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- 6 May 2018
Catholic Church Launches Web Portal
Holy Family Catholic Church, Festac Town, Lagos has empowered its community youths. The event, held at the church’s event centre in Festac, under the theme: ‘Youth Empowerment Initiative/Web Portal…
- 20 Nov 2019
Unusual Praise 2019: Anticipation Rises for ‘Biggest Praise Concert in Nigeria’
Anticipation is approaching fever-pitch for Unusual Praise 2019, the annual religious praise concert organized by the Catholic Church of Divine Mercy. Widely regarded as the biggest praise concert in…
- 29 Nov 2019
Unusual Entrepreneur Programme Empowers 251 Entrepreneurs with N40m
The Unusual Entrepreneur, a faith-based entrepreneurship initiative by the Catholic Church of Divine Mercy, has committed 40million naira seed funding for 251 entrepreneurs across different walks of…
- 15 Mar 2017
Seriki, Late Omatek CEO for Burial March 31
Burial arrangements for Late Engineer Florence Seriki, founder and chief executive officer of Omatek Ventures Plc, has been announced. Seriki, an engineer, until her death on March 3, 2017 at the…
- 27 Mar 2017
NCS Holds Commendation Service for Late Omatek CEO Today
The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) will today hold a commendation service in honour of Late Engr. (Mrs.) Florence Seriki, CEO of Omatek Ventures Plc, and a fellow of the Society. The commendation…
- 18 Mar 2015
CPC @ World Consumer Rights Day, Discourages 'Junk' Food Consumption
‎The Consumer Protection Council (CPC), identified Safety, Choice, Information and Basic needs, as critical in addressing Consumer Right related issues. ‎This is part of message from CPC on…
- 4 Dec 2019
Unusual Praise will be World’s Biggest Catholic Concert by 2022 – Ekeh, Zinox boss
Leo Stan Ekeh, chairman, Zinox Group, has revealed that Unusual Praise will become the world’s biggest Catholic concert, come 2022. Ekeh made the assertion while speaking during the 2019…
- 3 Feb 2015
HarvestPlus, Dominican Centre Partner on Empowerment of Agripreneurs
At a recent empowerment seminar organized by the Dominican Centre for Human Resources Development (DCHRD) to train potential investors in agricultural business, stakeholders came to a conclusion that…
- 20 Mar 2024
FG Names 15 Terrorism Financiers, BDCs
Federal government said that it has uncovered the identity of 15 entities, including nine individuals and six Bureau De Change operators and firms, allegedly involved in terrorism financing. On…
- 1 Aug 2016
FCMB Banker Kills Self over N350m Bad Loan
Olisa Nwakoby, a banker with First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Plc on Friday shot himself in the head over a bad debt estimated at N350 million. The deceased was said to have given out the sum as loan…
- 29 Jan 2025
Vatican Says AI Possesses ‘Shadow of Evil’, Calls for Careful Regulation
The Vatican has issued new guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence (AI), warning about the potential for “the shadow of evil” in the technology, which it said offered “a source of huge…
- 3 Jul 2016
Military Monitors Officers’ Telephones over Coup Rumours
Military has reportedly started monitoring telephone conversations and text messages of officers and soldiers, in an attempt to checkmate activities of some of its men in the rumoured plan of a coup.…
- 4 Feb 2015
Pastors Receive N6Bn Bribe to Campaign against Buhari —Amaechi
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, and director-general, Buhari Presidential Campaign Organisation, has accused some church leaders of taking N6 billion bribe from the Peoples Democratic Party…
- 16 Jan 2017
Lumen Christi Channel Comes on DStv
MultiChoice Nigeria has disclosed plans to add Lumen Christi, a Catholic TV Channel, on its DStv platform. The channel will launch on 17 January on channel 350 and will be available to subscribers on…
- 25 May 2026
Pope Calls for ‘Disarming’ of AI, Warns of “New Forms of Slavery”
Pope Leo XIV called Monday for the “disarming” of artificial intelligence in his long-awaited manifesto on the rapidly developing technology, and warned of “new forms of slavery” behind its rise.…
- 10 Oct 2017
