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FISTON Mwanza Mujila, poet and novelist, was on Saturday, March 19 announced as the winner of the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature for Tram 83, his first novel. Originally written in French, Tram 83 was translated into English by Roland Glasser and published by Deep Vellum. The 35-year-old …

AIYETORO-GBEDE in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, was on Saturday, March 26, shut down by human and vehicular traffic when Bukola Saraki, Senate president, led more than 40 senators to grace the wedding between former Elizabeth Folashade Melaye and Wale Dare, her …

OBA Otudeko, chief executive officer of Honeywell group, has won the trophy for “CEO of the Year.” In his acceptance speech, Otudeko dedicated the award to all his staff, saying: “This prize is a reward for our commitment. Our future is bright and belongs to all of us!” He received this much-awaited …

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has received the highest national honour of Equatorial Guinea. Buhari was conferred with the honour of “Gran Collar De La Orden De La Independencia,” for his personal integrity and dogged fight against terrorism, in Malabo, on Monday, March 14. According …

UMAR Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has described the death of Fadimatu Umar Ganduje, the late of mother of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State, as a loss of strong pillar of support for Kano people. …

ROTARY International on Wednesday, March 8, formally acknowledged Nigeria’s government efforts to keep the country polio-free, by presenting President Muhammadu Buhari with its Polio Eradication Champion Award. …

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former President Olusegun Obasanjo as he turns 79 years old on Saturday, March 5, 2016. …

ALIKO Dangote, President of the Dangote Group, has retained his position as Africa’s richest person and listed as the 51st richest person in the world in the Forbes 2016 World’s Billionaires list released on Tuesday, March 1. …

KEN Nwogbo, first class business journalist and one of the doyens of ICT journalism in Nigeria has been appointed contributing editor of Techtrendsng, one of Nigeria’s leading Tech blog which provides quality information in ICT related issues. …

CIM Financial Services Ltd (Group) on Wednesday, February 17, announced that Teresa Clarke, founding chairman and CEO of Africa.com, has been elected to the Cim Financial Services’ board of directors. …

VINCENT Onome Akpotaire is now the acting director general of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE. Akpotaire was until his appointment on February 16, by the federal government as the director of the National Facilities and Agricultural Resources, NF & AR, at the BPE. …

THE Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, NASME, on Monday, February 1, elected Michaels Ashibogwu, managing director, The Republic Media, as its publicity secretary. Ashibogwu was among the 19 members of the governing council of the NASME elected after its seventh …

GOVERNOR Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has approved the appointment of Olanrewaju Adigun Fagbohun, a professor of Environmental Law, as the eighth substantive vice-chancellor of the Lagos State University, LASU. …

FORMER President Goodluck Jonathan has been named the International Person of the Year 2015 by the African Sun Times newspaper. …

–  OBA Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ojaja II, new Ooni of Ife, was on Monday, December 7, presented with his […]

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, representative of Queen Elizabeth II of England, and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, are some of the dignitaries expected to attend the coronation of Oba Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, new Ooni of Ife, on December 7. …

Funmi Iyanda, a media personality makes history on Wednesday, November 25, as first African woman to receive honorary fellowship from a university in the United Kingdom …

Three prominent Nigerians who contributed immensely to the success of the second anniversary celebration of Realnews magazine last year are being inducted into the Realnews Hall Fame at the third anniversary lecture of the magazine on November 19 …

IN recognition of service and contributions to the development of public relations practice in Nigeria and the hospitality industry in particular the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, the FCT chapter, has honoured Shola Adeyemo, public relations manager of the Transcorp Hilton Abuja, with …

President Muhammadu Buhari hosts Nigerian ladies from Kano State, who make the nation proud by bagging first class honours in their Master’s degrees …

GOVERNOR Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has approved the appointment of Rasheed Adewale Akanbi, a prince, of Gbaase ruling house as the new Oluwo of Iwo. …

Ile-Ife, cradle of Yoruba nation, has a new Ooni, traditional ruler. He is Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, a prince, from the Giesi ruling house. Ogunwusi’s appointment as the new Ooni was announced on Monday, October 26, by Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State. …

WINIFRED Ekanem Oyo-Ita, current permanent secretary, ministry of Science and Technology, is the new head of the civil service of the federation. President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, October 20, appointed Oyo-Ita having removed Danladi Kifasi from the post. …

CHUKWUMA Soludo, former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Ogbonnaya Onu, former governor of old Abia state, are among prominent Igbo sons and daughters to be honoured in the maiden edition of Ugwu Ndigbo awards holding in Johannesburg, South Africa on October …

A FOUNDATION known as HID Awolowo Foundation is to be inaugurated soon. The announcement about the foundation was contained a press report issued by the Obafemi Awolowo Foundation on Tuesday, September 22. In the statement signed by Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosumu, executive …