Foremost African financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, has launched the Dusty Manuscript Contest(csr.gtbank.com/dustymanuscript) to give budding writers the opportunity to win publishing deals for their finished, but yet-to-be published, manuscripts. Organized in partnership with publishing houses Okada books and Farafina, the contest is part of the Bank’s YouREAD initiative which is aimed at promoting the culture ... Read More »

  Ecobank Nigeria Limited is taking strategic steps to unlock investment opportunities in the insurance sector, Managing Director, Ecobank Development Company (EDC) Fund Management, Ibukun Oyedeji, said yesterday. Speaking yesterday at the ‘Insurance Roundtable’ organised by Ecobank Nigeria/Securities, Wealth & Asset Management (SWAM), Ecobank Capital, she said the lender woudcontinue to take steps that promote insurance penetration in the country. ... Read More »

Penultimate Wednesday will remain indelible in the memory of the Erelu of Lagos, Princess Abiola Sherifat Dosunmu, as the day she was celebrated by the man she cherishes and adores. Her friend and former President Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo, treated her to a superlative post-70th birthday party at the Green Heritage Resort, Obasanjo Presidential Library Complex, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The occasion ... Read More »

Seeming to be getting over the death of his mother hours after he celebrated his son’s birthday, hip hop act Olamide Adedeji aka Badoo, has changed his look and is set to tour Europe. In a picture he posted on Instagram on Sunday, he is seen with his hair weaved while donning a dark glasses. ‘Nothing lasts forever,’ he posted. ... Read More »

Immediate past Acting Director-General (D-G) of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Mr Mohammed Dauda, has disclosed that he fought off attempts by Messrs. Babagana Kingibe, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and his protégé and incumbent D-G of the NIA, Mr. Rufai Abubakar and Abba Kyari, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff to steal $44million NIA intervention fund.  ... Read More »

  Tinubu gets Presidential mandate to reconcile APC members President Muhammadu Buhari is worried over the internal crisis rocking his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He has mandated stalwart of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to reconcile all members. President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to lead the consultation, reconciliation and confidence building efforts toward improving ... Read More »

Afegbua storms Force headquarters … I’m not a fugitive – Babangida’s media aide Kassim Afegbua, the Spokesman to the former military President, Ibrahim Babangida, has turned himself in at the Force headquarters in Abuja. Afegbua arrived the police headquarters at 10:32 a.m. in company of his wife, lawyer, Kayode Ajulo and friends. The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, had ... Read More »

  The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, opened and closed his defence before the Code of Conduct Tribunal in respect of the three charges of false assets declaration instituted against him. Saraki’s defence team announced that they were closing their case after calling their only witness on Tuesday. The closing of the case was dramatic as the defence ... Read More »

A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Jumoke Akinjide, told the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday she was holding plea bargain talks with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Akinjide is standing trial alongside a former Senator from Oyo Central, Ayo Adeseun, and a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member, Mrs. Olanrewaju Otiti, for laundering N650 ... Read More »

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has arrived the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in Abuja for resumption of his trial for false assets declaration. The Court of Appeal had in December last year restored three out of the 18 –count charge dismissed by the CCT and ordered the Senate president to present himself for trial on the charges. The tribunal ... Read More »