Day: August 23, 2023

How, Why UK Slammed £100,000 Bribery Charges On Diezani

Efe Wellington

“What we know about her collecting £100,000 bribe in cash, chauffeur-driven cars, flights on private jets, luxury holidays for her family, and the use of multiple London properties” – UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) on trials of Nigeria’s erstwhile powerful oil minister   Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources, in faraway, United Kingdom (UK) court, is now facing a case of collecting bribe while in office, upping the ante for the erstwhile powerful minister wanted in Nigeria on sundry charges of corruption. Coming about eight years after escaping…

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Auditioned Five Times, How I Was Snubbed by BBNaija – Hida Baci

Precious Ibekwe

Guiness World Records Chef for the longest cooking hours ever opens up on long, rough road to fame   Celebrated Nigerian record-breaking chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, otherwise known as Hilda Baci, has revealed the rough roads she walked before finally achieving fame, including auditioning and failing to appear in BBNaija reality TV show. “I actually tried to get on Big Brother Naija for a while. I think I auditioned about four or five times,” she declared in an interview monitored by Platforms Africa. The Guinness World Record (GWR) holder for…

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Why We Partnered Stoilic Shipping on Cadets Training – NCDMB

Damilola Olonade

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has held a kick-off ceremony marking the commencement of the Cadets Training Programme being organized with Stoilic Shipping Ltd, a renowned maritime training school. The event was conducted in Apapa, Lagos on August 22 and was attended by representatives of the NCDMB, Stoilic shipping, and the cadets. The Cadet Sea Time training Programme is offering 10 Nigerian cadets real-world experience and hands-on instruction aboard international vessels, giving them the practical skills and information required for a successful career in the maritime sector.…

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Meet Nigerian Teenager Crowned World’s Best In Cambridge Certificate Exam

Damilola Olonade

How I received news of my emergence as World best, 17 year-old Mmesoma Okonkwo speaks on secret of success in British Council Outstanding Cambridge Learner’s Award   A 17-year-old Nigerian Student, Mmesoma Okonkwo, has reportedly emerged as the world’s best in English in the Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) examination. In a ‘Morning Crossfire’ interview with Nigeria Info FM, the young scholar, who is a student of Chrisland High School, Lagos, affirmed her strength in English as a subject and confidence in the answers she picked in…

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