In picture above: Founder TEDA Dr Godson Dinneya receiving the Trophy for producing best overall results in WASSCE 2020; third winner in WASSCE for 2020 in Nigeria, Miss Nwaozuzu Confidence Chinaza; TEDA Principal, Mr. Bethel Agozie; donor of the Award, Prof ABO Oyediran and representative of Oyo State Governor, Mr. Olawale Mogbonjubola. Eke-Owerri is one Read More…
Month: November 2021
Lagos Police arrest 12 over killing of CSP Kazeem Abonde
Lagos, Nov. 16, 2021 (NAN) The Lagos State Police Command’s Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, says it has arrested 12 suspects in connection with the gruesome murder of police officer Kazeem Abonde, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that late Abonde, a former Operations Officer of the Command, was Read More…
Security guard tells how he discovered Ataga’s body
Lagos, Nov. 16, 2021 (NAN) The security guard at the apartment where Mr Usifo Ataga, Super TV Chief Executive Officer, was allegedly murdered, on Tuesday said he was the person who discovered the corpse of the victim. The security guard, Abubakar Mohammed, said this while testifying before a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Read More…
Nigeria plans mass vaccination drive, considers booster shot
ABUJA, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Nigeria will start a mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign later this week, aiming to inoculate half of its targeted population by the end of January, government officials said. Africa’s most-populous country has a goal to vaccinate 111 million people to reach herd immunity. Under the initiative to start on Friday, 55 Read More…
Owner of tragic Airbnb apartment claims no prior meeting with Chidinma or Ataga
The owner of the apartment where TV executive, Usifo Ataga, Super TV Chief Executive Officer, was allegedly murdered, on Monday said murder suspect, Chidinma Ojukwu, did the booking with the name, Jewel. She had neither met Ataga nor his alleged murderers before the incident. Nkechi Mogbo testified before a Lagos High Court sitting at the Read More…
How to become a successful millionaire
Amy Khalaf asked this question in Quora: How could I make a million dollars before 30 years old? The most appropriate answer came from Tea Maksoud, a writer and a marketing graduate. I’ve studied over 40 millionaires and finally found out their secret to wealth. It took me a long time to piece together the Read More…
#EndSARS panel submits report to government
The panel investigating shootings by the now disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit of the Nigeria Police in Lagos State, which sparked the worst civil unrest in the nation since the end of military rule submitted its findings to the government on Monday. However, the report was not immediately made public. Headed by Justice Dorcas Read More…
No smiles for Nigeria, developing countries, at COP26
The final agreement from the COP26 which just ended in Glasgow, Scotland, offers little promise for Nigeria and its fellow developing nations. Even then the two-week conference in Scotland delivered a major win in resolving the rules around carbon markets, just as it did little to assuage vulnerable countries’ concerns about long-promised climate financing from Read More…
[PHOTO] Akinwumi Adesina meets with Kamala Harris in Paris
They met on the sidelines of a three-day Paris Peace Forum, at a dinner at the Élysées, Paris. At the dinner hosted by French President, Emmanuel Macron on Nov. 11, the African Development Bank (AfDB) CEO, Akinwumi Adesina, had a chance tete-a-tete with US Vice President, Kamala Harris, during which they posed for a colourful Read More…
Broadcasters’ Hall of Fame inducts Dokpesi, Izamoje, Craig, others
A second set of broadcasting elite have been inducted into the Broadcasters Hall of Fame. The new batch of inductees to the Broadcasters Hall of Fame was released by the Broadcasters Guild of Nigeria, BGN. In a statement signed by the Chairman of the Guild, Ohi Ojo, the list includes two former Directors General of Read More…