More than 70 outdoor advertising companies contracted to handle the Ambode/Buhari campaign billboards in Lagos are still waiting to get paid their dues from the All Progressives Congress, APC, with practitioners revealing that they are enduring a choking debt burden. “The companies that ensured that Buhari and Ambode billboards took over 95% of the available…
By Njamanze Fidel Chairman of the Delta State House of Assembly Committee on Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Hon. Dennis Omovie has said the State House of Assembly is not aware of the existence of DESOPADEC budget for 2016. He also described as laughable reports that the speaker has already signed the…
Let’s face it, Nigerian women love compliments more the men do, and when they are clocking 30 and above, the effect of the passage of time on them becomes more visible. Due to the norm in Nigeria where women over the age of 30 are considered “older women”, the single ones especially tend to feel…
…1,000 New African Entrepreneurs Join $100m Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) announces the selection of 1,000 entrepreneurs for the 2nd round of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP). Launched in 2015, TEEP is the largest African philanthropic initiative devoted to entrepreneurship and represents a 10-year, $100 million commitment, to identify and…
…Leads In Nigerian Market Sterling Bank Plc has been rated by Lafferty Group among 100 banks from around the world. The group’s approach to rating is to use publicly available information to judge against key quantitative and qualitative criteria such as strategy, culture, customer care, brand promise and financial performance. According to Michael Lafferty, Chairman,…
The Nigerian Senate has eventually approved the 2016 budget after several weeks of postponement, Aproko247 has confirmed. The 2016 Appropriation Bill was passed on Wednesday by the lawmakers of the upper chamber of the National Assembly. Reports of the N6.07 trillion budget was supposed to be deliberated on yesterday by the Senate but it was…
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday adjourned till Wednesday deliberations on report of the 2016 Appropriations Bill presented today on the floor of the Senate by Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Danjuma Goje. The red chamber of the National Assembly majorly postponed the plenary to honour late Hon Musa Baba Onwana of Nasarawa/Toto…
The newly installed Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Saliu Olasupo Adetunji, Aje Ogungunniso 1, has vehemently kicked against the recent alleged attack on officials of the National Population Commission, NPC, by some thugs at the Ibadan North West LGA of Oyo State. Speaking on Monday after the monthly meeting of the Olubadan-in-Council held…
The automobile industry has been revolutionized by technology. Current cars can park themselves, report on driving performance, offer directions and read out text messages. This is only possible with modern cars. However, if you drive an older car, you can still make your car smarter. Jovago.com, Africa’s number 1 hotel booking portal roll selected ways…
Following reports of Korede Bello’s absence in school and his likelihood of missing out on school’s examination due to not meeting the 70% attendance of class criteria, the student-Journalist and Blogger, Damilare Famuyiwa who leaked out the story to the media is bearing the brunt of the management of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ)…