Elumelu speaking at the event Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs have collectively created 1.5 million jobs and generated $4.2 billion in revenue Over 2 million Africans lifted out of poverty Lagos, Nigeria – March 17, 2025 – The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy empowering entrepreneurs is set to announce the 11th cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme on Saturday, March 22, 2025. The 2025 announcement comes at a critical time, as Africa’s entrepreneurship ecosystem faces funding constraints and global economic headwinds. TEF continues to provide much-needed support, empowering African entrepreneurs to transform their ideas into sustainable businesses and engines of…
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First Bank office We have been made aware of a recent publication by Thisday Newspaper, Arise Television and a video circulating, regarding a court case filed by a customer, Dr. Agbai Eke, against FirstBank. We can affirm that the allegations of fraud in the Bank as alluded to by ‘Dr. Agbai Eke’ are entirely unfounded and false. Our findings on the matter indicate unprofessional and unethical dealings between Dr. Agbai Eke and a former FirstBank employee, using a personal relationship to facilitate unauthorized transactions outside the bank’s knowledge or involvement. As the matter is currently before the Court, we will refrain from…
Tinubu First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu says the Nation has a space for women in all spheres and they can occupy that space with their continued hard work and dedication. She was speaking during the visit by the management team of the Nigeria Customs Service and the National Sports Commission and others paid her a visit at the State House Abuja. The visit which was led by the Comptroller General of the NCS Wale Adeniyi was to honour her as the Grand Patron for the 2025 African Women’s Volleyball Championship, scheduled for April, this…
UK flag The United Kingdom’s Home Office has revoked the visas of several Nigerian nurses under investigation for alleged examination fraud, ordering them to leave the country. According to Nursing Times, the affected nurses are still awaiting the outcomes of their appeals. However, they have received official letters from the Home Office instructing them to leave the UK starting next week. The deportation order follows an ongoing probe by the UK’s Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) into suspected malpractice at Yunnik Technologies Test Centre in Ibadan, Nigeria. The investigation, which began in 2023, was triggered after the NMC detected “anomalous data”…
Court Justice Nasiru Saminu of the Kano State High Court has convicted and sentenced Bulama Abdulrahman to seven years imprisonment without an option of fine, for posing as an auctioneer assigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to sell some properties forfeited to the Federal Government on the Commission’s behalf. He was jailed after facing trial on two-count charges bordering on intent to defraud and obtaining under false pretences to the tune of N35,000.000( Thirty-five Million Naira only) One of the charges reads:“That you Abdulrahman Bulama on or about June, 2023 in Kano within the jurisdiction of the…
Baba Tee with Ijoba Lande and wife Dara, the estranged wife of comedian and skit maker Kehinde Ganiyu, popularly known as Ijoba Lande, has said that her ex-husband is an addicted gambler and assaults her at every slightest opportunity. The estranged wife made the disclosure in an interview with actress Biola Adebayo on Friday. She swore to have never slept with 21 men, which Ijoba Lande claimed in a viral interview while daring the comedian to name and release the video he has. According to her, Marygold, the comedian’s manager, who coincidentally happened to be her friend, was the primary…
Rivers map A group of Ijaw women have blocked the road in Asari Toru LGA of Rivers state to stop Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), who is expected to visit the area today. Fubara and Wike have been locked in a supremacy battle over control of the political structure of the state. The rift has led to the polarisation of various interest groups in the state. Recently, Wike reportedly referred to the Ijaw people as “minority of minorities in Rivers and other south-south states except Bayelsa.” According to reports, the women are showing solidarity with the…
Natasha The senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Ireti Kingibe, on Friday, promised to champion the probe of sexual harassment allegation raised by Kogi Central lawmaker, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. Kingibe made the promise in a statement posted via her official X handle on Friday titled ‘My Unwavering Stance for Justice, and Women’s Rights.’ Her statement comes two weeks after she berated Akpoti-Uduaghan for lashing out over the seating reassignment in the Senate. Kingibe, while appearing on Arise TV, faulted Akpoti-Uduaghan for not following senate rules, stressing that she should not have made a big…
Asake The family of Afrobeats superstar, Asake, has finally spoken out amid the ongoing controversy involving the singer and a man, Fatai Odunsi, who claims to be his father. Asake’s abandoned family The controversy erupted after a viral video surfaced showing Odunsi appealing to the public for financial assistance, citing serious health issues. He said he has been battling stroke since 2022 and that Asake has ignored his calls despite his deteriorating condition. In response, Asake addressed the issue in a cryptic yet emotional message shared on TikTok. Singing in Yoruba, he said, “You can’t please everyone, you can’t please…
Wike Angry Ijaw women of Kalabari extraction on Saturday vandalised giant billboards bearing the pictures of Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. The billboards which were erected at the junction leading to Abalama was in honour of Wike who is being hosted to a grand reception by the Ijaw stakeholders under the platform of NEW Associates.The reception comes amid protest from traditional rulers and people of Kalabari over a scheduled IYC Eastern zone meeting at the same venue.Hundreds of women decked in black attire with white scarf had in the early hours of Saturday barricaded the road leading…