2018 seems to be the year of debutantes and amongst them are the late Sridevi’s daughter Janhvi Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor’s half-brother Ishaan Khattar, who are gearing up for the release of Dhadak today. Kapoor says she is excited about being new talent but finds it very disappointing to see how everyone makes it aContinue Reading
Financial Experts on Friday deliberated on how pension funds could be utilised to add more values to contributors and boost private sector The discourse was at a roundtable conference organised by Sigma Pensions in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sigma Pensions Business RoundTable is the firstContinue Reading
Sen. Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi West), on Friday put on hold his constituency projects inauguration and thanksgiving service over alleged attacks and tensed security situation in Kogi West Senatorial District. Melaye disclosed this in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Gideon Ayodele, and made available to newsmenContinue Reading
Dr. Alex Otti, a former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance ( APGA ) in the 2015 general elections in Abia on Friday declared his interest to run again in 2019. Otti, a former banker and renowned financial expert, told a mammoth crowd of his supporters at theContinue Reading
Researchers on Friday said that “radical cure” is the best treatment for a type of malaria affecting 13 million people. A team of international malaria experts, led by the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, published a study analysing the treatment of plasmodium vivax malaria. Plasmodium vivax is theContinue Reading
Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), has unveiled some of the frontiers the agency is exploring to boost its internal revenue to complement dwindling government’s funding. Addressing members of staff on Friday in Abuja on the threat by three unions to embark onContinue Reading
The Abia Economic Enhancement Team says the state government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two firms for the development of an industrial cluster tagged “Enyimba Economic City’’. Mr Chinenye Nwaogu, a member of the economic team, said this on Wednesday in Umuahia, while briefing newsmen on theContinue Reading
First Miss Nigeria Grace Oyelude in 1957 and now Nigeria’s Twitterati gushed on Wednesday over the enduring beauty of 86 year-old Grace Oyelude, first Miss Nigeria in 1957. Sixty one years after winning the first beauty pageant by the Daily Times, the grey haired woman from Isanlu in Kogi stateContinue Reading
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday night met in Abuja to discuss matter arising from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) deadlock, minimum wage, among other issues. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the June monthly meeting of FAAC in Abuja ended in a deadlock. The FAACContinue Reading
