Nigerian singer, rapper, and songwriter, Remilekun Abdulkalid Safaru, popularly known as Reminisce, has joined the list of Samsung West Africa brand ambassadors. The company says it intends to leverage on Reminisce in its product advertising for entry-level mobile phones. Emmanuel Revmatas, Samsung Electronics West Africa’s Director for Information Technology and Mobile, says the rapper represents…
NUJ Media Games: Tell Beats Daar Communications In Football Match
The football team of Tell Communications Limited today thrashed the football team of DAAR Communications Limited, 1-0 in it’s first match of the round one stage at the ongoing 2014 Med-View/Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ Media Games. The match was played at the Legacy Pitch of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos on Monday, September 1.…
Ebola: Widow of late Port Harcourt Doctor tests positive
The widow of Iyke Enemuo, the doctor who died from Ebola in Nigeria’s oil city of Port Harcourt has also tested positive to the virus, the state government said on Sunday. Sampson Parker, the Rivers State Health Commissioner while briefing newsmen on Sunday said test results showed the woman had the disease, which claimed the…
Film Board Releases New Licensing Guideline
The National Film and Video Censors Board, NFVCB, has announced a new policy of a two-week maximum timeline for the issuance of licenses for movie distribution in the country. The move, according to the agency, is to speed up the licensing process for movie distribution and exhibition in Nigeria. The agency says it recognizes distribution…
‘Be Weary of Ethnic and Religious Gimmicks’ – Monsignor Osu
As the 2015 general elections approaches, Monsignor Gabriel Osu, Director of Communications, Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, has enjoined Nigerians to vote their leaders based on integrity, pedigree and track records. He said electorates should not allow religious or ethnic affiliations influence their votes. Osu warned that politicians and political parties might likely want to use…
ActionAid Launches Community Sponsorship in Nigeria
As part of efforts to empower communities in order to create a positive change in the high rate of poverty in the country, the Nigeria chapter of ActionAid, an International Non Governmental Organization, dedicated to the eradication of poverty and injustice in the world on Thursday, July 24, launched its community development initiative program at…
NPF Signs MOU with US Department of States
The Nigeria Police Force, NP Fhas announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with the Department of States Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement of the United States of America on Wednesday, July 23 in Abuja. As contained in a press release signed by Frank Mba,Nigerian Police Force Public Relations Officer,…
EFCC urges workers to help fight Corruption
Ibrahim Lamorde, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has urged Nigerian workers both in the public and private sectors to help curb corruption in the country. The EFCC’s boss made this known at the opening of a sensitization programme for staff of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund in Abuja on Wednesday. A…
EFCC Closes Case On Fani-Kayode
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, closed the money laundering case it was pursuing against Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation. Fani-Kayode was standing trial on an amended 40 counts charges bordering on money laundering, before a Federal High Court in Lagos. On Thursday, the prosecution counsel, Festus Keyamo, through a…
Police Arrest Student for Stabbing Father to Death
Officers of the Ogun State Command of the Nigerian Police have arrested and detained Tolani Ajayi, a 21-year-old 300 level student of the Redeemer’s University of Nigeria, RUN for allegedly killing his 60-year-old father, Charles Ajayi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO of the Command, who confirmed the…
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