A special edition of TRACE Live will kick off afro-international singer Runtown’s “Sound God Africa Tour”, on September 25th at Terra Kulture, Victoria Island, Lagos. Created by TRACE NAIJA, TRACE Live is a series of showcases which brings the music of Africa’s best talents to life on stage, with the backing ...
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Missing Millions of Naira: Allegation of Witch-Hunt Trails Court-Martial Chairman
Hakeem Otiki, a major-general standing trial over the alleged theft of millions of naira, has asked Lamidi Adeosun, a lieutenant-general, not to preside over the case. Five soldiers were declared wanted by the Nigerian army after they absconded with a large amount of cash allegedly on the orders of Otiki ...
Read More »Cabal targets Osinbajo over actions taken as Ag President
Fresh facts on Wednesday emerged on some decisions taken by President Muhammadu Buhari on the functions of his deputy, Prof Yemi Osinbajo. A source in the Presidential Villa confided in The PUNCH that members of the cabal in the Presidency were bitter about the roles played by the Vice-President, when ...
Read More »The Next Titan Season-6: Heritage Bank continues to Boosts Entrepreneurship among Youths
Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s most innovative banking service provider has again thrown its usual support behind the organizer of The Next Titan, so as to have a better and improved season six of the programme. This year’s edition of the reality TV show is again headlined by Heritage Bank and ...
Read More »Revenue Generation: CBN imposes additional charges on transactions on individual bank accounts
Effective Wednesday, September 18, cash deposits and withdrawals from individual bank accounts are to attract addition charges, the Central Bank of Nigeria said on Tuesday. In a circular to all deposit money bank (DMBs), the Director, Payments System Management Department at the CBN, Sam Okojere, said henceforth 3 percent processing ...
Read More »Alleged Youngest Billionaire, Tunde Biletiri challenges Huspuppi, Mompha
Young and wealthy publisher Of Black celebrity Magazine, Tunde Biletiri has set the social media on Fire with his claim that he is richer than Huspuppi and Mompha. The young publisher who called himself the youngest billionaire said both of them are broke and can’t be compare with the real ...
Read More »All Set as Lagos awaits Zenith Bank’s Aspire Music Festival
All is now set for the “Zenith Bank Aspire Music Festival” holding on Saturday, September 21, 2019 at the Harbour Point Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos by 5pm. Dubbed as the most anticipated entertainment event of the year, the breathtaking festival promises to be a night to remember, as it ...
Read More »74th UNGA: Nigeria’s Muhammad-Bande takes over as president
Maria Espinosa, the President of the 73rd UN General Assembly, on Monday handed over to Nigeria’s Muhammad-Bande, who will lead the 74th session of the assembly in the next one year. The ceremony, held inside the General Assembly Hall of the UN headquarters in New York, marked the end of ...
Read More »$11m Fraud Allegation: Obinwanne (Invictus) Okeke Pleads not Guilty, Remanded in Prison till February 2020
Obinwanne Okeke, the 31-year-old Nigerian held by American authorities for alleged fraud, entered a plea of not guilty to two counts of wire and computer fraud at his first hearing on Monday. The presiding judge at the Newport News, Virginia, federal courthouse, declared the case as “complex,” but said Mr ...
Read More »Nigeria’s domestic revenue among world’s lowest —Bill Gates
American billionaire and philanthropist, Bill Gates, has said that Nigeria has one of the lowest domestic revenues at just six per cent of GDP compared to 15 per cent in some other countries. This, he said, is perhaps one of the reasons why the largest black nation has a problem ...
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