It was a great spectacle to behold as the Christmas and Yuletide season came to life at the 2022 Zenith Bank Christmas Light-Up Ceremony, which was held at the Ajose Adeogun Street Roundabout, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday, November 19,…
. . . Says Obi will do more at federal level when he gets there The Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha Archdiocese and Metropolitan of Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace, Valerian Maduka Okeke, has narrated how Mr Peter Obi’s investment in…
Saudi-bound widow nabbed for concealing cocaine in sandals (Punch) The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Sunday, confirmed the arrest of a 56-year-old widow, Ajisegiri Sidika, for allegedly attempting to traffic 400grams of cocaine concealed in her footwear to Makkah,…
Banker stops 64-year-old from delivering N600k to soothsayers (Punch) Two suspected fraudsters, posing as prophets, have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for attempting to extort N600,000 from a 64-year-old woman in Lagos. According to the police, the…
The most topical issue in the art world as it pertains to Africa is rooted in antiquity. In 1897, the British Army raided the Benin Kingdom in a so-called “punitive expedition” following the killing of James Robert Phillips, a British…
The 10th edition of Ake Arts and Book Festival will now take place in Lagos from November 24 – 26. The event with the theme “Homecoming 2002” was due to hold in Abeokuta, Ogun State from November 22 – 28,…
Lagos Fringe, Africa’s biggest open-access multidisciplinary arts festival, which is celebrating five years, opens on November 22, for the 2022 edition. The festival scheduled to hold from November 22-27, 2022 from 9 am to 11 pm each day at Freedom…
Award-winning filmmaker and producer Frances-Anne Solomon will receive the 2022 WIFT Toronto Crystal Award for Mentorship. Often serving as a role model to younger entrepreneurs as they grow in their own careers, the award is in recognition of her outstanding…
The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Most Rev. Callistus Onaga, has given approval for the Ntasiobi Ndi N’afufu Hospital to serve as Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI) teaching hospital. Bishop Onaga disclosed this during GOUNI 10th Convocation Ceremony held at the…
The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Lagos State chapter, says it has acquired 120 plots of land for a housing scheme for teachers in the employ of its members. Mr Amusa Olawale, NAPPS President in the state…
