Boko Haram militants Wednesday abducted 16 women from Sabongari village in Madagali area of Adamawa State. Residents told our correspondent that the women were fishing at the Magar River with some men when eight gunmen seized them. The two male companions escaped, one with a bullet wound to his arm while two other women also…
1,000 NEW AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURS JOIN $100M TONY ELUMELU ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) announces the selection of 1,000 entrepreneurs for the 2nd round of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP). Launched in 2015, TEEP is the largest African philanthropic initiative devoted to entrepreneurship and represents a 10-year, $100 million commitment, to identify and…
Africa’s first interiors design show with a twist of reality TV is debuting on REDTV to discover Africa’s next Interior Design star. The launch of the new TV Reality show, tagged “Interiors By Design, was held at Angelika’s, Lagos’ choicest luxury home wares store, on Sunday, March 20, 2016 with notable names gathered from the…
PDP wins eight state constituencies, one House seat, APC victorious in one constituency • Wike, Peterside’s security aides in shootout, one killed • Amaechi, governor clash over ‘abducted’ collation officer • Army explains arrest of SSG, police say four dead, 24 apprehended The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the results of nine state…
United Bank for Africa Plc; the pan African financial services Group with operations in 19 African countries has delivered another strong and impressive financial performance. In its Audited Full Year results for the year ended December 31, 2015, released to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday, the bank recorded a 10% growth in gross…
Peter Okoye, a member of Nigerian musical duo, PSquare, has begun operating solo, following weeks of intense wrangling in the huge-followed group. On Monday, he took to his Instagram page to announce his new management. Peter, who performed alone at an event in Abuja on Saturday, March 12, released the contact details of his new…
Says president’s critics are mischief makersBy Dele Ogbodo The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Saturday lamented that the economic situation in the country has gone completely out of the control of government as the global economic meltdown is having a negative spiral effect on it. He explained that this was so…
Skye Bank in a statement signed by Nduneche Ezurike, Head Strategic and Brand Management disclosed that “Our attention has been drawn to a report in Sahara Reporters and other r publications stating that the GMD and the Chief Compliance Officer of Skye Bank have been invited by the EFCC over an alleged non remittance of…
The bible said when the end time is near For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. This words from the bible is surely coming to pass fast with rates of shenanigans going on in Christendom today with fake prophecy and healings while the new…
