Grammy-winning singer, Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy, has ventured into the movie industry. The ‘African Giant’ crooner is set to make his debut as an executive producer in Black Mic Mac’s upcoming movie ‘3 Cold Dishes.’ Burna Boy would executively produce the movie through Spaceship Films, a company he co-founded alongside Bose Ogulu, his mother. […]
In a match that might have been a test of Thiago Motta’s credentials to take over Juventus, his Bologna team made a blazing start but collapsed at the end and drew 3-3 with the Turin giants on Monday. Former Italy midfielder Motta’s contract with Bologna, where the 41-year-old has been since 2022, expires at the […]
Customers of eight commercial banks paid N119.3 billion as service charges for electronic business (e-biz) transactions in the first quarter of 2024 (Q1’24). This represents a 65 percent year-on-year (YoY) increase when compared with N72.22 billion the customers paid in Q1’23. The eight banks are Guaranty Trust Bank, GTB (N11.26 billion) , Zenith Bank (N19.9 billion), Access Bank […]
Africa’s richest billionaire, Aliko Dangote, has decried difficulties faced by investors travelling on the African continent as he said he needs different 35 visas on his Nigerian passport. He said he spoke about the Rwandan President Paul Kagame about the challenges which do nor exist in France. Dangote disclosed this recently at the Africa CEO […]
Group Managing Director/Chief Executive, United Bank for Africa, UBA Plc, Mr. Oliver Alawuba, yesterday said that the bank will continue to focus on innovations that enhance customer experiences in order to sustain achievements recorded in the 75 years of the bank’s operation. Speaking during the bank’s world press conference at the UBA House in Lagos to mark the […]
The Nigerian High Commission in London, United Kingdom, UK, has accumulated £8.4 million as unpaid congestion charges. A datasheet published by Transport for London, TfL, showed that the amount relates to unpaid fees and fines accrued by diplomats between the launch of the congestion charge in 2003 and the end of last year. The TfL […]
Speaking at the handing over on Monday in Maiduguri, Deputy Theatre Commander, Joint Task Force North East Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Kenneth Chigbu, said they were rescued during the 10-day clearance operation in Sambisa. “The people we are handing over today totalling 350 comprised six adult males, 134 females and 209 children found in Sambisa […]
The father of David Ukpo, Mr. Nwamini Ukpo, has said that the family of Senator Ike Ekweremadu offered him a tricycle in his family compound in Ebonyi State, but he rejected it. He disclosed this to our correspondent at his family compound in Ndioffia Ishieke, Ebonyi State, in the presence of community members as well […]
The Lagos State PDP Chairman, Philip Aivoji, has described former President Goodluck Jonathan’s call for truce to end the political crisis in Rivers as commendable. Aivoji commended Jonathan in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. Recall that Jonathan had on Monday implored Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers and […]
The Health Management Organisations in Nigeria have faulted the move by the Federal Government to establish a new HMO to cater to the civil servants in the country. The HMOs, who spoke on the FG’s plan said, it does not have the backing of the law of setting up an HMO. The Ministry of Defence […]
