archiveMarch 2021

Big Brother Naija will return for its sixth edition in 2021. The popular reality TV show will top previous seasons as organisers – Multichoice Nigeria – announced a grand prize of N90 million. MultiChoice Nigeria, on Wednesday, March 24, announced that it is offering customers on its DStv and GOtv...

 The United Methodist Church Episcopal Area in Nigeria (UMCN) says it will leave the Church’s global body if it endorses same-sex marriage at its 2022 General Conference.Bishop Johnwesley Yohanna of UMCN said at a news conference on Wednesday in Jalingo that the Nigerian chapter would also leave if the global body endorses...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday March 23, 2021 bemoaned the delay in the corruption trial of Chief Raymond Dokpesi, founder of Daar Communications Plc. Dokpesi is being prosecuted before John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Abuja for the alleged diversion of N2.1 billion received from...

Dr George Akume, the Minister of Special Duties and Inter Governmental Affairs, on Wednesday said that micro enterprises will be established in the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the country. The Minister disclosed this in Abuja at the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) General Assembly with the...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has given Nollywood veteran, Lanre Hassan, popularly known as Iya Awero, a three-bedroom flat. Iya Awero’s house is one of the newly commissioned Prince Abiodun Ogunleye Housing Estate, Igbogbo, Lagos State. The Chief Press Secretary to Lagos State Governor, Gboyega Akosile, announced Sanwo-Olu’s gift on Twitter on...

  Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has blamed recent low corruption perception index rating of the country by the Transparency International (TI) on lack of a clear view of the nation’s business environment. The Minister gave the explanation on Wednesday while speaking to State House Correspondents after...

ECSCorp, a global solution company that uses agile approach to solving the most complex business problems, is set to create ‘The Incubator Reality Show’ to address the most critical challenges startups encounter in the country with a $2m startup fund for winners. The reality show according to the Initiator and...

    The Oyo State Government on Wednesday joined other states across Nigeria to rollout the COVID-19 vaccination exercise. The state flagged off the exercise in Ibadan with the first consignment of 127,740 doses it received from the Federal Government. Gov. Seyi Makinde was inoculated with Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine at exactly...

We note recent media coverage relating to the legal case between Rite Foods Limited and Nigerian Bottling Company Limited ‘’NBC’’, regarding the Predator Energy drink. Given that the case is now going through the due legal process, we are limited in what we can say publicly. However, in the interest...

Two Nigerian fraudsters who obtained a cumulative sum of about $1,000,000,000 (One Million Dollars) from three foreign airlines through Business Email Compromise fraud have been convicted by a Lagos High Court. The duo, Tobilola Ibrahim Bakare and Alimi Seun Sikiru, were on Monday March 22, 2021 sentenced to three years...