Category: Celebrity Gist

Customs Boss, Adewale Adeniyi Bags Maritime Personality Award
January 12, 2025 No Responses

Customs Boss, Adewale Adeniyi Bags Maritime Personality Award

All is set for Nigerian Maritime Journalists (NMJ) award to be conferred on the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, as the “Iconic Maritime Personality of the Year 2024. The award ceremony is to hold...
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Diri Mourns Ofoni Paramount Ruler
January 4, 2025 No Responses

Diri Mourns Ofoni Paramount Ruler

Bayelsa State Government has announced the death of the Amananaowei (paramount ruler) of Ofoni Federated Community in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state, HRH Auditor Onakpohor, in a road accident on Friday. A statement issued on Friday by Daniel...
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Citibank Marks 40 Years In Nigeria
December 31, 2024 No Responses

Citibank Marks 40 Years In Nigeria

Citibank Nigeria Limited (Citi) is celebrating 40 years of its existence and partnership in Nigeria.  From the bank’s foundation as Nigeria International Bank Limited, Citi’s story in Nigeria has been one of continuous growth and transformation. &nbsp...
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Adeleke Presents Staff Of Office To ENL Consortium Chairman, Oba Adesuyi Haastrup
December 30, 2024 No Responses

Adeleke Presents Staff Of Office To ENL Consortium Chairman, Oba Adesuyi Haastrup

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke on Sunday presented Staff of Office to the new Owa Obokun of Ijeshaland, Oba Clement Adesuyi Haastrup.While presenting the Staff of Office in Ilesa, the Governor admonished the ENL Consortium Chairman and new Deputy...
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‘Everybody Loves Jenifa’ Pushes Cinema Sales To ₦1b In One Week
December 29, 2024 No Responses

‘Everybody Loves Jenifa’ Pushes Cinema Sales To ₦1b In One Week

Funke Akindele’s newly released movies, “Everybody Loves Jenifa” and “Alakada! Bad and Boujee”, have pushed Nigerian cinemas to record ticket sales of over ₦1 billion in one week. According to Nile Media Entertainment Group data, tickets worth N1.0...
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Excitement As SIFAX Group Marks 2024 Thanksgiving
December 19, 2024 No Responses

Excitement As SIFAX Group Marks 2024 Thanksgiving

With the theme “I Will Rejoice,” Sifax Group has successfully held the 2024 Thanksgiving and Night of Praise. Speaking at the event, Chairman/CEO of the Group, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi noted that apart from being a time to celebrate the mercies...
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Nigeria Customs Gets First Female Pilot
December 8, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria Customs Gets First Female Pilot

Nigeria Customs Gets First Female Pilot Deputy Superintendent of Customs, Olanike Nafisat Balogun has made history as the first female pilot in the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Born in Kaduna and a native of Odo-Otin Local Government Area, Osun State,...
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Compt. Nnadi Gets Revenue, Infrastructure Upgrade Awards
December 2, 2024 No Responses

Compt. Nnadi Gets Revenue, Infrastructure Upgrade Awards

Customs Area Controller, Tin Can Island Command, Comptroller Dera Nnadi has bagged special awards in respect of his outstanding revenue collection and infrastructure upgrade at the maiden edition of Comptroller General’s Awards held on Friday in Abuja. Speak...
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Falowo, Greenwich Merchant Bank Chairman Bags NBCC 2024 Leadership Award
November 24, 2024 No Responses

Falowo, Greenwich Merchant Bank Chairman Bags NBCC 2024 Leadership Award

Chairman of Greenwich Merchant Bank Limited, Kayode Falowo has been bestowed with the Sir Henry Fajemirokun Prize for Outstanding Leadership in recognition for actively promoting Nigerian-British bilateral trade.  The Award which seeks to celebrate and ac...
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Obaseki Embarks On Medical Vacation
November 14, 2024 No Responses

Obaseki Embarks On Medical Vacation

Following the completion of his second tenure as the Governor of Edo State on the 11th of November 2024, Godwin Obaseki has proceeded on a vacation to rest and undergo extended medical checks. This was disclosed in a statement by...
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Tinubu Off To Saudi Arabia
November 10, 2024 No Responses

Tinubu Off To Saudi Arabia

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Sunday, November 10, 2024 for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to attend the Joint Arab-Islamic Summit, which will focus on the current situation in the Middle East. According to a statement issued on Saturday by...
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World Leaders Congratulate Trump
November 7, 2024 No Responses

World Leaders Congratulate Trump

Following his victory at the just concluded presidential election on Wednesday, congratulatory messages have not stopped pouring in for the newly elected US  President,  Donald Trump Many leaders around the world have expressed their congratulations ...
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AFRIMA President Loses Wife
October 22, 2024 No Responses

AFRIMA President Loses Wife

Mrs Modupe Temitope Dada, the wife of the Executive Producer and President of the All Africa Music Awards, Mr Mike Dada, has died. A statement by Dada on Monday noted that Modupe, née Baruwa, born on May 5, 1976, in...
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EFCC Arrests Ishaku Over Alleged N27b Fraud
September 29, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Arrests Ishaku Over Alleged N27b Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested and detained a former Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, for alleged involvement in a N27 billion fraud. The former governor will face trial on 15 counts, including criminal breach of trust,.....
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