“Fake Products In Nigeria Are More Than The Original”, Williams Uchemba Laments

BusinessStandards & Consumer Protection“Fake Products In Nigeria Are More Than The Original”, Williams Uchemba Laments

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 22, 2022

Nollywood actor, Williams Uchemba has decried the high rate of fake products in the country. Uchemba took to his Instastory to lament on Friday, stating that the number of fake products in the country are more than the original products. He added that it is painful that some vendors still sell counterfeit products at the price of the original. The father of one suggested that vendors should have both fake and original products so that...

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OPINION: General Election 2023: How Nigeria’s Democracy Revolves Around Money

ColumnsMoneyOpinionPoliticsOPINION: General Election 2023: How Nigeria’s Democracy Revolves Around Money

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)April 21, 2022

To understand how Nigerian politics works, one has to fairly appreciate the cost of the exercise called ‘consultation’ before the primary election, which public office seekers engage in. Politics all over the world is an expensive venture. In Nigeria, it is no different except that every aspect of our politics is excessively monetized to the point that anyone who does not have enough money to oil these processes is traditionally regarded as unserious. Now that...

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Abuja Electricity Distribution Company Disconnects Government Offices Over Debt In Niger

BusinessNewsPowerAbuja Electricity Distribution Company Disconnects Government Offices Over Debt In Niger

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 21, 2022

MINNA — Niger State House of Assembly, Office of the Secretary to the State Government, and water board are among other government offices that resorted to using generators to power their offices due to the disconnection of the offices by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) over a debt amounting to N1.9 billion. AEDC regional manager in Minna in a document issued on Friday said the debt spanned over eight years and vowed not to...

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Soludo Names Nollywood Actor, Bob-Manuel Udokwu, Seven Others In New Appointment

JobsNewsSoludo Names Nollywood Actor, Bob-Manuel Udokwu, Seven Others In New Appointment

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 20, 2022

AWKA — Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has appointed popular Nollywood actor, Bob-Manuel Udokwu, as his Special Adviser on Entertainment, Leisure and Tourism, and seven other political appointees to his administration. This was announced in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Paul Nwosu, and made available to journalists on Tuesday. Other appointees are; Mr. Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata, MD/CEO of ICT Agency, Mr. Chike Anyaonu, Managing Director, Anambra State Housing...

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Don’t Tamper With $418 Million London/Paris Club Loan — 36 States Warn Federal Government

EconomyMoneyNewsDon’t Tamper With $418 Million London/Paris Club Loan — 36 States Warn Federal Government

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 19, 2022

ABUJA — The Attorneys-General of the 36 states of the federation have warned the federal government not to tamper with funds accruing to the states and the 774 local government councils, saying if the federal government proceeds to make any such deduction, it would be acting illegally and in contempt of their appeal pending before the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The body alleged that the federal government want to make the deduction under the...

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Access Bank Transforms To Holding Company, Access Corporation On May 1

BusinessMoneyNewsAccess Bank Transforms To Holding Company, Access Corporation On May 1

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 19, 2022

LAGOS — Access Bank Plc said it will be transforming from core banking into a full financial services holding company known as Access Corporation from 1 May. In a notice to shareholders on Saturday, the Managing director of the bank, Herbert Wigwe said the new company will be known as Access Holdings, PIc, but trading as Access Corporation. “This change will see us evolve from a bank into a large-scale ecosystem player offering a new...

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Mark Zuckerberg Announces New Features For WhatsApp

BusinessMark Zuckerberg Announces New Features For WhatsApp

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 15, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg, Metaverse CEO, has announced that there would be additional features added to the popular instant messaging platform, WhatsApp. Zuckerberg made the announcement in a lengthy Facebook post on Thursday. According to the Meta boss, one of the new features, WhatsApp Communities, will enable users to not only communicate with close friends and contacts, but also with all of the different communities in their life. The community, which will help in the management of...

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Portable Bags Endorsement Deal With Sujimoto

BusinessEntertainmentNewsPortable Bags Endorsement Deal With Sujimoto

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 14, 2022

Habeeb Okikiola, the fast-rising Nigerian singer better known as Portable, has secured an endorsement deal with Sujimoto, a leading Nigerian construction company. The budding musician, who gained traction with his hit track ‘Zazoo Zeh’ featuring Olamide, the rapper, and Poco Lee, the dancer, announced the deal via Instagram on Wednesday. Sharing a video showing the moment he signed the contract, the Zazu crooner could be seen striking his famous pose with one of the company’s...

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GlaxoSmithKline Agrees to Buy Sierra Oncology for $1.9bn

BusinessInvestingGlaxoSmithKline Agrees to Buy Sierra Oncology for $1.9bn

PilotnewsApril 13, 2022

British pharmaceuticals producer GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to buy late-stage biopharmaceutical company Sierra Oncology. GlaxoSmithKline said on Wednesday that it would pay 55 dollars per share of common stock in cash, representing an approximate total equity value of 1.9 billion dollars. The acquisition is to be carried out through a one-step merger in which the outstanding shares of Sierra Oncology will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive 55 dollars per share in cash....

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13,000 Nigerians Are My Employees – Orji Kalu

JobsPolitics13,000 Nigerians Are My Employees – Orji Kalu

PilotnewsApril 13, 2022

ABUJA — The Chief Whip of Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu says he has 13,000 Nigerians under his employment across different sectors of the economy. The former governor of Abia made the disclosure in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday. Kalu, who was responding to questions on presidential aspirants, said anyone aspiring to become Nigeria’s president should be an individual with capacity to improve the economy, security and make all Nigerians happy. He reiterated...

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