At a recent function in Abuja, the Managing Director/CEO of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, delivered a lecture where he revealed that there has been a consistent decline, over the past three years, in the recorded rate of successful fraud incidences, thefts and forgeries in the banking industry. Specifically, Ibrahim said…
A special reception and dinner was held on Thursday, July 18, 2019 for five finalists of the debut season of Hymnodia at the Parkview Astoria Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos. The event turned out to be a reunion of some sort with nine of the 12 hymntestants of the Hymnodia Season 1 present at the event and…
For most people living outside Africa, they imagine the continent as the home of poverty, corruption, internet fraud, infrastructure deficit, and everything that describes under-development, marginalization, oppression, bad leadership, insecurity, diseases, and many more. Although the continent is truly beset with some perennial development issues, some of these notions are preposterous and not entirely peculiar…
Speaking at the graduation ceremony for 143 students, chairman of the occasion, Mr. Isaac Ehiozuwa, Edo state Head of Service commended the staff of the school for maintaining the excellent standard of the school. According to the Head of Service, who was represented by Mr. Edwin Oaikhena Edionweme, a director of administration and supplies, a…
Nigeria’s premium non-alcoholic Malt Drink, and Official Malt Drink of the Zaria and Bauchi Durbar Festivals, celebrated with the Muslim faithfuls in the northern parts of the country. The colourful, culture-rich ceremony, which held at the Emir’s palace, was graced by government officials, traditional leaders, dignitaries, and thousands of visitors, and featured one of the…
Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State has been urged to remove the Eshi of Nkwerre, Eze Chijioke Okwara, from the throne for allegedly fomenting a crisis capable of destroying Nkwerre and making life insecure for the people. This appeal was made last week by some leaders in the South East state. The leaders spoke on…
Maps Maponyane opens his home to Condé Nast House & Garden marking a bold new direction for South Africa’s biggest decor and design magazine For more than 20 years Condé Nast House & Garden has been South Africa’s premium design and decor magazine and this August the brand reveals a striking new approach to culture…
A chieftain and stakeholder of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has described as visionary and encouraging the recent payment of over N2 billion by the Professor Nelson Brambaifa-led Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to offset outstanding fees and stipends for its foreign post-graduate scholarship beneficiaries. In a statement…
For the ninth year in a row, Africa’s foremost financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, will bring together some of the world’s leading experts in Autism for two days of critical discourse on supporting children and adults living with Autism in Africa. Organized as part of the GTBank’s Orange Ribbon Initiative, the Annual Autism Conference,…
The third regional edition of the 2019 African Freestyle Football Championship organised by Feet ‘n’ Tricks under the authority of World Freestyle Football Association, continued at the Cubana Lounge in Owerri, Imo State on Saturday, July 6th, 2019. Onyia Anthony emerged winner in the male category of the Owerri Regional Championship following a keenly-contested final,…