Entertainment & Society

The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has been honoured with the Sword of Faith and Armour by the Aberdeen Royal Mission, ARM, in Aberdeen, Scotland. The award was presented to the traditional ruler by a representative of ARM,...

Miracle Tyna Onem, former councillor representing Ogbia Ward II, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has found her groove again. The politician, who aspired to become a lawmaker in Ogbia Constituency II, Bayelsa State during the 2023 General...

The co-founder of Women Radio, Toun Okewale-Sonaiya, has been inducted into the Women Hall of Fame of the Maryam Babangida National Centre for Women Development, MBNCWD. She was inducted as the first Nigerian woman to establish the country’s only...

The trio of Dr Akinwumi Adesina, president, African Development Bank, AfDB; Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, have been honoured with the National Diaspora Merit Award by the Nigerians...

A former Minister of Finance, Anthony Ani, has expanded his chain of businesses. Ani who is now the Obong of Calabar-elect has veered into manufacturing. He has set up a vehicle assembly plant in his hometown in Odukpani local...

Chioma Ajunwa, Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, has retired from the Nigeria Police Force after 35 years of meritorious service. The first female gold medalist in Nigeria received a surprise retirement party from her close associates and colleagues in...

The First Lady of Oyo State, Her Excellency, Mrs Tamunominini Makinde, has been made a knight of John Wesley. The Prelate of Methodist Church Nigeria, Most Rev Oliver Ali Aba, gave her the title at the Wesley Methodist...

Internationally acclaimed public relations practitioner, Nkechi Ali-Balogun, is set to return to the Governing Council of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relation, NIPR. Mrs Ali-Balogun was a member of the Council who served as the first female chairperson of the...

Segun Aganga, a two-term minister, has made his debut as an author. Aganga first became a Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment during the President Olusegun Obasanjo's regime in 2010. He was also made the Minister of Finance during...

Several months after his failed bid to return to the National Assembly, by transitioning from a member of the House of Representatives to the Senate on the platform of Accord Party, where he defected to from the All Progressives...