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Access Bank has paid one year remembrance tribute to the former CEO of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe, his wife, Chizoba, and their son, Chizzy. The trio died tragically in a helicopter crash in California exactly one year ago, on February 9, 2024. In a post on X, Access Bank said Wigwe's legacy lives on in…
20 Jan
The suspended pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), City of David Parish, Pastor Idowu Iluyomade, has launched a new ministry in Lagos called The Family Fellowship. The new ministry held a service at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Sunday and a video from the service showed the clergyman and members…
30 Nov
Stakeholders have challenged leadership recruitment processes across Africa, especially on the political front. They have therefore called for more actions in support of initiatives aimed at liberating African minds across all sectors to rise to the challenge of repositioning Africa as a moral and technological superpower in the spirit of the African Renaissance. The call…
14 Nov
The Vice Chancellor of Wigwe University, Rivers State, Professor Marwan Al-Akaidi, has advised the newly admitted students of the institution to be focused and lay a solid foundation that will foster Africa’s potential through knowledge and character. Speaking at the maiden matriculation ceremony on Thursday at the institution’s campus in Isiokpo, Rivers State, the VC…
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The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Police Command in Lagos State have detained two university students for alleged involvement in cultism. RRS confirmed this in a post it shared on its official X handle @rrsLagos767 on Thursday. It stated that the suspects, 21-year-old and 22-year-old, were apprehended at 4:00 a.m. on…
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The Forward Operating Base (FOB) of the Nigerian Navy in Badagry, Lagos, has handed over 1,109 bags of seized foreign rice to the Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Speaking at the handing over on Thursday , Navy Capt. Oyeleye Omotayo, FOB Commanding Officer, Badagry, said the Nigerian navy had stepped up…
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The ECOWAS Court on Thursday dismissed a suit filed by a Nigerian woman, Lovina Adonor, seeking to compel the Federal Government to pay her reparation for the destruction of her shrine. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adonor, a self-acclaimed priestess, had filed the suit marked: ECW/CCJ/APP/61/22, seeking the enforcement of her fundamental…
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The Lagos State Government has announced that it will begin marking illegal buildings on Banana Island for demolition, by Monday. Mr Gbolahan Oki, General Manager, Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), made the announcement at a stakeholders meeting on Banana Island, on Thursday. He said that the buildings were encroaching on prohibited areas, violating building…
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Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi will participate in an African Union summit this weekend but will not attend a meeting on the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the president's office told AFP on Thursday. The M23 armed group, supported by Rwandan forces, made advances in the province of South Kivu on Wednesday, after a…
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US President Donald Trump said Thursday he wants to hold talks with Russia and China on a mutual reduction in military spending, with a possible summit for the countries' leaders. Outlining his vision for a shake-up in the world order, Trump also said he would "love" to have Russia back in the G7, from which…
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Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun, on Thursday, raised alarm of an alleged plot by some people to attack local government secretariats in the state A statement in Osogbo by Malam Olawale Rasheed, quoted Adeleke as saying he had received credible reports of the plan to also attack leaders of the Peoples Democratict Party (PDP) and…
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Senegal's government on Thursday announced that it could take legal action against those responsible for "serious breaches" and mismanagement of the country's public finances under former president Macky Sall. The Audit Office, which is independent of government, on Wednesday pointed to "omissions" in the accounts during Sall's last term of office between 2019 and 2024,…
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The Anambra government has vowed to continue with the demolition of unapproved structures and prosecute owners of such buildings for gross violation of the law. Mr Chike Maduekwe, Managing Director of Anambra State Physical Planning Board (AnPPB), said this at the continued demolition exercise in Nkisi Layout, Onitsha on Thursday. In Enekwasumpu, Obosi area, the…
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Mr Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has promised quick resolution of the indefinite strike declared by primary school teachers in the territory. The strike, which included area council workers was declared on Thursday, over non-implementation of N70,000 minimum wage and other pending welfare issues. Wike made the promise while interacting with…