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Marie Chantal Messier, Head of Corporate Communication & Public Affairs/ Nutrition, Health & Wellness / Consumer Engagement, Nestlé Central and West Africa Ltd, has been elevated. From March 1, 2021, she will be taking up a new role as Global Head of Food and Industry Affairs at Nestlé’s Headquarters in …

Let’s have a comic diversion today from weightier matters of our national life. Because what I want to discuss can only be comic, if not also idiotic and otiose. Yes, you read the headline right. The money I allegedly stashed at a bank in Minnesota, United States of America. Not …

President Muhammadu Buhari congratulates Professor Kevin Ibeh, Professor of Marketing and International Business and Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) at Birkbeck, University of London, on his appointment as Commissioner of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission. President Buhari, according to a statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), believes …

By Jonathan Rozen/CPJ Senior Africa Researcher February 19, 2021 2:04 PM EST On February 4, Emmanuel Dogbevi turned to Twitter with a plea for help. He tagged press freedom groups and colleagues in a series of tweets, lamenting how allegations that he violated U.S. copyright law had prompted his news …

Not many people know him as Leonard Stanley Nnamdi Ekeh. He is rather better known as Leo Stan Ekeh and he is Africa’s foremost serial digital entrepreneur. The globally recognized tech guru, is Chairman of Zinox Group, Sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest integrated technology conglomerate which includes viable concerns such as Zinox …

President Muhammadu Buhari has, warmly congratulated the Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zinox Technologies, Leonard Stanley Ekeh, on his 65th birthday, February 22, 2021, joining family, friends and business associates to celebrate with the renowned investor, whose interest in technology has brought great pride to the country. A …

•Lagos Governor flays war mongers, as CAN appoints him Grand Patron Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has called for caution among faith leaders and opinion moulders against reckless utterances that may further aggravate the security crises facing the nation. Sanwo-Olu said the nature of the crises required all notable …

New Jersey, United States of America-based real estate businessman and celebrated impresario, Multiple Chief Kelechi Onyegbule, was recently conferred with another Chieftaincy title by his community as WORTHY SON OF UMUIHI AND OGBUHORO UZO 1 OF OGBE NNEISII, MBAISE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY. The ceremony, held on January 3, 2021, was performed …

The Ogbonna family of Obetiti Nguru, Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria has announced the death of their brother, Chief Sir Peter H. Ogbonna. Chief Sir Ogbonna (KSM), a highly respected community leader and retired Headmaster in Imo State passed on to glory recently in Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria and is being …

  Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF) has heartily congratulated Dr. Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her recent election/appointment as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization(WTO). In a statement by Prof. Uzodinma Nwala, President and Abia Onyike, Chairman, Media and Publicity Bureau, the ADF told Dr. Okonjo-Iweala that her “ascendancy to this high position is not …

Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria, February 16, 2021: The Mbaise Policy Roundtable (MPR), a non-governmental organization with offices in Owerri Imo State, Nigeria and New York USA, has responded with the fierce urgency of now, alongside His Royal Highness (HRH) B.O. Ikpegbu, the Nachi 1 of Agu na Ebere Autonomous Community, …

By Kadiri Abdulrahman Abuja, Feb 15, 2021 The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has led the Bankers Committee to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on takeover of the National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, for the purpose of reconstructing the facility. Information obtained from …

Mr. Peter Obi, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, has called on Christian leaders to resist the seductions of ‘prosperity gospel devoid of hard work’, which, he said, has gradually turned Nigeria to a society without values, honesty, hard work, integrity, etc. …

The need to follow all precautionary measures of COVID-19 and be committed to staying Safe and Alive has been re-emphasized by a Membership based Non Government, Non Profit Organisation, Junior Chamber International (JCI) Ikeja through the medium of a Short Film titled “ STILL WITH US.” JCI Ikeja took up …

February 11, 2021 The most distressful aspect of my recent interaction with cows and herders is that it has created a most unwanted distraction from the ongoing life and death Nigerian narrative. One has to take time off to deal with distortions and fake versions, while students are being reportedly …

  Mr Peter Obi,  the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, has expressed joy at the consecration of the Bishop-elect of Mbamili Diocese, Anglican Communion, Rt Rev Obiorah Uzochukwu, at All Saints Cathedral, Onitsha. The event, which was presided over by the Primate …

  The autobiography of Nigeria’s Senate Minority Leader and one-time Deputy Governor of Abia State, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, will be publicly presented on Monday, March 1, 2021. The event, which will have the Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, …

Former Minister, Dr Olu Agunloye, has said that the trending story that herdsmen went to attack Professor Wole Soyinka in his house in Abeokuta is not true. “Herdsmen did not break into his house. There were no attacks and no attempts to attack the Nobel Laureate,” he said in a statement …

February 9, 2021, USA: Professor Eddie Oparaoji, a US-based critical care therapeutics specialist, was recently appointed to serve on the Editorial Board of The American Journal of Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (AJPPS) as an Editorial Advisory Board member. AJPPS is the official journal of the Nigerian Association of Pharmacists and …

What did your grandfather’s grandfather think about time? How did your grandmother’s grandmother use water? These are the kind of questions a group of young people in Ontario are asking as they dig into their African heritage. It’s a way of “learning our way back to ourselves,” said Sarah Brooks, …

…Also commiserates with deceased’s immediate family *Burial date fixed for March 5 Governor Nyeson Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State has commiserated with Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State over the death of his Commissioner for Transport, Rt. Hon. Mathias Ekweremadu, who died on Thursday 4, 2021, while in active service. …

To complement and boost government efforts in tackling the issue of malnutrition in Nigeria, the Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has initiated processes to reach and properly feed one million children across the country, commencing immediately According to the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) malnutrition is a direct or underlying cause …

•Governor inaugurates Joint Revenue Committee on Tax Administration A rigorous screening process held for more than 400 top administrators in the Lagos State civil service has culminated in the appointment of 18 new Permanent Secretaries who will be driving the development blueprint of the State Government. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on …

Abuja, Feb. 4, 2021. The management of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has condemned in strong terms the unfortunate death of Mr. Dennis Abuda who was killed on Saturday by his abductors. Abuda, a Nigerian diasporan based in Atlanta- Georgia was abducted along Benin bypass by unknown gunmen alongside other …