History was made last night as SMADE & LIVENATION presented The Afrobeats Legend D’banj (one of the best live performers out of Africa), gave his fans their money’s worth by shutting down the O2 Academy Brixton during the 10th edition of the Koko Concert with his energetic moves and interaction with the audience. It was […]
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A governorship aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Barrister Anthony George-Ikoli has unveiled his road map ahead of the November 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State. George-Ikoli said Monday in a meeting with party faithful, community leaders and youths in Yenagoa that the road map was aimed at changing the erstwhile […]
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Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and the Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), will speak at the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), taking place in Yokohama, Japan from August 28 – 30, 2019. As the leading champion of entrepreneurship in Africa, Mr. Elumelu will ensure that […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reached an agreement with commercial banks in the country, to settle customer’s loan defaults with deposits other banks. Speaking with journalists after the Bankers Committee meeting on Monday, Aishah Ahmad, CBN’s deputy governor, financial services system, said the directive is to encourage banks to increase lending. “We are not […]
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Feet ‘N’ Tricks International Limited has unveiled sports broadcast giant, SuperSport, as its media partnership for the broadcast of the 2019 edition of the African Freestyle Football Championship (AFFC). With this new partnership, the Pan-African group of television channels, highly recognized as MultiChoice’s pacesetter sports broadcast station for providing quality sports content for sports lovers, […]
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it has arrested ten persons who attempted to enroll with fake certificates during registration in some of its orientation camps. NYSC Spokesperson, Adenike Adeyemi, said in a statement that three of the culprits who were apprehended in Taraba State Orientation Camp claimed to have graduated from Istop University, […]
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The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it will impose value-added tax (VAT) on online transactions, both domestic and international, with effective from January 2020. This disclosure was made on Monday by FIRS executive chairman, Babatunde Fowler, at the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) technical workshop that held in Abuja. Mr. Fowler said a lot […]
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The chief medical director (CMD) of Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH), Edo State, Sylvanus Okogbeni, has been abducted by gunmen who killed the two policemen attached to him. The kidnap happened at Ramat Park, Ikpoba-Okha local government area of the state on Monday while the CMD was returning to Benin, the state capital. Chidi Nwabuzor, […]
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Singer David Adeleke, popularly known as DAVIDO; Afro-fusion singer, Burna Boy and South African musician Nasty C scored the most nominations for 2019 AFRIMA awards. The list was released by the International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards on Monday. The Continental categories are made up of the different genres of African music from […]
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Following the list of 80 Nigerian fraudsters released by FBI, Presidency has said there will be new executive orders to tackle international fraud. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on media and publicity while speaking on Channels TV, said the Buhari administration will work with all nations to tackle criminality. “The government will […]
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