Zenith Bank Plc and the French Development Agency (Agence Francaise de Development (AFD), operator of France’s bilateral development finance mechanism, over the weekend in Abuja, signed a US$100m power sector credit facility to boost new investments in the capital expenditures of Distribution Companies (DISCOS). The signing of the facility which took place in the inner…
USAF Global Business Development, a US based organization that provides leadership guidance and business techniques of success, will be holding a seminar in Lagos, Nigeria come June 18, 2016 at the prestigious Sheraton Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos. The event is tagged ‘An evening with the world’s most forward thinking innovators.’ Speakers at the seminar will…
Nigerians have a saying, ‘soup wey sweet, na better money kill am’. In literal terms, when good money is spent, the soup becomes more tasteful. Nothing great is gotten from nothing. It had to be the effort of a lot of players in the movie industry to birth this bundle of talent we have now…
If you are not using Windows 10, you must do it now as the free upgrade will come to end on July 29. Afterwards, you have to pay through your nose to upgrade your Windows from 7, 8, or 8.1. Meanwhile, for those who have been using Windows 10, they must notice some very annoying…
Nigerian parents expect their daughters to get married someday. However, one thing they are particular about is the kind of man their daughter(s) bring home as a future husband. With more 250 ethnic groups with Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa leading the pack, the expectations may be different but they are interwoven and almost similar. These…
Workers on the payroll of the Federal Government who obey the order by the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, to stay away from work will not be paid, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir David Lawal, has said. Lawal made this known on Tuesday when he directed all ministers, permanent secretaries and heads…
International beauty queens from six different countries are set to storm Kwara State, in support of the Kits for Kids Africa education intervention targeted at helping over 5,000 kids in public schools. The event will hold from May 23-26, 2016. Beauty queens from the USA, Canada, South Africa, India, Botswana and Puerto Rico, will be…
Some persons suspected to be thugs in Lagos reportedly took advantage of the industrial action called upon by the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, on Wednesday to unleash terror on law abiding citizens, who were on their way to work. It was learnt that around Fadeyi end of the popular Ikorodu Road, some hoodlums set up…
A preliminary autopsy report on late Ronke Shonde, the woman allegedly killed by her husband at their home in Egbeda, Lagos, has shown that she did not die from the mark of violence found on her lifeless body. However, a source told Punch on Tuesday that the report was still being compiled and that only…
Reports reaching us indicate that some suspected militants blew up gas pipeline belonging to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, in Bayelsa State. It was learnt that the facility was bombed at Ogbembiri in Southern Ijaw local government area of the state. It would be more than a dozen times that the oil and gas…