The African Union Commission has invited Dr (Mrs) Sandra Nwugo, Managing Director/CEO, Femaz Micro Finance Bank, to address the African Fashion Business Summit scheduled for 13th – 15th September, 2016 at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa. She will join other business leaders from around the world to address practitioners in the fashion, garment…
Since the inception of social media, there have been epic online fights, especially among celebrities. Examples include Linda Ikeji vs. Wizkid, Olamide vs. Don Jazzy, Tiwa Savage vs. Teebillz, Drake vs. Meek mill, and Kim K vs. Taylor Swift. The list is endless. Perhaps, celebrities revel in these controversies. We don’t know. What we know…
The Ondo Progressive Congress, a youth group under the banner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, stormed the party’s secretariat in Akure to demand inclusiveness for the youths and the adoption of one of them as the gubernatorial candidate of the party. The youths in their hundreds from the 18…
Tolulope Abraham Adesina, with stage name TOLU is a singer, songwriter and music producer, originally from Ogbomoso, Oyo State. He was born and bred in Kaduna State. He started as a chorister in the children’s choir at 11, but his unique vocals stood him apart. Tolu had auditioned for BET Sunday Best, Set The Stage,…
Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside, has been commended for his leadership style, initiatives and approach at the foremost maritime regulatory agency. At a well-attended celebration of the ‘African Day of the Seas and Oceans’ hosted by NIMASA in Lagos, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Marine Transport,…
Lekki is one of the highbrow areas in Lagos. Many people perceive it as a place where wealthy Nigerians as well as foreigners, reside. This automatically makes it an expensive city. But, in variance to this perception, there are things you can do at this naturally formed peninsula that doesn’t require you to break the…
The leadership of Celestial Church of Christ, CCC, Worldwide has condemned one of its pastors, Francis Taiwo, who was accused of chaining his nine-year-old son in Ota, Ogun State for about a month. The boy was rescued by security operatives in Ogun State last Friday. The CCC, under the leadership of His Eminence, Pastor Mobiyina …
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned hearing in an N8 billion copyright infringement suit involving ROLLING INNOVATIONS & INVESTMENT LIMITED & ANOR V ECOBANK NIGERIA, MR RICHARD ADIELE AND MR. ADEKAYO BALOGUN till September 21. The claimants filed the suit against the Bank and two of its ex-staff claiming that the Bank…
A group known as Vanguard for Justice, Equity and Strategy has commended the INEC for carrying forward the date of the planned Rivers re-run election as a result of incessant killings of people in the state. Speaking in a seminar on Youth violence in Port Harcourt over the weekend, the vice President of the group,…
Senator Godswill Akpabio at the moment may not be the happiest man in the world and the reason is not far-fetched. Or how will you expect the former governor of Akwa-Ibom State to be happy when his darling wife, Ekaette Uloma, who has solidly stood behind him for many years, is battling with an ailment…