Hon. Funminiyi Afuye, speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, is dead. He was 66 years old. Daily Record gathered that Afuye died at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Wednesday. He died of cardiac arrest. It was learnt that Afuye was rushed to …
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Transcorp Hilton Abuja is Africa’s Leading Business Hotel for eight consecutive years! Transcorp Hilton Abuja has won five awards, including Africa’s Leading Business Hotel for the eighth consecutive year at the 29th annual World Travel Awards. The hotel, which is owned by Transcorp Hotels Plc, the hospitality subsidiary of Transnational …
Read More »Wema Bank’s Webinar to Share Strategies of Growth for Tech Start-ups and SMEs in Nigeria
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