Author: Lilian Azuh

What inspired you to become a chef? and what was the biggest interest in being a chef? Okay, so what inspired me to become a chef was, my parents are great cooks. My dad is Jamaican and my mom is from Brooklyn. Brooklyn? Yeah, New York. And so, they’re both great cooks. And when I was younger, they got me an Easy-Bake Oven, you know, that little toy, when I was 7 years old. And I kind of like, used it until the light bulb cracked. And then when I was 12, they got me a KitchenAid mixer and I…

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The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), through the Office for Nigerian Digital Innovation (ONDI), has entered into a strategic partnership with Galaxy Backbone Limited (GBB) Nigeria’s foremost ICT infrastructure and shared services provider to provide subsidised sovereign cloud services for startups in the iHatch programme. This collaboration is a critical step in Nigeria’s digital evolution, focusing on data sovereignty, digital inclusion, and the growth of indigenous innovation. Under this agreement, participating startups will be onboarded to the Galaxy Cloud Platform (GxCP), a sovereign infrastructure supported by Uptime-certified Tier III and Tier IV data centres, a nationwide fibre network, and…

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Galaxy Backbone Limited (GBB), Nigeria’s foremost ICT infrastructure and shared services provider, has announced a strategic partnership with the Office for Nigerian Digital Innovation (ONDI), a division of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), to provide subsidized sovereign cloud services to startups participating in the iHatch programme. This collaboration comes at a pivotal moment in Nigeria’s digital evolution, as the nation intensifies its focus on data sovereignty, digital inclusion, and indigenous innovation. Through this partnership, participating startups will be onboarded to the Galaxy Cloud Platform (GxCP), GBB’s sovereign cloud infrastructure powered by Uptime-certified Tier III and Tier IV data…

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In a celebration of resilience and triumph, Ejiro Sharon Okotie marked her 42nd birthday with the launch of her memoir, _Beyond The Darkness_, a deeply personal account of her journey from devastating loss to purpose-driven impact. What started as a routine case of malaria for 11-year-old Ejiro quickly spiraled into a life-altering battle. Diagnosed with Cerebrospinal Meningitis, she lost her sight overnight. “It was as if the end had come,” she recalled during the launch. Yet within that breaking point, an unexpected strength was born. Refusing to be defined by disability, Ejiro rebuilt her life with remarkable tenacity. She earned…

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja on Saturday, May 2nd, on a visit to Kenya, Rwanda and France. President Tinubu’s first stop will be in France, after which he will depart for Nairobi, Kenya, to attend the Africa-France Summit scheduled to begin next week. Co-chaired by President Emmanuel Macron and President William Ruto, the summit focuses on energy transition, green industrialisation, digital transformation, restructuring of global financing architecture, and climate action. President Tinubu’s participation at the summit from May 11th to May 12th. will underscore Nigeria’s unwavering commitment to strengthening strategic partnerships with African nations and the French Republic.…

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Pop star Dua Lipa is not expected to perform at the long-awaited heavyweight clash between Britain’s Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury, despite earlier suggestions that her involvement could be part of the event’s global entertainment package. Joshua, 36, and Fury, 37, have agreed terms for a blockbuster all-British fight targeted for late 2026, with Saudi Arabia positioned as a key host for the high-profile showdown. As reported by BBC Sport on Friday, reports had circulated that Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority chairman, Turki Al-Sheikh, floated the idea that a major musical act could be tied to the promotion of the…

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