The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the dates to conduct the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States. According to INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu who made the announcement on Wednesday at the commission’s meeting held at its headquarters in Abuja, the election in Ekiti State will hold on Saturday, June 18, while…
The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has doled out a whooping N4.2billion as part of its unconditional Micro Grant Programme for empowering women in the rural areas across the country. Speaking at the flag-off of its one-off unconditional Micro-grants Programme Tuesday in Bauchi, Chairman of the Aliko Dangote Foundation empowered twenty thousand vulnerable women across the…
The Synagogue Church of All Nations has confirmed that its late General Overseer, Prophet TB Joshua would be buried in his church premises in Ikotun, Lagos. In a statement released by the church on Monday, a one-week burial activity has been lined up to be held from Monday, July 5 to Sunday, July 11, 2021.…
CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour on Monday revealed she has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and had recently undergone surgery for the condition. The 63-year-old who had been absent for four-weeks from her CNN show also revealed she will undergo chemotherapy for a period of weeks as she continues to battle the disease. The award-winning journalist…
Chidi Nwaogu, serial tech entrepreneur and co-founder at Publiseer and Savvy, has been nominated as Techpreneur of the year at the 2021 FOYA Awards, an annual awards ceremony since 2016, which was conceived to serve the strategic objective to retain, reward, and recognize high-quality entrepreneurs and SMEs in Africa. Chidi Nwaogu is the co-founder and…
Newly launched specialist life insurance company, Heirs Life Assurance (HLA) has partnered Avon Medical to organize a blood drive in commemoration of the 2021 World Blood Donor Day. The event, which was held on Monday, June 14, 2021, at the ultramodern Avon Medical Dialysis Centre in Ikeja, Lagos had individuals present to donate blood for…
President Muhammadu Buhari has flagged off the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) train 7 project, charging for its timely completion so as to enable the commencement of the Train 8 project. The President gave the charge on Tuesday at the virtual groundbreaking ceremony of the project in Bonny Island, Rivers State. He urged the Board…
The Nigerian Army on Monday denied that soldiers have been embarking on a revenge mission against innocent people in Ohafia local government of Abia state following alleged killing of a soldier. Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, Director, Army Public Relations who made this known in a statement in Abuja stated that no soldier was killed. The…
An Uber driver and two other traffickers have been arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with different quantities of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport MMIA, Lagos. The Uber driver named Lawal Tunde Rasheed was arrested at the SAHCO export shed of MMIA on Tuesday 8th June, 2021…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested Abayomi Kamaldeen Alaka (a.k.a Awise), leader of a deadly syndicate of juju scammers over an alleged N250m fraud. The leader and members of his syndicate have been operating from a shrine in Ashipa Town, near Abeokuta in Ogun State. According to a statement by the Head…