Photo caption:L-R: Baba Mohammed, Head, Government Affairs, The Alternative Bank; Garba Mohammed, Executive Director, The Alternative Bank; Mohammed Umar Bago, Governor Niger State; Mustapha Ndajiwo, Commissioner, Budget and Planning; Usman Abdullahi, Chief of Staff and Aminu Takuma, Commissioner Industry, Trade and Investment during the signing of multi- sector deal with the Niger State Government to boost the development of agriculture, transportation, energy and infrastructural sectors in the state recently. The Alternative Bank, an Africa-focused non-interest bank, has signed a multiyear deal with the Niger State government to boost the development of agriculture, transportation, energy, and infrastructural sectors in the state. …
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Adron Homes shines at the 58th annual bankers’ dinner 2023.
Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, has condemned the dissolution of the executives of the party in Rivers State. On Friday, The National Working Committee of the APC had inaugurated members of the caretaker committee of the Rivers State chapter of the party two days after the excos were dissolved. He also alleged that the APC leadership is plotting to hand over the party in Rivers to Wike just to spite Amaechi. He noted that President Bola Tinubu and the party’s National Chairman, Umar Ganduje, plotted the scheme to hand over the state chapter of the party…
Alex Lopez Mulatto actress Alex Lopez is one of the few top stars in Nollywood who is so proud to be a single parent. The Piccadilly star who had also mesmerized her teeming fans in other box office movies became a mother outside wedlock at the tender age of 17. Today, Joshua, her son is fourteen years old. “He is my world and everything… I’m still single and not desperate to get married because I’m still waiting for the man that will love me and my son with all his heart,” divulged the half Brazilian, half Nigerian, who was also the second…
Taylor Swift was forced to perform on her tiptoes after the heel of her boot broke during her concert in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. Fan footage posted on social media revealed that the Blank Space singer suffered a wardrobe malfunction at the start of her Eras Tour concert at the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos in Brazil. One video showed the 33-year-old ripping the heel off her bejewelled Christian Louboutin knee-high boot and throwing it into the crowd. Ever the professional, Taylor ploughed on with the opening segment of the show and greeted concertgoers in Portuguese without commenting on the…
On Thursday, There was panic when a Dana flight taking off from Lagos to Abuja aborted take-off following a faulty engine, leaving many passengers stranded. Passengers aboard the flight said they heard a loud explosion when the aircraft was about to take off, prompting the Pilot-in-Command to abort take-off. Many of the passengers are said to be stranded at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2). One of the passengers who spoke with our correspondent, said, “The Captain was trying to manage the situation but the report we had was that the plane lost its two engines. We had two explosions…
Okeowo Since her bold arrival in 2006 as an actress cum producer, Biodun Okeowo, has continued to distinguish herself and craft in the saturated make-believe industry. With sterling performances in over 50 hit Yoruba movies, the pretty entertainer from Ogere, Ogun State, is undoubtedly one of the names to look out for this New Year. Okeowo, a trained journalist, also has five Yoruba movies to her credit as a fast emerging producer. And she equally looks forward to increasing the above figure this 2011, with a blockbuster flick. The very busy thespian is currently on locations lensing her first major…
President Bola Tinubu has assented to the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) Bill, 2023. The Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria was established on August 1, 1964, by an Act of Parliament and revised as the DICON Act in Chapter 94 of the Laws of the Federation, 2004. The Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria Act, 2023, repeals the previous iteration of the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria Act and empowers the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria to: (1) Operate, maintain, and control subsidiaries and ordnance factories to manufacture, store, and dispose of ordnance and ancillary stores and material. (2) Establish…
Veteran Nollywood actor, Hanks Anuku has revealed that he drinks because of his battle with depression. The thespian, however, clarified that he does not take hard drugs. Recall Anuku had been in the news with reports and videos of him raising concerns about his well-being. Hanks, in a viral video on his Instagram page, admitted to drinking which he claimed was out of depression from not having a job for years, thinking about his children and their welfare. The actor said: “Yes, depression makes me drink but I never take hard drugs, I don’t take hard drugs at all. “Out of depression,…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed an application by the National Broadcasting Commission seeking an order to set aside its judgment restraining the commission from imposing fines on broadcast stations in the country. The Media Rights Agenda had sued NBC for imposing a fine of N500,000 each on Channels, TVC, AIT, and 42 others on March 1, 2019, for allegedly flouting the provisions of the Nigerian broadcasting code. MRA held that the action of the commission violated the right to a fair hearing under Section 36 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Article 7 of the…