Author: Lilian Azuh

As we celebrate the joyous occasion of Christmas, I, on behalf of the League of Online Publishers/Editors (LOPE) Media Network, extend warm greetings to our esteemed members, partners, and the entire Nigerian online community. May this season bring peace, joy, and renewed hope for a brighter future. We are truly grateful for your unwavering support throughout the year and remain committed to delivering stories that inspire, inform, and connect us all. As you celebrate with your loved ones, may your homes be filled with love, laughter, and togetherness. Here’s to a holiday season brimming with happiness and may the magic…

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Guinness Stout The Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission has sealed three companies for extracting large quantities of groundwater for commercial purposes without proper authorisation and compliance with regulations. The News Agency of Nigeria reports on Tuesday that the three companies are Nigerian Bottling Company, producers of Coca-Cola, FrieslandCampina, makers of Peak Milk and Guinness Nigeria Plc. The Director, Technical Services, LASWARCO, Mr Olowu Babatunde, said this during an enforcement on Tuesday in Lagos. Babatunde said that LASWARCO had been engaging with these companies for over seven years to encourage compliance but efforts have been met with limited success. “We operate…

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Shobanjo President Bola Ahmed Tinubu extends warm felicitations to Dr. Biodun Shobanjo, a titan of Nigeria’s advertising industry, on his 80th birthday. President Tinubu joins the Shobanjo family, friends, and well-wishers in honouring a highly esteemed marketing communications expert and multiple award-winning advertising guru. Shobanjo started his stellar career at the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation and joined Grant Advertising in 1971. He became deputy managing director in 1976 and left four years later to found Insight Communications, an instant game changer in Nigeria’s advertising industry. Shobanjo and his team notably transformed Insight into a colossal marketing company, adding Quadrant, Nigeria’s first…

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Elumelu Tony Elumelu, Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), at the weekend, donated 1,800 bags of rice to his kinsmen in Onicha-Uku Community, Aniocha North LGA, Delta State. At the event, Tony Elumelu assured his kinsmen of his commitment to empowering communities and changing lives. Nassir Ramon, head of External Relations at the United Bank for Africa, represented Elumelu, he stated that the gesture was in line with the spirit of Christmas, especially to show love, kindness, and generosity. Elumelu remarked, “Today we gather to celebrate the spirit of Christmas—a season of love, kindness, and generosity. This event…

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Interpol No fewer than 14 Nigerians have been declared wanted by the International Police for offences ranging from human trafficking, drug trafficking, robbery, cheating, and forgery, among others. PUNCH Metro gathered on Tuesday from Red Notices published on the INTERPOL website that the 14 Nigerians were wanted by different countries where they had allegedly committed the crime. The notices identified the wanted persons as Felix Omoregie, Jessica Edosomwan, Uche Egbue, Jude Uzoma, Chinedu Ezeunara, Benedict Okoro, Ikechukwu Obidiozor, and Alachi Stanley. Others are Bouhari Salif, Timloh Nkem, Austine Costa, Okromi Festus, Akachi Vitus and Mary Eze. According to the notices, Omoregie…

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Court The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Sanusi Hashim for allegedly misappropriating and converting to his personal use, the sum of N108,000,000( One Hundred and Eight Million Naira) Hashim was arraigned before Justice Kabiru Dabo of the Kaduna State High Court sitting in Zaria on a one -count charge of misappropriation contrary to Section 293 and punishable under section 294 of the Penal Code. He was alleged to have collected a total sum of N108,000,000 from one Ahmad Mohammad Liman and Basiru Mohammad for the supply of fertilizer but instead misappropriated…

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