Access Bank plc has issued a release that by 1st of March 2020 cheques of its recently acquired Diamond Bank would no longer be valid for clearing. The release issued via the electronic mail reads that, “As directed by Access Bank, please kindly be informed that effective March 01, 2020, Diamond Bank cheques will no longer be valid for clearing.” This directive …

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Call her ‘The Nation Solution’, and you are referring to Mrs. Purit Abhulimhen, founder of Spangeler Market and Vent SQ. The solution provider has chosen that nickname for herself because of the enterprunural solution she is proffering to Nigeria’s economic problems. Abhulimhen, a graduate of Linguistics and Communication Studies from the University of Port Harcourt is also a serial entrepreneur …

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Special Adviser to the Ondo State governor on Energy, Engineer Tunji Light Ariyomo has announced the arrangements ahead of his mother’s burial. Mrs. Elizabeth Ariyo died peacefully in her sleep on 15th January in Akure the Ondo State capital and the family has announced the burial arrangement as scheduled for Saturday 29th February 2020 in Akure. Ariyomo who is the …

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The Centre for Citizens with Disability (CCD) has concluded a three-day capacity building workshop for Persons Living With Disabilities (PLWD) on the use of Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and the Nigeria Disability Act, tasking PLWD to demand accountability from the government. The workshop aimed at empowering PLWD to demand accountability from state actors was held in Lagos under the …

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Deacon Lawrence Ojo Oni has been buried in fanfare after spending fruitful years on earth. Oni, aged 87, was buried in Igede Ekiti February 14-15, 2020. Admonishing people at the church service, Host Minister, Reverend Dr. M.O. Ige, Araromi Baptist Church, Igede Ekiti, urged people to live purposeful on earth so that they can finish well. Reading from the book …

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Global attention will tomorrow Friday February 21 shift towards saving many indigenous languages from extinction as the world marks International Mother Language Day. Voice of Nigeria, the nation’s external service radio broadcaster, is collaborating with a number of stakeholders to commemorate the day in Lagos.. These include the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization and the Nigerian Film …

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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on Federal and State Governments to take full advantage of the attributes of radio in developing a comprehensive strategy for overcoming the religious, ethnic and other differences that have divided Nigerians and impeded the country’s social, economic and political advancement. In a statement issued in Lagos to commemorate this year’s World Radio Day, the …

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Dr. Victor Olaiya is dead. Olaiya whose highlife music trended in Nigeria and Ghana during his active years was born 31st December 1930. According to the Managing Director of Evergreen Music Company Ltd, Bimbo Esho, Olaiya  passed on at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) on Wednesday. Victor Abimbola Olaiya played highlife music which was famous  during the 1950s and …

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The German Cultural Institute in Lagos, the Goethe Institut Nigeria, has donated 28 books to the Voice of Nigeria Library. The books included Historical, Arts, Novels for Adults and Teenagers, Dictionary, Travel and Culture, Science and Technology, Communication in Business books. The Donation to the Library was done by the Head of Information and Library of the Institute, Ms. Katja …

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The Executive Director of Centre for Communication and Social Impact (CCSI), Mrs. Babafunke Fagbemi has called on Nigerians to imbibe an attitude of anti corruption by always doing what is right. She said even though corruption is a hydra- headed monster , it can be defeated in Nigeria if all hands are on the decks. Fagbemi was speaking recently at …

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