Year: 2018

Manufacturing Key To Economic Growth, Development—Dangote

Executive Director of the Dangote Group, Hajiya Halima Aliko-Dangote has urged millennials in Nigeria and across Africa to diversify from service-oriented enterprises to manufacturing and agriculture in a bid to fast-track the development of the continent and better life for its nationals.  Halima Dangote said that the economic realities around the world have shown that…

Nurse Wins Brand New Car In DiamondXtra Season 10 Quarterly Draw

A Nigerian nurse based in Maryland, USA, Mr. Bede Nnebedum, recently received his brand-new car at the DiamondXtra season 10 prize presentation ceremony which held in Lagos. Speaking shortly after the presentation, Bede told journalists that he has been a customer of Diamond bank for about seven years. According to him, “When I was initially…

Ogun Customs Intercepts 6,194 Bags Of Smuggled Rice, 33 Vehicles

Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 6,194 smuggled bags of rice, 33 vehicles and other contrabands worth over N382million. The seizures also include 395 kegs of vegetable oil (25 litres each), 340 kegs of petrol, 1,954 pairs of footwear and seven bales of second-hand clothing. The state NCS Comptroller, Michael…

Falz, KCEE, Others To Thrill Enthusiasts At First African Freestyle Football Championship

Feet and Tricks International, organisers of the first ever African Football Freestyle Championship in Africa have assured participants, stakeholders and ardent followers of the sport, that the first ever Championship in Africa scheduled to hold on September 13th -15th, 2018 at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos will be one to remember…