Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

Nairagram launches Int’l Payment Service: Enhancing financial connectivity The new international payment service symbolises Nairagram’s unwavering commitment to innovation that enables bonds of kinship, fosters community and drives wealth creation through hassle-free remittance overseas. Nairagram, a licensed International Money Transfer Operator unveiled its game-changing international payment service designed to enhance financial connectivity. In collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria and in partnership with Sebastian BDC and Keystone Bank, this service addresses FX liquidity challenges in the country by simplifying and enhancing the process of sending money from Nigeria globally; thus, fostering financial empowerment for Nigerians. This new international…

Api Lifestyle hosts friends, business associates at all black ace themed birthday dinner Segun Adewumi Gabriels popularly known, as Api Lifestyle celebrates his birthday in style. Friends, family, celebrities, and associates gathered at the BMO Gardens, Abuja to celebrate one of their own, Segun Adewumi Gabriels popularly known, as Api Lifestyle, as he turned a year older. Api Lifestyle is a Nigerian social entrepreneur, CEO of Tokyo NightLife Club and Apitainment, a premium entertainment, lifestyle, and events promotion company. The birthday celebration was a herald of an all-black-ace-themed dinner attended by notable Personalities and Guests including Dorathy Bachor, Timini Egbuson,…

DJ Cuppy receives award for philanthropy, gives acceptance speech She was awarded for her philanthropic activities through her foundation. DJ Cuppy was awarded the Philanthropic Endeavour Leadership Award [Instagram/Cuppymusic] Nigerian producer and disk jockey, Florence Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy, has been awarded for charitable feats through her Cuppy Foundation. She revealed this on her Instagram page, noting that she clinched the philanthropic endeavour leadership award during the Best of Africa Award show. The award show focuses on honouring and celebrating the achievements of people of African and Pan-African heritage. Cuppy in her post excitedly posed with her trophy,…

Dangote’s stepbrother, 3 other billionaires bag multimillion-dollar NNPC deal Aliko Dangote’s stepbrother, Sayyu Dantata, and three other billionaires, have been awarded multimillion-dollar contracts for pipeline rehabilitation to four indigenous oil companies by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC), in a significant move aimed at revitalizing Nigeria’s aging pipeline infrastructure, Billionaires Africa has reported. These contracts, assigned on a LOT basis, have garnered attention not only for their scale but also for the involvement of prominent Nigerian businessmen, including Sayyu Dantata, who happens to be the stepbrother of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. The rehabilitation contracts, designed to enhance the…

Framazaz Foundation takes outreach to hospital, prison Coved by the plight of the sick and prison inmates in the society, a non-governmental organisation, Framazaz Foundation, has taken its yearly outreach to Maraba Medical Center in Nasarawa State and Kuje Prison in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The foundation during the outreach to the hospital, made donations at the emergency unit, pediatric unit, female surgical ward, male ward, and all other wards of the hospital. 10,000 each to the 50 patients admitted with an additional 200,000 naira for 4 patients on surgical operations, while the donation of handmade craft and a…

Rite Foods Limited Appoints Top-Class Chief Operating Officer To Boost Operations Dr Kehinde Onijingin Rite Foods Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kehinde Onijingin as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective November 1st, 2023. Dr. Onijingin, a seasoned professional with over 21 years of experience in human resources and strategy, brings his wealth of expertise to further strengthen the company’s position as the market leader in the food and beverage industry. Having previously served as the Head of Human Resources and Administration, Dr. Onijingin has played a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth functioning of the…

There is no dictatorship in Pentecostal churches in Nigeria – JohnPraise JohnPraise Daniel is the presiding Archbishop of Dominion Chapel International Churches; chairman of Northern Coalition of Bishops and Apostles. In this interview, Daniel, who is also the National Deputy President, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), spoke on the allegation of dictatorship in Nigerian churches; Nigeria at 63, among other issues. Excerpts by SEYI JOHN SALAU Nigeria Labour Congress called off its planned strike; what is your take on the current economic situation of the country? I am not the mouthpiece of PFN. I am only the National Deputy President…

Cancer care health-tech IRETI wins Wema Bank’s Hackaholics 4.0 IRETI, a health-tech startup that helps women to manage breast cancer, has emerged winner of the Wema Bank’s Hackaholics 4.0. The winner was announced on Friday during the Wema Bank/ALAT Hackaholics Digital Summit and Grand Finale tagged ‘Re-imagine: Disrupting the Ecosystem for Scale’ held in Lagos. IRETI won the N15 million cash prize for the best pitched business, while GRIP – a fintech startup won N10 million as the first runner-up and Trakka won N7 million as the second runner-up. Also, Outsidee won N5 million for the Women Led Award –…

Igbo Migrated From Ife —Ooni The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has challenged academia in Nigerian universities to properly document the history of Yoruba race rather than relying on jaundiced history. He said proper documentation will not only foster unity but reveal the ties across ethnic groups, saying evidence showed that the Igbo race migrated from Ile-Ife. The monarch put the challenge before the academia while addressing journalists ahead of an International Conference on ‘Ile-Ife and Yoruba Civilization: Nexus between Tradition and Modernity’, at his palace in Ife. He said Yoruba race has about a quarter of its history…

Nigerians in U.S. honour MohBad at independence carnival Fans of the late singer Mohbad Nigerians in the U.S. gathered for the 63rd Independence Day Anniversary carnival on Saturday in New York and observed a minute’s silence in tribute to the late Nigerian Afrobeat artist, Illerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as MohBad. The deceased had been slated to perform at the carnival on his first visit to the U.S. The Organisation for the Advancement of Nigerians (OAN), the organisers of the carnival greatly mourn the death of the artists. The Consul General of Nigeria in New York, Amb. Lot Egopija, in his…