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By Naomi Sharang Abuja, July 22, 2022 Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe (APGA-Abia) has called on the electorate to be wary of fake promises and elect credible leaders.in the 2023 general elections. He made the call on Friday, at the investiture of Rotarian Max Amuchie as the 6th President of the Rotary …

My Dear Max Amuchie, Today, I join friends, family and colleagues to celebrate a worthy journalist: a terrific reporter and editor/publisher with eyes for details. Max bears the mark of a rounded media professional whose many years of crisscrossing the media ecosystem has endeared him to the hearts of many. …

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has launched a novel Niger Delta Talent Hunt (NIDETH) to harness creativity among youths in the entertainment industry and address unemployment in the region. The Interim Administrator, NDDC, Dr. Efiong Akwa, who spoke on Wednesday during the inauguration of the programme  at the NDDC …

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has paid glowing tribute to the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections and former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi on the occasion of his 61st birthday Tuesday, July 19. In a statement by Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, its National Publicity Secretary, Ohanaeze …

Nollywood Veteran actress Ireti Priscilla Osaje, Abuja/Taiye Olayemi, Lagos July 18, 2022 Nollywood veteran actress, Oluwasolamipe Onayiga, popularly known as ‘Ireti’ is dead. The renowned actress, who played the role of Ireti with Kunle Bamtefa in the popular soap ‘Fuji House of Commotion’, died on Monday after a brief illness. Fuji …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, July 18, 2022 UN Secretary-General António Guterres has hailed late Nelson Mandela, the first black President of post-apartheid South Africa and racial justice icon for the outstanding legacy he left after his demise. Guterres described Mandela as a healer and mentor to generations, in a …

  By Sandra Umeh Lagos, July 17, 2022 A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, has emerged the 36th President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Maikyau emerged during NBA elections held from 12.00.a.m.  on Saturday  to 11.59 p.m. of same …

A wedding ceremony scheduled to hold at Winners Chapel, Youth Avenue, Mbiabong Etoi in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State by 10am on Saturday, July 16, 2022 was reportedly cancelled because the couple arrived late for the ceremony. It was gathered that the groom was contacted by the Winners Chapel, Youth Avenue …

The Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce, NBCC has appointed the President of All African Music Awards, AFRIMA, Mr. Mike Dada, as the Chairman of its Creative and Cultural Committee. With the mandate to explore the many opportunities in the business world and Nigeria’s economy, the Chamber recently launched the Creative and Cultural …

PYO Global Movement has congratulated Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo as she turned 55 on July, 15, 2022, describing her as a role model to Nigerian women locally and globally. The PYO Global, which is a Movement for Good Governance, which comprises of Nigerians at home and abroad and non-Nigerians, showered praises …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, July 13, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with Lanre Arogundade, Chairman of International Press Centre (IPI), on the occasion of his 60th birthday. The President, in a congratulatory message by his spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina, on Wednesday in Abuja, saluted the former President of the National …

Today is the great man’s 88th birthday. Given all the battles he fought over the years, hardly any prophet could have prophesied that Professor Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka would live to the age of 88. The towering writer who stunned the world as the very first black man to win the …

As Bart Nnaji, globally acknowledged engineering professor and Minister of Science and Technology from August, 1993, to November, 1993, who was to become the Minister of Power from July, 2011, to August, 2012, marks 66 years on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, many Nigerians, on taking a critical look at the …

Popular Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, has emerged the running mate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s governorship candidate in Lagos state for the 2023 gubernatorial election, Dr Olajide Adediran, fondly called Jandor. Akindele disclosed her nomination via a video shared on her verified Instagram page on Tuesday. The actress widely …

By Taiye Olayemi/Franklin Ohaegbu  Lagos, July 11, 2022 The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday said that Nigeria had signed an agreement for the repatriation of 1,130 Benin bronzes from Berlin in Germany. Mohammed during inauguration of The Art Hotel in Lagos, said that the bronzes …

Hahahahahaaaaaaa. I burst into an uproarious laughter as I write the headline above. What a way to celebrate your boss, mentor, an icon, and your journalistic dad at 70. Yes, Mike Awoyinfa, editor of the celebrated Weekend Concord, and pioneer Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of The Sun, which hit the newspaper market …

The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature today Friday, July 8, 2022, released the longlist of 11 drawn from 287 books in the running for the 2022 edition of the prize, focused on Poetry. The literature prize is sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) with a cash award …

The award recipients By Priscilla Osaje Abuja, July 7, 2022 Nigerian filmmaker Kunle Afolayan’s movie ‘Citation’ has won the ‘Best International Film’ award at the 2022 National Film Festival (NFF) in the United Kingdom. The renowned filmmaker took to his Instagram page @kunleafo to announce the great achievement to his …

By Adeyemi Adeleye Lagos, July 6, 2022 The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the governorship candidate of the party, Dr Olajide Adediran, is yet to announce his running mate. The Lagos PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr. Hakeem Amode, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that …

By Stanley Nwanosike Enugu, July 6, 2022 One hundred-and-twenty inmates of the Enugu Custodial Centre have gained admission into the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). NOUN has a special study centre at the custodial centre. Addressing the matriculating students and 11 others, who just graduated, the Controller-General of Corrections, …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun state has flayed Governor Gboyega Oyetola for using coercion and threat of dethronement against traditional rulers “in a bid to force endorsement for his doomed re-election bid.” In a statement, the party described “violent attacks at the palace of the paramount ruler of …

…Commend Dangote for transforming their lives   Past winners of the Dangote Cement consumer promo have commended the company’s Management for the positive economic and social impact of the promo on their livelihoods and wellbeing. Some of the winners, who spoke on the impact of the cars and millions of …

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, July 1, 2022 The International Criminal Court (ICC) (www.ICC-cpi.int) marked its 20th anniversary on 1 July 2022. On this day in 2002, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court entered into force upon ratification by 60 States, officially creating the ICC. Marking the day, the President …

For Akure, Ondo State-born Prince Adelana Adesida, it was day of indescribable joy, when family, friends and well-wishers from all over the world came together on Thursday, June 16, 2022 to celebrate his 70th birthday in grand style in Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria. The event, which took the …

Pastor Olatunji Jegede of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Dominion Cathedral, Orange, New Jersey, USA turned 50 recently and was celebrated by family, brethren, friends and well-wishers from far and near. It was joy galore as he danced forward with his family, brethren, friends and well-wishers on Sunday, …