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The SPARK of kindness that is impacting communities through FirstBank staff initiatives

Mar 21, 2022 topnews

Have you seen the videos on this link: https://www.firstbanknigeria.com/home/impact/crs-week/? Piece of advice: Please hold your handkerchief or make sure there is a good supply of tissue paper while you view. The initiative that inspired the efforts and results seen in the videos is not a strange one but it has a way of surprisingly leaving people teary-eyed. Viewers tear up as they get to see the positive difference it has made in the lives of ordinary people in communities across Nigeria. Many people across the country are familiar with SPARK…

Party time! Akinsiku of Lagos Celebrates Life at 50 …as Fuji Icon, K1 lead Davido, NairaMarley, Olamide others to jamboree

Mar 18, 2022 topnews

Chief Adebola Dosunmu, the Akinsiku of Lagos (Olori Eyo), who is the custodian of Lagos most popular cultural festival, the Adamu Orisa, popularly known as Eyo will celebrating his 50th birthday on 21st of March 2022. The real estate mogul and socialite said he is grateful to God for all he has been through in life and it is worthy to celebrating the landmark age of 50. ‘From my humble background in Isale-Eko, to my days at Methodist Boys High School, where I was mates with my friend now father,…

Lagos socialite sharing petrol as party souvenir gets N2m bail

Mar 16, 2022 topnews

Ms Chidinma Ogbulu, s Lagos socialite, aka Erelu Okin, has been arraigned before a Special Offences (Mobile) Court in the Oshodi area of Lagos State for distributing petrol as a souvenir during a ceremony. Ogbulu reportedly distributed petrol while celebrating her chieftaincy title on March 5, 2022, at the Havillah Event Centre, Lagos. A video of kegs of petrol for guests at the event went viral on social media, sparking an outrage as the state government sealed off the centre. The police also vowed to prosecute the socialite. She was…

Event centre where petrol was shared as souvenir sealed by Lagos government

Mar 7, 2022 topnews

Officials of the Lagos Safety Commission and the Rapid Response Squad have sealed Havillah Event Centre, Oniru, for contravening public safety rules for allowing sharing of the petroleum product in jerrycans. The senior special assistant (SSA) to the Governor of Lagos State on New Media, Jubril Gawat, said the Lagos State police commissioner has ordered the arrest of those involved. “There is no doubt that this action is dangerous and can lead to loss of lives and property,” Lagos State commissioner for information Gbenga Omotoso said in a statement earlier…

CBA FOUNDATION LAUNCHES SOCIAL ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE TO TAKE INTERVENTION AMONG UNDERPRIVILEGED WIDOWS TO NEXT LEVEL

Mar 5, 2022Mar 5, 2022 topnews

If indications from two separate but related events that were held last December are anything to go by, then one of Nigeria’s most vulnerable groups may be on the verge of experiencing better times. The events, hosted in two separate states/regions and separated by a 20-day interval, held at a time when self-splurging by many young Nigerians was at octane levels, and saw young men and women behind an NGO that caters to the welfare of underprivileged widows and their vulnerable children, passionately putting the widows’ needs above their wants.…

NdaniTV out with new series titled ‘Love Like This’

Feb 26, 2022 topnews

After weeks of teasing fans on social media, NdaniTV is set to release a brand-new web series titled, Love Like This. Posters and a preview of the series can be seen on the production company’s Instagram page @NdaniTV. Love Like This is a romantic drama series that follows the lives of several young middleclass Nigerians who find themselves making lots of mistakes in the quest to find love. The web series features Nonso Bassey, Chisom Agoawuike, Okey Jude, Chibuzor Iheukwumere, Eva Ibiam, Jay Charles Ujomu, Jennifer Eliogu, and a host…

Lagos pastor remanded for impregnating teenager inside church premises

Feb 9, 2022 topnews

For having unlawful sexual intercourse and procuring an abortion for a 14 year-old teenager, an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Tuesday remanded 45year-old Pastor Rufus Olatunji of Royal World Embassy Church, Ipaja in a 2-count charge. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs F.M. Kayode, who did not take Olatunji’s plea, ordered that he should be remand at Ikoyi Correctional Centre. Kayode then adjourned the case to March 8 for mention. Earlier, the Prosecutor, Inspector Kehinde Olatunde told the court that the defendant committed the offences in August 2021, at Royal World…

Communications expert, Toni Kan heads Glo PR team

Feb 2, 2022Feb 2, 2022 topnews

Anthony Kanayo Onwordi, multiple award-winning writer, journalist and PR practitioner, popularly known as Toni Kan, has joined Glo as Head, Public Relations. The English language graduate of the University of Jos, with a master’s from the University of Lagos, resumed at the Lagos headquarters of the leading telecommunications company, on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Prior to joining the company owned by Dr. Mike Adenuga, Jnr, one of Nigeria’s richest men, Toni Kan had risen to the position of editor, Hints magazine. He was also at some point with Bank PHB,…

Almaroof-Kupoluyi Family defends MC Oluomo, says he’s our candidate

Feb 2, 2022 topnews

Abdulwasiu Almaroof-Kupoluyi, the Secretary of the Almaroof-Kupoluyi Family, has said the Lagos State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, has a right to become the Oba of Oshodi. Family members from the Oshodi-Tapa Chieftaincy Family had earlier declared that Akinsanya had no right to ascend the throne, which had been vacant for a while. However, Abdulwasiu, on Tuesday, said the Almaroof-Kupoluyi Family was part of the families that had rights to the stool. He said, “Almaroof-Kupoluyi Family is part of the major…

I didn’t divorce Atiku because he married new wife -Jennifer Abubakar

Feb 1, 2022 topnews

One of the wives of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Jennifer Abubakar, has confirmed her divorce to the former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. In a statement on Tuesday, the ex-VP’s wife explained that she didn’t request divorce because Atiku married a new wife. “That His Excellency married a new wife was never the cause of our problem as many have said. His Excellency is a Moslem and I have never questioned him about his wives or intended,” she said. According to her, some of Atiku’s friends tried…