President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated five key projects in Ogun State, assuring Nigerians that two major Federal roads under construction, the Sagamu-Benin Expressway and the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, would be commissioned before the end of 2022. Addressing residents of the State, the President heaped praises on Governor Dapo Abiodun, for delivering visionary and trail-blazing projects…
Prudential Announces Africa Cup of Nations 2021 Sponsorship
Prudential Africa has signed a sponsorship agreement with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to become the official insurance partner of the ongoing 33rd edition of Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2021. At a press conference to announce the sponsorship, Eric Mboma, Chief Representative Officer, Prudential Northern Africa Region noted that the sponsorship underscores Prudential’s…
Aura by Transcorp Hotels to Gift Free Staycation to Lovers for Valentine’s Day
The Online Accommodation Booking Platform Aura is currently running #TheAuraExperience Promo. Aura by Transcorp Hotels, the online platform for booking accommodation, food and experiences has said a couple stand a chance of winning a free night staycation to celebrate Valentine’s Day when any of them spend up to N100,000 on the platform. The Company, a…
Stanbic IBTC Introduces Smart Loan to Support Customers
Stanbic IBTC Bank, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has introduced a Smart Loan digital solution to enable customers who have an account with their Asset Management arm access a loan to enable them meet their medium-term financial obligations. According to the bank, the devaluation of the naira due to the global economic downturn…
Lagos Govt to Preserve Sound Sultan’s Legacy by Hosting Festac Music Festival
The Lagos State Government has endorsed the hosting of the Festac Music Festival, which was initiated by the late Nigerian singer-songwriter Olanrewaju Abdul-Ganiu Fasasi – popularly called Sound Sultan. According to the state government, this gesture is a way of keeping the late Rapper’s vision of raising young talents alive. Sound Sultan died on July…
2021 Recruitment: Police Extends Online Registration by 10 Days
The Nigeria Police Force has extended the online registration in the ongoing 2021 recruitment exercise for interested and eligible Nigerians into the service of the Nigeria Police Force as Police Constables to Saturday, January 22, 2022. The Police Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, who made this known in a statement on Wednesday stated that…
Skit maker, De General, 3 Others Arrested in NDLEA’s Lagos raids
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in the early hours of today, Wednesday 12th January arrested a skit maker, Sunday Joshua, popularly known on social media as De-General, following the raid of a notorious drug joint at Orchid Estate, Lekki area of Lagos state. A statement by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi,…
2023: God Won’t Forgive PDP If We Fail To Rescue Nigeria – Wike
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said God will not forgive the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, if it fails to rescue Nigerians from socio-economic hardship inflicted on them by sadistic policies of the All Progressives Congress, APC led federal government. The governor insisted that for the PDP to actualise the sacred objective of rescuing…
NIMC Debunks Report of Server Breach, Says Server Most Secure for Identity Management
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has assured Nigerians that its servers were not breached but fully optimised at the highest international security levels, as the custodian of the most important national database for Nigeria. NIMC’s Head of Corporate Communications, Kayode Adegoke, gave the assurance in a statement on Monday amid reports that the agency’s…
EFCC Re-arrests Mompha for Alleged Money Laundering
The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have re-arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Ismailia Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, for laundering funds obtained through unlawful activities and retention of alleged proceeds of crime. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed in a statement that Mompha was arrested on Monday, January 10, 2022.…