The 18-hole Mrs Grace Ihonvbere 60th birthday invitational open is underway at the IBB International Golf and Country Club, Abuja, as 200 golfers are currently battle for winner prizes. The one-day event is the climax of the week-long activities lined up to celebrate the happy moments of the past Lady captain of the club, Grace Ihonvbere. Performing the ceremonial tee-off, friday, Speaker, House of Representatives, His Excellency, Rt. Honourable Tajudeen Abbas, represented by his wife, Fatima Abass and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Shehu Dikko extolled the virtues and achievements of the celebrant, praising her remarkable contributions and impact on the…
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The Igbo people have a proverb; the way the morning dawns tell us how the rest of the day will go and if we look at how Yemi Cardoso’s 2025 dawned, we can safely surmise that 2025 is going to be a busy, productive, impactful year at the apex bank. It is also an important one, leading up as it does to the conclusion of the banking capitalization exercise announced on March 28, 2024 and due to conclude on March 31, 2026. In the last week of January, Zenith Bank announced that it had raised a total of N350.4 billion through…
Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, will Friday evening lead other invited dignitaries for the ceremonial tee off of the Mrs Grace Ihonvbere 60th birthday invitational open at the IBB International Golf and Country Club, Abuja. The 18-hole event will climax the week-long activities lined up to celebrate the 60th birthday anniversary of the past Lady captain of the club. Other activities that have been concluded include Caddies tournament, Veterans, and Super Veterans competition while Pros championship is billed for this morning. On Saturday, it will be the turn of Men’s Divisions 1 & 2 in Handicap zero…
Nigeria’s fastest-growing real estate developer, T.Pumpy Concept Limited, owners of T.Pumpy Estates is still selling Katampe Estate Phase II at a special promo price. The real estate company with its headquarters in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, announced the special promo early this year running from January 2 to February 10, 2025. The prices for the three categories of land also attract donation of blocks to enable instant construction works. For the 500sqm, the price is N19.999 million with 2,000 blocks. The 300sqm goes for NN14.5 million with 1,500 blocks while 200sqm with 1,000 blocks sells for N9.999 million. T.Pumpy management…
By SKC OgbonniaDonald J. Trump is back as the president of the United States of America for the second time. With a convincing victory this time at the polls, he is more emboldened to execute his pitiless agenda than ever before. Expectedly, there is a palpable tension around the world. Though they voted for him, the Americans themselves have remained apprehensive. Countries in the East and the West are gripped in fervent phobia. But everyone should chill: America is not an island, after all. Since sworn into office two weeks ago, Donald Trump has quickly swung into action by implementing…
_Honesty may not always pay, but lying always costs. Trust is a tower, built stone by stone, lies take stones from the bottom. There is no security in secrecy; every undiscovered lie is a live landmine. Lies breed a bodyguard of new lies to protect themselves_ – Amar Bhidé and Howard H. Stevenson. “I live on rent accruals from my houses in Kaduna” says Muhammadu Buhari. This banner headlines in virtually all our major dailies grabbed my attention. Self-adulating anti- corruption posturing by no less a personality than former President Muhammadu Buhari should naturally attract attention. I was in haste…
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of one Mohammed Idris, a supervisor at the Hajj and cargo terminal gate of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, for making false returns and corrupt self-advantage.According to a statement signed by ICP Spokesman Demola Bakare, in a case brought before Justice O.A. Fadipe of the Ikeja Special Offenses Court, ICPC revealed how the accused collected missing monies in the course of his work but could not account for them.In a two-count charge, ICPC counsel, Yvonne Williams-Mbata, led evidence before…
The lawmaker representing Delta North Senatorial District, Ned Nwoko, has dumped the Peoples democratic Party, citing divisions within the PDP. Nwoko announced his decision to resigned his membership from the PDP in a letter dated January 30 and addressed to the Chairman of the Aniocha North LGA. According to the lawmaker, the crisis in the party has not allowed him to deliver on his promises to his constituents. “The current structure of the party in our state has not been conducive to realizing these promises,” he said.“After careful consideration, I have come to the conclusion that stepping away from the…
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, political allies of former military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida are regrouping with a renewed vision for national unity and development. During a courtesy visit to his Hilltop mansion in Minna by a political movement, The Nigerian Project, Babangida reaffirmed his belief in a united and prosperous Nigeria, emphasizing that a divided nation cannot progress. While reiterating his belief in one Nigeria and its indivisibility, the former President advised Nigerians to remain loyal to the country and its leadership, and advocated for inclusive governance where citizens’ voices are heard, ideas debated, and policies implemented…
A Public Relations expert, and one of the founding Editors of Ovation International Magazine, Akinrogun Alaba Yusuf has described the Director General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Dr. Matthew Olumide Adepoju as a leader who embodies sterling qualities for progress and radical development in a strategic organization like the Nigeria Space Agency. He made the statement today during a courtesy call on the NASRDA BOSS at the Agency’s headquarters in Abuja. Akinrogun Yusuf who lauded Adepoju for his exceptional leadership and vision in advancing the Nigerian space industry, said the current NASRDA Boss is a very…