Nigeria’s celebrated music icon, Onyeka Onwenu, known as the “Elegant Stallion,” has been laid to rest in Lagos.The artiste died on July 30, 2024, at Reddington Hospital, Ikeja, after collapsing at an event honouring the Managing Director of Emzor Pharmaceuticals, Dr Stella Okoli.She was 72 years old.The funeral service was
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As Nigeria struggles with economic hardship and inflation, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Yemi Cardoso and his four deputies have reportedly acquired bulletproof SUVs worth over N10 billion.According to the report by Politics Nigeria, quoting Daily Nigerian, the CBN officials have been spending extravagantly, including the purchase of ultra-modern
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Johan Rupert, a South African luxury goods tycoon, has become Africa’s richest man, overtaking Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote, president of the Dangote Group.Rupert, 74, controls the world’s largest luxury watchmaker, Cie Financière Richemont, through a family trust, with the Bellevue-based company owning renowned brands like Jaeger-LeCoultre and Cartier.According to the latest
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The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced, on Wednesday, that a group of Polish students and a lecturer detained in Nigeria have been released.The University of Warsaw students were arrested earlier this month in Kano after being accused of raising Russian flags during anti-government protests.The protests, which began on August
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced that the final deadline for all Nigerians to link their Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) to their National Identity Numbers (NINs) is September 14, 2024.This is even as it announced significant progress in the Federal Government’s 2020 policy to link all Subscriber Identification Modules
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Joe Ajaero, the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), on Thursday, honoured police invitation over alleged criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felony, subversion, and cybercrime.Ajaero was led to the Force Headquarters by his lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) and others, including Maxwell Opara and Deji Adeyanju.This is coming 11 days
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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Afam Osigwe, has been sworn in as the 32nd President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).Osigwe will serve alongside other newly sworn-in national officers for the next two years, succeeding the immediate past president, Yakubu Maikyau, SAN.Making his inaugural speech in Lagos on Thursday,
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by Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaIn recent times, Dr. Mrs. Victoria I. Okoronkwo, the Pioneer President and Life Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Project Managers of Nigeria (CIPMN), has faced a barrage of allegations, ranging from the mismanagement of funds to nepotism. These allegations have been propagated by individuals and groups
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