‘Shanty Town’, ‘Herdsmen’, ‘Underbelly’ dominate BON nomination list Best of Nollywood Awards has officially released nominations lists and categories for the 2023 Nollywood award ceremony. Stylised as BON Awards, the annual film event honors outstanding achievements in the Nigerian movie industry. In the just-released nominee list, Shanty Town, Herdsmen, and Underbelly dominate the line-up of various categories. Shanty Town, a ... Read More »
Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has applauded the Zumunta Association USA Inc. for giving out Palliatives to six Northern states to cater to their needs. The Chairman/CEO, NIDCOM gave the applause through the Secretary to the Commission, Dr. Sule Yakubu Bassi, at the Third Phase of the Zumunta Associatio USA Inc., Palliative Awards Presentation in Abuja. ... Read More »
The Oyo State Mineral Development Agency has sealed some mining sites, operating without consent letters and community development agreement in the state. The Director General (DG) of the Agency, Mr Abiodun Oni, disclosed this today in Ibadan, shortly after the exercise. Mr Abiodun Oni stated that the decision was to restore order by stopping all illegal activities in the mining ... Read More »
Dangote Group’s Executive Director, Commercial Operations, Hajia Fatima Aliko-Dangote, has reiterated the company’s determination to eradicate the high youth unemployment in the country. She said, it is only when youths are positively engaged, that the high insecurity problems in the country will fade away. Fatima, who made this disclosure at the just concluded Lagos International Trade Fair during the “Dangote ... Read More »
In response to an incident involving a suspected stolen vehicle and subsequent arrest of the culprits, a truck driver attached to Dangote Cement’s transport department in Ibese reported that his truck, with registration number KPF 237 XA – ICT 17C 022 AT AG INSPECTOR Kara Dangote, was stolen while he left his two motorboys, Mohammed Lawal “m” and ISMAIL, surname ... Read More »
It gave the warning following claims in some sponsored reports in the online media, suggesting that the company is being probed for alleged illegal foreign exchange deals and money laundering by the Special Investigator, Jim Obazee who is probing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under the leadership of the former CBN governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele. In a statement, DIL ... Read More »
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (CON) on Friday inaugurated three top officials of the government, with Prof. Mamman Saba Jibril returning as the Secretary to the State Government. The Governor swore in Prince AbdulKadir Aliyu Mahe, who was until Friday afternoon the SSG, as the new Chief of Staff (CoS). The Governor similarly inaugurated Barrister Murtala Sambo as the Special ... Read More »
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has adjourned ruling on the application of the House of Assembly of Ondo State to abridge time to hear the appeal against the order of the Federal High Court, Abuja. The date for the ruling will be communicated to the parties by the Court. It will be recalled that the House of Assembly of ... Read More »
Kwara-born popular thespian, Yinka Quadri has applauded Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq over his huge investment in the creative industry as part of his efforts to rescue Kwara state from being only a civil servant state. He made the pronouncement today while on a visit to the Kwara Sugar Film Factory, in the company of the SSA to the Governor on Culture ... Read More »
A viral, contentious dialogic confrontation between Arise TV’s Rufai Oseni and one Jesutega Onokpasa, identified as a lawyer and “APC chieftain,” on November 30 has once again centralized conversations about who a journalist is and what constitutes journalism, which I’d addressed in previous columns. In the exchange, Oseni asked Onokpasa a legitimate, well-chosen question about the deleterious consequences of the ... Read More »
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