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Pa Joseph Olusola Odunaike, a distinguished United Kingdom (UK) trained accountant, administrator of great repute and Christian leader, who passed on recently, has been given a befitting burial. He was laid to rest on November 3, 2023 at his residence in the GRA, Sagamu, Ogun state, after a well-attended Church Service. His …

8th December 2023 Lagos, Nigeria As part of activities to reward its loyal customers, Konga Travels and Tours, a prominent player in the travel and tours industry, in collaboration with RwandAir has gifted the highest shopper during the Konga Yakata Black Friday sales with a prestigious business class ticket to …

CAIRO, Egypt The President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com), Prof. Benedict Oramah, has, in Cairo, Egypt, received the FORBES AFRICA magazine 2023 Person of The Year award. At a well-attended award ceremony, which also included the unveiling of the cover for FORBES AFRICA’s December 2023/January 2024 edition featuring …

By Chimezie Anaso Awka, Dec. 7, 2023 The management of Chinua Achebe Airport, Umueri, near Onitsha in Anambra, on Thursday celebrated the second year of the commencement of commercial operations at the facility with notable passengers joining in the anniversary. Some of the passengers who ran into the brief ceremony …

By Ebere Agozie Abuja, Dec. 7, 2023 The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the compulsory retirement of Justice S. O. Falola of Osun State High Court from the Bench. The Director of Information, NJC, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the recommendation was …

…Wabote cautions against relapse in Local Content drive The 12th Practical Nigerian Content (PNC) Forum 2023 got underway on Tuesday at the Nigerian Content Towers, Yenagoa, with the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote announcing that the agency has completed 83 …

By Shedrack Frank Yenagoa, Dec. 6, 2023 The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development Board (NCDMB), Mr Simbi Wabote, says the painstaking implementation of the Nigerian Content Act has encouraged more local modular refineries to increase domestic refining. Wabote explained that Waltersmith Modular Refinery, supported by the NCDMB in …

Paris, Dec. 5, 2023 People seeking to ward off a plague of bed bugs in France are running the risk of poisoning themselves with illegal insecticides, the authorities in Paris warned on Tuesday. Inspections has discovered that  the use of a product banned in 2013 that goes by the name …

Toppy K International in conjunction with the City of Newark, New Jersey, United States of America (USA) has held a Free Health Awareness & Municipal I.D Card Fair that impacted positively on many in the community. Organised by Alhaja Temitope Kudirat Adeshina, otherwise known as the Queen of New Jersey, …

Guangdong (China), Dec. 2, 2023 The 5th World Media Summit kicked off today, Saturday in the Guangdong Province of China, with about 400 delegates attending, the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports. Of the figure, 200 are heads of mainstream media outlets, while other participants are government officials and representatives of …

30 Nov. 2023, Lagos, Nigeria Fidelity Bank Plc has become an official signatory of the UN Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) – a single framework for a sustainable banking industry developed through a collaboration between banks worldwide and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). The Principles are …

Every major incident becomes historic, especially when it is of collective interest, and when a people embrace its import as a milestone in their developmental, religious and sociological narrative, and as such, every artifact from it is a historical memorabilia. When the premier Bishop of Ahiara Diocese, Most Rev Dr …

Legal luminary, Emeritus Justice (Dr.) Adesuyi Olateru-Olagbegi has urged the Nigerian Judiciary to quickly evolve new ways of decongesting the courts to avoid a total collapse of the legal system in the country with its many negative consequences. Hon. Justice Olateru-Olagbegi, a retired Judge of the Lagos State High Court, …

By Grace Alegba Lagos, Nov. 29, 2023 Mr. Anthony Chiejina, Group Head, Corporate Communication, Dangote Group, on Wednesday called on Nigerians, especially professionals in the built environment, to support advocacy for use of rigid pavements for road construction. Chiejina made the appeal during the 2023 Annual Lecture and Awards organised …

By Ijendu Iheaka Aba (Abia) Nov. 28, 2023 Gov. Alex Otti of Abia, on Tuesday assured Abia residents that the Federal Government will rehabilitate the Aba – Port Harcourt stretch of the Enugu – Port Harcourt Expressway before Christmas. Otti made the promise on Tuesday during an inspection tour of …

1. An intelligent people should compare the money profit they make from investing in Lagos and Kano with the non-financial cost they incur, including: provocation of hatred against the entire Igbo race; brutal disenfranchization of Igbo people during elections in those areas, etc 2. If, and as, the motive is …

BOOK TITLE: Brutally Frank – The Autobiography of E. K. Clark AUTHOR:  Chief (Dr.) Edwin Kiagbodo Clark NO OF PAGES: 688 PUBLISHERS: Safari Books Ltd, Ibadan, Nigeria REVIEWER:  Dr. Edward Perekebina Agbai, Associate Professor, Emmanuel University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Foreword – The foreword was written by General Yakubu Gowon …

United States based Nigerian, Prof. Mondy Gold has been presented the United States President’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Gold, a professor of Business Administration and President of Ijaw Diaspora Council (IDC) received the award at the 10th Anniversary of the African & Caribbean International Leadership Conference hosted by the Caribbean and …

By Moses Kolo Kaduna, Nov. 25, 2023 Malam Ali Muhammed Ali, the newly appointed Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), has decried the poor state of the Kaduna Zonal Office of the agency. Ali, who visited the office on Saturday, regretted that facilities there had become an …

HIS EXCELLENCY, OKWADIKE DR. CHUKWUEMEKA EZEIFE CON AT 86! – MY EULOGY By Professor Echefuna’ R G ONYEBEADI November 23 was the 86th born day of our noble and charismatic Leader, His Excellency, Okwadike Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife CON. His Excellency, Okwadike Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife CON, is an extraordinary human being …

Lagos, Nigeria, November 23, 2023:  Chevron Nigeria Limited (“CNL”), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (“NNPCL”) and CNL – (“NNPCL/CNL JV”), has confirmed that CNL is committed to partnership with various stakeholders including the communities neighbouring its areas of operations in the Niger Delta, …

Lagos, Nigeria, November 21, 2023: Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and CNL (NNPCL/CNL JV), has confirmed that at about 7am on November 21, 2023, boats conveying some protesters started patrolling along CNL’s Terminal and Escravos Gas-To-Liquids (EGTL) jetties …

Sen. Teslim Kolawole Folarin, Chairman of the Local Content Committee in the 9th Senate has commended the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for training 500 youths in Oyo State on solar power installation and maintenance. The training programme was organized as part of the Board’s youth empowerment and human capacity-building initiatives. …

H.E Mr. Francis and his delegation were received in Port-au-Prince by the country’s Prime Minister, H.E. Mr. Ariel Henry, the Permanent Representative of Haiti to the United Nations, H.E. Mr. Antonio Rodrigue, and members of the Haitian Government. President Francis met with representatives of political parties, civil society, UN officials …

BENIN, Nigeria Valentine Ozigbo, a titan of Nigerian business and philanthropy, set the halls of Decagon Institute in Benin City, alight on Sunday, November 19, 2023, as he paid a mentorship visit to the Anambra Future Tech scholars sponsored by his non-profit, VCO Foundation. The Anambra Future Tech scholars, beneficiaries …