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FCMB Partners Estars On E-Sports Education To Nigerian Schools

22.11.2024

First City Monument Bank (FCMB) is working with EStars to bring esports education to Nigerian schools. They want to introduce Nigerians aged seven to 14 across primary and secondary schools to essential skills for thriving in a digital world early in life. EStars launched its educational esports platform in Nigeria on July 16. The platform...

FIRS, NIEESV Plan Synergy On Effective Tax Administration

22.11.2024

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) have agreed on a synergy that will drive effective tax administration for enhanced economic growth. Chairman of FIRS, Zacch Adedeji, on Thursday, endorsed NIESV’s call for partnership between the two agencies. He said such engagement would go a long way...

Zenith Bank Rewards Hackathon Finalists With N77.5m

22.11.2024

A total sum of N77.5 million in prize money was won at the end of a keenly contested hackathon session at the Fourth Edition of the Zenith Tech Fair, themed: ‘Future Forward 4.0: Embedded Finance, Cybersecurity & Growth Imperatives – The Impact of AI’, which held yesterday in Lagos. The prize money was shared among...

Makinde, AfDB, Entrepreneurs To Speak On Business Innovation, Growth

22.11.2024

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, as well as, juggernauts across Africa, especially in entrepreneurship, business, financial, economic, and governance spaces, will on November 29 converge on the city of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, to speak on ways to drive impactful change across the continent. According to a statement issued by the convener of the...

IPOB Disowns Simon Ekpa, Labels Him A ‘Destructive Agent’

22.11.2024

The members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have disassociated themselves from Simon Ekpa, a Finland-based agitator who was arrested by the Finnish authorities for allegedly spreading terrorist propaganda. The pro-Biafran group who spoke in a statement issued on Friday by his spokesperson, Emma Powerful, clarified that Ekpa was never a registered member of...

EFCC Arrests Woman In Kaduna Over Employment Fraud

22.11.2024

The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Halima Yakubu Ngulde for her alleged involvement in an employment scam. Ngulde was apprehended by the anti-graft agency in Unguwan Kanawa, Kaduna State after intelligence linked her to defrauding job seekers. Confirming her arrest on X, the EFCC said Ngulde had...

Supreme Court Revokes National Lottery Act

22.11.2024

On Friday, the Supreme Court in Abuja nullified the National Lottery Act 2005 enacted by the National Assembly. The Apex Court led by Justice Mohammed Idris, in a unanimous judgment held that the National Assembly lacked the powers to legislate on issues relating to the lottery and games of chance. The judgment followed the suit...

My Husband Assaulted Me, Ruined My Career’ – Model Olajumoke

22.11.2024

Popular bread seller turned model, Olajumoke Orisaguna, popularly known as Olajumoke Onibread, has disclosed how her estranged husband ruined and assaulted her. New Telegraph recalls that Olajumoke gained popularity in 2016 after accidentally walking into a photo shoot with British rapper, Tinie Tempah, captured by TY Bello. However, speaking after a long media silence, Olajumoke...

Davido Warns Black Americans Against Relocating To Africa

22.11.2024

Nigerian Afrobeats superstar, David Adeleke, better known as Davido, has warned black Americans who plan on relocating back to Africa should abort such a decision. Speaking in an interview on ‘The Big Homies House’ podcast, the “OBO” crooner expressed scepticism about the trend, citing the current challenges facing the continent, particularly in his home country,...

Phyna Drops Surname, Says I’ve No Family

22.11.2024

The Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) Season 7 winner, Josephina Otabor, better known as Pyhna, has denounced her family’s surname. In a post via her X page, Phyna announced her decision to drop off her surname, Otabor, saying she has no family and nobody knows how and where she can call home. READ ALSO: According to her,...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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