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NASRE Media Foundation, the humanitarian arm of the National Association of Social and Resourceful Editors (NASRE), extended support to media practitioners facing health or financial challenges, as well as the families of bereaved journalists, on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Ably supported by Leadway Assurance, one of Nigeria’s leading insurance companies specializing in life-business coverage and prompt claims payment, and the office of the Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagements, South West, the Foundation provided cash and grains to selected beneficiaries in the first phase. Mr. Omodele Adigun, a former Deputy Business Editor at The Sun Newspaper, who is…

Despite the scarcity of true prophets in the world today, Primate Ayodele’s ministry is a proof that God still speaks to his servants and that there are still prophets who are truly called of God. Primate Ayodele isn’t a just-come in the prophetic ministry, since the inception of his ministry in 1994, He has become a force to reckon with not just in Nigeria and Africa but globally. Popularly referred to as ‘A prophet of doom’ due to the fact that his prophetic warnings come to pass, Primate Ayodele’s unwavering connection to God continually surfaces with the manner of his…

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has renovated the Primary Healthcare Clinic along the Workers Village in the Tudun Amba Community of Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The bank also provided water facilities to ameliorate issues of water scarcity being experienced in the community in recent times. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, the Divisional Head, Brand and Communication Plc, Fidelity Bank, Meksley Nwagboh, said the dignity of every human person is a shared responsibility. The bank decided to embark on the project as a means of improving the living…

The Association of Corporate Affairs Managers of Banks (ACAMB) is pleased to announce its third National Stakeholders’ Conference with the theme: Building Bridges: Collaborative Solutions for a Trusted Banking and Financial Services Experience. The conference, where end-to-end customer service issues in Banks and other financial institutions will be explored by top-tier select Speakers and subject experts’ panel, is scheduled for Thursday, May 30th, 2024, at the prestigious Bankers House, CIBN, Adeola Hopewell Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. This conference aims to foster significant dialogue and collaboration within the financial sector. As the umbrella body for all Corporate and Marketing Communication Professionals…

In a move to promote integrity and combat corruption across the continent, a non-governmental organisation, under the aegis of Transparency Africa, has announced that the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Executive Trainers Ltd, Dr. Ajoke Ogunsan, will be honoured for her outstanding commitment to transparency and ethical leadership. In a recent letter of notification addressed to Ogunsan and signed by the Executive Secretary of the group, Ambassador Affi Kunto, the honouree was said to have merited the award after meeting the necessary prerequisites. “Our vision is to create a corrupt free Africa both in public and private sectors…

   Ekiti State Government said on Sunday that allegations that Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s ongoing working visit to the United States has gulped $500,000 of the state resources were untrue. Special Adviser (Media) to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode, who said it was also untrue that the governor had 20 persons on the trip to the US, added that figures, which he said were fictitious, existed in the imagination of the publishers and sponsors of the allegation. An online medium had on Sunday said that the governor was on a jamboree in the United States, claiming that he has failed to return…

President Bola Tinubu has appointed his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, as Nigeria’s Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action. This was as he established a 25-person committee to oversee the country’s green economic initiatives. “Ngelale will serve in this role as part of a larger Presidential Committee, to be chaired by the President,” the office of the secretary to the government of the federation revealed in a statement signed Sunday by its Director of Information and Public Relations, Segun Imohiosen. “Ngelale will retain his role as the Official Spokesperson of the President and Special Adviser to…

The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) South West Zone has commended the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on the appointment of Mr. Kehinde Onasanya, as the Head of Service. It would be recalled that Onasanya, a leading journalist in the service of Ogun State Government, was recently appointed by the governor as the 20th Head of Service. In a communique issued at the end of the zonal meeting of the union held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Friday, Abiodun was lauded for appointing Onasanya as the first journalist to become Head of Service in…

renowned businessman, philanthropist, and licensed Customs agent, Ibrahim Egungbohun, (fondly called IBD Dende by his associates), is in the news lately for the wrong reason. In recent viral social media posts, some reckless reporters under the guise of investigative journalism accused him of the crime of smuggling, gun running, and terrorism, among others. Following the ensuing outburst of comments, reactions, and innuendoes that trailed the wrongful allegation, he is now before the Federal High Court, Abuja, to seek appropriate redress for the emotional and psychological assault he has had to grapple with since the offensive publication became a public issue. …

… How Court cases stalls the bank’s commitment and progress. With 415 litigation cases hanging around its neck, Stanbic IBTC has stated that its exposure has come up to more than N268 billion in addition to other large foreign currencies in contingent liabilities at the end of the first quarter of 2024. The Group litigation portfolio as at 31 March 2024 consisted of 415 cases and aggregate value of monetary claims against the Stanbic IBTC Group was N268,273,907,895.42 USD$4,468,675.78 and £74,284.64. This amount, according to explanatory note provided by Stanbic IBTC Group in its first quarter of 2024 unaudited financial…