A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday remanded a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr Andrew Yakubu, in Kuje Prison pending when the ruling on his bail application would be delivered on March 21. Justice Ahmed Mohammed gave the order of remand shortly after the ex-NNPC boss was arraigned and his bail application ... Read More »
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NIGERIAN ENTERTAINMENT DIRECTORY WILL AID BUSINESS IN THE INDUSTRY- PUBLISHER
Ultimate Communications the mother company that is behind the annual Best Of Nollywood, BON Awards, has announced that it will be publishing a directory for the Nigerian Entertainment Industry. With an average contribution of US$ 4.5 billion dollars to the annual Gross Domestic product of Nigeria, the Nigerian entertainment industry is a big deal. The surge of the ... Read More »
NBC Allays Concerns Over Benzoic Acid in Soft Drinks
Our attention has been drawn to media reports which contain misleading information on the safety of benzoic and ascorbic acids as ingredients in soft drinks, citing a Lagos High Court order. In the judgement delivered on February 15, 2017 in a suit involving Fijabi Adebo Holdings Limited & Dr. Emmanuel Fijabi Adebo v. Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC) & National ... Read More »
Ghana & Nigeria Set To Go Head To Head In Battle At GhanaNaijaShowbizAwards
Ghana & Nigeria Set To Go Head To Head In Battle At GhanaNaijaShowbizAwards -Nominees Unveiling Party Holds In Accra March 18 Ghana and Nigerian entertainment celebrities are set to battle in a real war of the stars for the first time as organisers are set to unveil nominees for the maiden edition of Ghana-Naija ShowbiZAwards. Nominees from the entertainment industries ... Read More »
opinion!Uneasy Calm In Lagos State House Of Assembly? Says Who?
By Lanre Ogunyemi Again for the umpteenth time, clarifications must be made of the unassailable and evident peace which undebatably obtains in our parliament, your parliament, the people’s parliament and the golden pride of the Nigerian Parliamentary System – the Lagos State House of Assembly. Some persons, for reasons best known to them and their cohorts, have unsuccessfully tried to ... Read More »
Ile ife Crisis!We believe security forces are supporting Hausas Afenifere
Afenifere,the Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group has said that Ile-Ife indignes are being arrested on trumped-up charges following the ethnic crisis that led to deaths. The group also said that the security operatives are trying to change the narratives of the attacks by portraying the Ife people as the aggressors contrary to what actaully happened.In a statement signed by the Afenifere Publicity ... Read More »
POWER SECTOR LIQUIDITY RECEIVES FRESH BOOST AS FG SETS TO PAY ALL VERIFIED MDAS’ BILLS TO DISCOS FOR ELECTRICITY DELIVERED
POWER SECTOR LIQUIDITY RECEIVES FRESH BOOST AS FG SETS TO PAY ALL VERIFIED MDAS’ BILLS TO DISCOS FOR ELECTRICITY DELIVERED NDPHC announces progress on ongoing projects to connect communities that host NIPP TCN reports resolution of way leave issues in Uzalla, Edo State, and on-going work in Ondo, Rivers State and other locations around the country As Fashola chairs 13th ... Read More »
DANFO: WE’LL KICK-START BUS REFORM INITIATIVE WITH N30BN- AMBODE
…Says Govt’ll Float N100bn Bond To Drive Implementation Lagos Sate Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode at the weekend said that the proposed Bus Reform Initiative aimed at giving Lagosians an integrated public transportation system would kick start this year with a sinking fund of N30billion. Governor Ambode, who spoke to journalists, said his administration had identified the challenges Lagosians go through ... Read More »
ARIYA REPETE REUNITES SIR SHINA PETERS AND KWAM1
Ariya Repete, the Goldberg’s Roundtable on Yoruba music in Lagos last week was a major reunification tonic for Afro Juju maestro, Sir Shina Peters and a prominent Fuji crooner, King Wasiu Ayinde, Marshall, popular known as KWAM 1. The two leading Yoruba musicians from Ogun State used the occasion to to cement what observers described as a crack in their ... Read More »
GEN. ADEBAYO LIVED A FULFILLED, WORTHY LIFE, AMBODE TELLS WIDOW
GEN. ADEBAYO LIVED A FULFILLED, WORTHY LIFE, AMBODE TELLS WIDOW …Pays Condolence Visit To Family Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday said the late former military governor of defunct Western Region, General Adeyinka Adebayo (rtd) who died on Wednesday morning, lived a fulfilled life worthy of emulation. Governor Ambode, who spoke when he paid a condolence visit to ... Read More »