigerian Army to acquire combat helicopters in support of deployable firepower to its field-deployed troops in the northeastern area.

Do you know the most word invention ever?

Agric, barbing, buka, bukateria, chop, danfo, K-leg, mama put, next tomorrow, okada and tokunbo are some of the Nigerian words that have been added to the English dictionary recently. But do you know the most word invention by a single person?

Brazilian town inhabited by only women calls for single men

Do you know there is a Brazilian town inhabited and governed almost entirely by women, its population consisting of more than 600 mostly single women aged 20 to 25? Sons are sent away at 18, and spouses are banned from the town except on weekends. Now the women have made an appeal to bring more single men to the town. 

Nigeria’s JF-17 Thunders dominates the airspace

The Nigeria Airforce is not resting on its oars to secure the country against external forces and internal insurrection. Nigerian troops can now call rely on the airpower provided by newly acquired JF-17 Thunder multirole fighter jets.

Nigeria's Twitter Battle

Are you following the ongoing social media battle between the presidency and Twitter? So, a recap for those who are unaware. The Federal Government of Nigeria has indefinitely suspended the operations of the microblogging service Twitter. The suspension comes two days after Twitter deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari that was widely perceived as offensive.