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By Aduragbemi Omiyale In line with its expansion drive in Africa and Nigeria, in particular, three new hotels have been opened by Radisson Hotel Group in Lagos and Abuja. The hotels add over 400 rooms to the company’s portfolios in Nigeria, comprising 11 hotels in operation and under development, placing the group firmly on track to reach their objective of 15 hotels in Nigeria by 2025. The hospitality company said the additions include the highly anticipated debut of the bold and cutting-edge upscale lifestyle Radisson RED brand. The new Radisson RED Lagos, scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of

By Adedapo Adesanya  The Federal Ministry of Aviation says it will collaborate with the United States on direct flights to Texas in a bid to expand the horizon of the aviation industry and deepen the bilateral relations with the world’s largest economy. The Permanent Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Meribole, said this during a visit to the Ministry by a delegation from the United States led by the Mayor of Houston, Texas, Mr Sylvester Turner, on Tuesday in Abuja. The ministry promised the US delegation that the Federal Government of Nigeria would work on its requests for direct flights from Nigeria to

By Modupe Gbadeyanka All the employees of Azman Air except for a few senior executives have been sent on compulsory after the management suspended the company’s operations. The leave is without pay, according to a circular issued to members of staff, signed by the Human Resources Manager, Magaji Mohammed Misau. According to Leadership Newspaper, the airline operator took this step because its Boeing 737 aircraft taken abroad for C-check maintenance was yet to return. This has rendered the organisation’s commercial operations useless, especially after the conclusion of the Hajj operations last month. “As you are aware that our domestic operations

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Nigerian Tulip International College (NTIC) has secured two semi-final slots for Kaduna State in the on-going 2017 Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz Show, sponsored by Cowbell, the flagship brand of Promasidor Nigeria Limited. This means the Northern part of Nigeria will be represented in the semi-finals for both the Junior and Senior categories in this year’s competition. In the Group C preliminary contest last weekend, Olayinka Abdulwakil of NTIC, Kaduna and Deborah Oyekunle of Deeper Life High School, Ibadan, Oyo State emerged as semi-finalists in the Junior category. With 115 and 90 points respectively, Oyekunle and

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Chairman of Jaiz Bank Plc, Dr Umaru Mutallab, has been inaugurated as the new Chancellor of the Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State. This was done on Tuesday at the institution’s 9th convocation ceremony held at the school’s auditorium. The ceremony followed the approval of Mr Mutallab as Chancellor by the board of trustees and management and announced during a courtesy visit by the NASFAT executive members to his office in Abuja last November. Mr Mutallab, while speaking during the ceremony, said that he felt honoured to be appointed chancellor of the university, adding that he would deploy

By Dipo Olowookere Notorious kidnap kingpin, Mr Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, has pleaded guilty to the kidnapping charges brought against him by the Lagos State Government. Evans, who gave security operatives sleepless nights before he was eventually apprehended few months ago, was arraigned by the state government on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. At the Ikeja High Court in Lagos today, Evans did not waste time to say “I am guilty” when the charges were read to him. The suspect, represented by his counsel, Olukoya Ogungbeje, said he was guilty of the two-count charge of conspiracy and kidnapping slammed

By Dipo Olowookere Wife of the Nigeria’s President, Mrs Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, has called on stakeholders to engage more women in their effort to prevent the spread of cancer disease and the death of many. She made the call at the High-Level Regional Seminar on Cancer Awareness and Advocacy at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on Thursday, August 2, 2018. Mrs Buhari urged stakeholders to take advantage of decisions that will come out of the meeting and chart a clear course of action on cancer prevention. Like in many countries, she said, Cancer is a major health challenge confronting Nigeria as it

By Adedapo Adesanya The NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange market size and index were boosted by 1.92 percent on Monday, June 15. The lifting of the unlisted securities market yesterday was supported by the gains printed by stocks belonging to market bellwether, FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc. FrieslandCampina saw its share price rise N9.56 at the bourse to N122.75 per share from N113.19 per share it previously traded. The positive performance of the milk maker pushed the market capitalisation up by N9.61 billion to N510.95 billion from N501.34 billion it finished last Thursday. The market was closed last Friday due to

The Nigeria Immigration Service is reported to have queried its officers, who participated in a music video challenge. According to Assistant Comptroller General of the NIS, Iam Haliru, “the viral video clip tagged #BopDaddyChallenge, has caused the organisation a lot of embarrassment”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZJVMwzwvxs. Public Relations practitioner, Mr Anthony Elikene ANIPR, is one of those who do not agree with the decision to use punitive actions against the officers involved. Mr Elikene said he believes rather the agency should tap into this rare opportunity to position the NIS as an organisation with a human face. According to him, “All over the

A recent survey conducted by a leading audit company, KPMG Nigeria, has ranked Ecobank Nigeria among the top five banks with good customer experience in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) segment of the economy. The 2019 Nigeria banking industry customer experience survey report measured the performance of lenders in the country in terms of their relationship with their account holders and other users of financial services. From the results, despite lower levels of overall satisfaction for SMEs, Fidelity Bank and Ecobank made the greatest improvements with both banks moving up more than four places into the top five banks.

By Aduragbemi Omiyale Medical practitioners in Lagos will have access to free rides through the Bolt Business Platform, the ride-hailing platform has disclosed. This is part of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of Bolt to support organisations in advancing their goals and purpose, especially the Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA). “We are committed to the welfare of those that have kept us going during the height of the pandemic. This remains a priority for us and as such we are continually looking for ways to contribute to their wellbeing. “The partnership with the Nigerian Medical Association