Yudala Throws Weight Behind Biggest 'Unusual Praise' 2017
By peter oluka Plans for the 2017 edition of a mega Gospel concert, Unusual Praise 2017, received a big boost recently with the decision of e-commerce giants, Yudala to throw its weight behind the…
- 11 Aug 2017
NIN: Google Shows Nigerians Apprehensive Of Losing Citizenship
This week’s Google search trend report shows Nigerians, yet unregistered, are seemingly apprehensive about losing their citizenship hence they swoop on the website of the National Identity Management…
- 13 Jul 2022
St Maria Goretti Old Girls Urge Edo State Govt to Return School to Catholic Mission
The Class of 1982 of Saint Maria Goretti Girls Grammar School Benin City have pleaded with the Edo State Government to consider returning the School to the Catholic Mission to enhance the education…
- 6 Feb 2018
PTAD Verifies over 4000 Nitel/Mtel Pensioners in Abuja
Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate(PTAD) has commenced the first and second phases of verification for pensioners of the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NiTEL) and its mobile…
- 23 Nov 2015
DStv, GOtv Plan Live Coverage of Pope’s First Visit to Africa
Following the success of the live coverage of United States President, Barack Obama’s historic visit to Kenya in July 2015, MultiChoice Africa is bringing DStv and GOtv subscribers yet another…
- 23 Apr 2024
GPA Raises Alarm, Says Malaria Vaccine Can Cause Meningitis
Global Prolife Alliance (GPA), global health organization, has told the National Assembly that the intended malaria vaccine currently proposed by Bill Gates, American billionaire, for Nigeria can…
- 22 Aug 2017
Increasing Threats on Free Speech as Political Terrorism
“Everybody likes to get as much power as circumstances allow, and nobody will vote for a self-denying ordinance.” Lord Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, English Catholic historian, politician, and…
- 3 Jan 2018
Yudala to be Africa’s First Profitable eCommerce Company- Ekeh
Prince Nnamdi Ekeh, Vice President of Yudala, pioneer online and offline e-commerce outfit, has disclosed that the company is set to hit a path of profitability by 2020, thereby making it the first…
- 14 Dec 2016
Airtel, UAC Partner on ‘5 Days of Love’, Feed 5000 Underprivileged
In the spirit of the yuletide season, leading telecoms operator, Airtel Nigeria, has partnered with UAC Restaurants, owners of the Mr, Biggs brand, to feed 5,000 underprivileged Nigerians under its…
- 29 May 2019
Huge Crowd Storms Isuikwuato as News Express Publisher Buries Mom
It was more of a celebration of life as people from all walks of life thronged the sleepy Umuokogbuo community in Eluama, Isuikwuato, Abia State for the burial of a community leader, Madam Margaret…
- 11 Aug 2017
Increasing Threats on Free Speech As Political Terrorism
“Everybody likes to get as much power as circumstances allow, and nobody will vote for a self-denying ordinance.” Lord Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, English Catholic historian, politician, and…
- 14 Feb 2012
ICT Rings End Time for Boko Haram
At the onset they appeared untouchables. Some people as with Nigerian mentality began alluding voodoo to their existence thereby giving them some semblance of invisibility that the security agencies…
- 27 Jul 2020
Ojobo, Former NCC Spokesman, Others Make 2020 List of 100 Most Reputable Africans
Reputation Poll International, a leading global reputation-management firm, has released the 2020 list of 100 Most Reputable Africans. The list features 47 women and 53 men from diverse sectors…
- 31 May 2021
Children’s Day Celebration: Fidelity Bank Rewards 62 SWEETA Holders with N150, 000 Each
In commemoration of this year's Children's Day Celebration, Fidelity Bank has doled out N150, 000 to 62 Sweet Account (SWEETA) holders across the country, as part of its commitment in putting smiles…
- 25 Jul 2021
Usifo Ataga, Late Super TV Boss for Burial July 30
Mr Usifo Ataga, murdered Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Super TV, will be laid to rest on Friday, July 30, 2021 according to the burial arrangements announced by his family. Usifo Ataga, Late Super…