Obumneme Odonwodo (Junior Pope) The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has banned the unauthorised pictures and video recordings during the burial of actor Junior Pope, who died in April following a boat accident on the River Niger. This was made known via an Instagram post on Tuesday, where the AGN President, Emeka …
Read More »Hold Shell Accountable For Pollution, Human Rights Abuses Before It’s Allowed To Sell Niger Delta Business In Nigeria —Amnesty International
This follows reports that that Nigeria’s oil industry regulator is prepared to offer a fast-track sales approvals process for oil companies wanting to sell their businesses in the country. Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian government to ensure Shell is held to account for the pollution and human rights abuses …
Read More »Ignore doubts, aim for the top, Glo urges girls
Nigerian schoolgirls have been told to set aside their fears and aim for leadership roles in their nation. Globacom, Nigeria’s digital solutions provider, made the call recently at the 2024 Girls in ICT Day observance event in Lagos. Globacom’s representative at the event, Mrs. Kemi Fadipe, exhorted school girls to …
Read More »Clarification on Stanbic IBTC Bank’s Expected Credit Loss Reporting
Stanbic IBTC Statement It has come to our attention that there have been some misconceptions circulating in recent media reports regarding Stanbic IBTC Bank’s approach to recognizing expected credit losses (ECL) on our risk asset portfolio. We would like to take this opportunity to clarify our methods and the principles …
Read More »Beyond AVE: The Pitfalls of Using Advertising Equivalency in PR Measurement
In public relations (PR) measurement and evaluation, one metric has long been a topic of debate and scrutiny: Advertising Value Equivalency (AVE). For over a decade, AVE has been used by PR professionals and organizations as a means to assign a monetary value to earned media coverage by equating it …
Read More »Wike Frustrated Peter Obi Out Of PDP, Not Atiku –Ex-VP’s Aide
Ibe said this during an interview on Seun Okinbaloye’s Mic On podcast monitored by SaharaReporters. Paul Ibe, the spokesperson for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has blamed the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, for Peter Obi’s defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of …
Read More »Governor Abiodun congratulates Tobi Amusan on Jamaican invitational triumph
Tobi Amusan Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has congratulated the World record holder, Tobi Amusan, for emerging as the fastest woman in the women’s 100m hurdles this year after running a blistering 12.40s to win the first Jamaica Athletics Invitational in Kingston. Amusan won the race ahead of Jamaican …
Read More »FCMB, US Government partner to strengthen Nigeria’s private health sector
The Managing Director of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Mrs. Yemisi Edun and Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Melissa Jones, during the signing of a partnership agreement to facilitate $10 million in new loans for underserved borrowers, MSMEs in the health sector and …
Read More »Sanwo-Olu counsels military over Nigeria’s enemies
l-r: GOC, 81 Division Nigerian Army, Maj. Gen. Mohammed Usman; Lagos State Head of Service, Mr. Olabode Agoro; Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa; Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Abimbola Salu-Hundeyin; FOC, Western Naval command, Rear Admiral Mustapha …
Read More »Crude oil theft: NSCDC uncovers two illegal pipeline connection points in Rivers
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has uncovered two illegal bunkering sites in Rivers. The NSCDC spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, in a statement on Monday, disclosed that the sites were located at Odagwa-Owaza Riverside boundaries of Rivers and Abia while the other was at Etche local government area …
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