Foremost Nigerian actor, Hanks Anuku, who lost her sister recently to cancer, was apprehended by police in Ghana on Thursday. Hanks was arrested with about 10 others during a movie shoot for allegedly causing fear in a public place. They were shooting of a television series on the Spintex Road in Accra, Ghana, when they…
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has said it is not part of the meeting called by former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo. Tompolo called for a meeting with MEND and ex-MEND leaders on Saturday, July 25, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. But MEND, in a statement,…
President Muhammadu Buhari held a closed door meeting with House of Representatives member, Femi Gbajabiamila. The meeting was held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday evening. This is the second time the duo are having similar meetings. Gbajabiamila was ‘anointed’ by leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to emerge Speaker of the…
A London-based Global Banking and Finance Review Online Magazine, a reputable banking and finance performance review platform, has named Ecobank Nigeria as winner of the Best Corporate Bank Nigeria 2015 Award. Presenting the award to Ecobank in London, the publication’s Production Coordinator, Noel O’Leary, said the choice of the Bank from the various nominations was…
A request by Abdul’Hakeem Labi-Lawal, defence counsel to Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike, to get six months to settle the differences between the actor and his estranged wife, Suzanne Rero, has been rejected. Labi-Lawal had asked President of the Lagos Island Customary Court, Awos Awosola, to be given time to settle things amicably, but the court…
New District executives of the Inner Wheel District 911 Nigeria will on Sunday, July 26, 2015, be unveiled. A new District Chairperson and other executive officers would be inaugurated to steer the affairs of the club through year 2015/2016. The event holds at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium of the Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.…
The Election Tribunal in Abia State has granted the prayer of candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the April 11, 2015 governorship poll, Alex Otti, to bring election materials of Obingwa to the court premises for inspection by APGA lawyers. At the hearing on Friday, the judges struck out all the motions…
Former Director-General of the Security Exchange Commission, SEC, Arunma Oteh, has been appointed as the Vice President and Treasurer of World Bank. President of Word Bank, Jim Yong Kim, confirmed the appointment of Oteh in a press statement. “I am pleased to announce the appointment of Arunma Oteh as VP and Treasurer of the World…
By Obinna Akukwe The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has hailed the determination of President Muhammadu Buhari to give Owelle Chukwuma Azikiwe, first son of Nigeria’s first president, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, a decent burial, despite opposition from some politicians in the zone who allegedly abandoned the family. Speaking with Rev Obinna Akukwe, Director General, Igbo Mandate…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has praised President Muhammadu Buhari for telling the United States in a plain language that Nigeria will not succumb to their g@y marriage offer. The party also congratulated the President on his successful four-day tour to the US and his return to Nigeria on Thursday. In a…