It was a beautiful climax last Sunday when fifteen corp members at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Lagos, won N150,000 in cash prizes, while others received loads of consolation gifts. Dayo Osborne, Gbenga Benedict, Olamide Ojedele, and Joseph Eweje were some of the winners of the N20,000 cash prize category and were rewarded instantly via transfer ... Read More »

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has attributed the unpleasant circumstances surrounding exits of his predecessors to ‘corruption fighting back’. Bawa stated this on Thursday while speaking during the weekly Ministerial Briefing organized by the Presidential Media Team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Asked if he was not concerned how his predecessors were removed ... Read More »

  The police on Wednesday paraded 36 suspects, including a female, in connection with various crimes in different locations in the country. The suspects were arrested for allegedly committing crimes ranging from armed robbery, homicide and kidnapping to rape, car theft and unlawful possession of arms among others. Among those paraded was Christopher Akpan, 54, the alleged killer of a ... Read More »

For the second consecutive year, Zenith Bank Plc has been named as the Best CorporateGovernance ‘Financial Services’ Africa 2021 by the Ethical Boardroom. The award, whichwas published in the June 2021 edition of The Ethical Boardroom magazine, is inrecognition of the bank’s adherence to global best practices and institutionalization ofcorporate governance, setting an industry-wide example of best practices in that ... Read More »

Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, will be arraigned at the Magistrate Court 1, Yaba, on Wednesday by 9 am. The police had arrested the actor for sexually harassing a 14-year-old girl, the foster daughter of actress/comedienne, Princess. Announcing his arrest in a statement, Lagos police spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi alleged that the actor had been sexually assaulting ... Read More »

The Federal Government says Twitter and its founder, Jack Dorsey, are vicariously liable for the losses the country suffered during the EndSARS protest. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Tuesday when he featured on “Politics Nationwide,’’ a Radio Nigeria call-in programme monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Mohammed alleged that ... Read More »

In a swift reaction to the report going around that the APC leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’ is critically ill and has been flown abroad, the founder BAT Movement Otunba Abiodun Ajiboye has debunked the rumour in a statement duly signed by him and made available to the press this evening. According to him, “looking through the story , you ... Read More »

The Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan has said the decision to partner with the media entrepreneur and blogger, Linda Ikeji to host the latest edition of her yearly popular empowerment programme, ‘Selfmade Woman Conference (SMWC) 2021’ is in line with the bank’s empowerment policy for women, stressing that the challenges facing the nation has made it more imperative to ... Read More »

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 those in dire need of medical ... Read More »

All is now set for the 10th anniversary lecture of one of Nigeria’s most respected celebrity journals – YES INTERNATIONAL! Magazine. Slated for Saturday, June 19, 2021, this year’s event, unlike the previous ones, will hold virtually. Mr. Steve Babaeko, MD/CEO of X3M Ideas, one of Nigeria’s leading advertising agencies, is the guest speaker. He will be speaking on the ... Read More »