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Sequel to influx of some Nigerians to Lebanon to work, and complaints of maltreatment from some Nigerian domestic workers there, Amb. Houssam Diab, the Lebanese Ambassador to Nigeria said on Thursday that the Embassy has suspended issuing working visas to Nigerians seeking to work in Lebanon, particularly for domestic work. He told the visiting Chairman/CEO of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission ... Read More »

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) has urged Nigerian governors to emulate their Kwara State counterpart AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq over the recent reduction of the Right of Way (RoW) charges for telecommunication companies. “We hope all other Governors emulate your patriotic gesture,” Pantami said in a letter addressed to AbdulRazaq on behalf of the ministry. The ... Read More »

A contestant to the Oniru stool, Prince Abdul Hakeem Ajasa has congratulated the Oba-elect, Prince Gbolahan Lawal. Lawal was approved as the Oniru of Iruland by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State Executive Council, having satisfied all legal requirements. He would be installed on Sunday as the 15th Oniru of Iruland. Prince Ajasa, who many had touted to succeed the late ... Read More »

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend commiserated with the family of Mr Waheed Bakare, Saturday Editor of the New Telegraph newspaper, who died recently after a brief illness. “On behalf of the people and government of Kwara State, the Governor mourns with the family of Alhaji Waheed Bakare, the New Telegraph family, the entire newspaper industry, and the ... Read More »

Pan African Financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has rewarded another set of 100 loyal customers with a total of N10m in the UBA Bumper account draw. The 100 customers won N100,000 each in this month’s edition of the draw which began in January 2020. The virtual and transparent draw which was held at the UBA Head Office ... Read More »

Majek Fashek on arrival to Nigeria’s emerging pop culture of the 1980s instantly constructed his own freeway of love, affection, turbulence and troubled soul.. By the end of the seventies decade, Nigeria’s pop culture, recovering from the civil war, was saturated by musicians seeking fame, fortune and to a few extents, misfortune and nightmare, through a funk-influenced genre of that ... Read More »

It all started like a bad dream. The ailment which creeped in just like malaria, the usual Agbo remedies, then the cough and frightening total weakness…he would tell his story. Let me narrate mine, the night COVID19 went beyond research and Facebook posts and landed on my doorstep. When I noticed that a strongman was going down, struggling to stand ... Read More »

By his bow tie, you know him. And that distinguishing feature was firmly in place when Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), breezed into the Presidential Villa at Abuja on June 3, 2020. One of the hallmarks of seasoned, methodical people is patience, refusal to be rushed or stampeded. Since the alleged breach of ethics saga ... Read More »

One of Nigeria’s hidden talents and showbiz impresario, Prince Christopher Omoaghe, has joined the league of quinquagenarian. The man about town, who’s one of the right hand men of the honourable Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo SAN is the new golden boy in town. Omoaghe is one of the movers and shakers of the Nigerian entertainment industry. ... Read More »

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered a full-scale search for the perpetrators of the attack on Isanlu Police station and a commercial bank in Yagba East LGA of Kogi State. IGP Adamu in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP, Frank Mba, condemned the incident which led to the death of some policemen and a ... Read More »