Former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar has paid tribute to former military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida for his respect and commitment to our diversity. Atiku said in a statement marking the 79th birthday anniversary of the former military ruler in Abuja at the weekend that IBB’s attributes of intelligence, wisdom, charisma and his understanding and respect for Nigeria’s diversity, has stood the test of time. “General Babangida is amazingly gifted, he is a strategic thinker and a true believer in national unity and national integration, qualities for which history and posterity will deliver a favourable verdict on him,”…
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e-Commerce giant Konga has rolled out a massive nationwide discount offering on a variety of Samsung Consumer Electronics products, including televisions, washing machines and refrigerators; with shoppers also enjoying the opportunity of grabbing a free 32-inch TV when they purchase a Samsung TV. The offer is available to shoppers nationwide. Equally important, the promotion, exclusive to Konga, has seen a surge from interested shoppers, many of whom are eager to grab the mouth-watering offers. Tagged Konga Direct From Samsung, the offer is available at http://bit.ly/directfromsamsungSpecifically, the exclusive deal is borne out of the need to offer loyal customers of the…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has scheduled it’s first Capital Market Committee (CMC) meeting to hold from Thursday August 20 to Friday August 21, 2020. In a statement by Head of Corporate Communications, Mrs Efe Ebelo on Sunday, the meeting which was earlier planned for April 2020 could not hold owing to the prevailing lockdown imposed by the FGN during the period. The statement explained that due to established protocols on COVID-19, the meeting will hold virtually through Zoom with key stakeholders in the capital market meeting on August 20, while a press briefing, on…
Politics is looked at in a broad sense as the struggle to secure the power of governance, while those who converge to form political parties with manifestos are politicians. Politicians while in government are expected to deliver on the dividends of democracy to the electorates. However, it is noteworthy to mention that the aspect of delivering on good governance has become a tall order for many Nigerian politicians who have continued to fail the electorates. The trend has become a cause for concern that has awakened Nigerians, particularly Deltans, to the reality of looking out for persons whose main source…
The Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR), the publishers of PRNigeria and Economic Confidential has bagged three Golden World Awards of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) 2020 for its PR campaigns in Nigeria. In a message to IMPR, the Member Services Manager of IPRA, Janice Hill, said he Winning entries include the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) campaign on ‘Women of War’ which bagged Crisis Management Award Category; the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Campaign on partial border closure to curtail smuggling of foreign rice which bagged Public Affairs Award Category and the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) launching of Emergency Communication Centre…
As part of preparations toward the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Edo and Ondo States, as well as efforts by the Police High Command to curb the proliferation of prohibited firearms in the country, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered Commissioners of Police in the thirty-six States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to immediately initiate appropriate actions to identify, isolate, disarm, arrest and prosecute any individual(s) or group(s) in possession of prohibited firearms. The directive has become necessary against the backdrop of the deliberate arming and movement of political thugs and other criminal elements across…
The General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries Worldwide, MFM, Dr. Daniel Olukoya has urged Christians to use this COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to get closer to God in prayers and studying the bible. Dr. Olukoya stated this today during his Sunday sermon via social media while speaking on what he tagged “The tragedy of wasted or missed opportunities” from the book of mark chapter 6 verse 1- 6. He said this pandemic period is the right time for Christians to be on fire for God in order not to missed out on the lessons God packaged…
Following last minute intervention by the Anambra government, members of Independent Petroleum Marketers of Nigeria (IPMAN) in the state, will now shutdown operations on Aug. 25, across the state. The impending strike is in solidarity with Siluch Oil and Gas Limited, an IPMAN member, being owed N13.6 million for petroleum products it supplied to Transport Company of Anambra State (TRACAS), since 2017. IPMAN had on Aug.4, issued a 21-day ultimatum to the state government, to pay off the debt, and also address other issues raised by the association. Speaking to newsmen on Sunday in Awka, Mr Chinedu Anayaso, Chairman of IPMAN,…
Instant messaging app, Telegram, has launched a video call service as part of activities marking its seventh anniversary. In a blogpost, the company said the video feature was added in response to the need for face-to-face communication as the world goes virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “2020 highlighted the need for face-to-face communication, and our alpha version of video calls is now available on both Android and iOS. “You can start a video call from your contact’s profile page, and switch video on or off at any time during voice calls. “Like all other video content on Telegram, video…
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Sunday announced a single seizure of contrabands with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N10 billion. The Customs Area Controller (CAC), Usman Yahaya in a statement in Lagos, said that the seizure made in one day was at Ido, Eruwa Road in Ibadan. The statement was signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Unit, Peter Duniya. According to him, the contraband comprise of 34 fairly used and new vehicles, laden with second hand clothes, Indian hemp and foreign parboiled rice. “Some economic saboteurs met their waterloo…