Kunle Awosika

The U.S. Consulate General in Lagos and Ascend Studios Foundation have partnered to implement the 2021 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE), a U.S. Government initiative that supports women entrepreneurs around the world, now in its third year.

Two Lagos big boys and socialites, Boniface Odenigbo Amandianeze, a.k.a and Olasunmbo Olawale Winfunke a.k.a Sunbo, have been arrested and paraded by Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, EFCC, for alleged internet fraud and money laundering.

The biggest advocacy initiative on security in Nigeria where beauty meets intelligence and public reorientation, Miss Security Nigeria is now officially open for entries to all beauty queens aged 18 – 27. This important information was revealed to the public by the MSN organizing committee of McKingss Media.

The Federal Government has expressed its willingness to support the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) in its efforts at training Community Paralegals with a view to providing first responders and vanguards in cases of threatened violation of rights and abuses within the communities.

Newly launched insurance companies, Heirs Insurance Limited (HIL) and Heirs Life Assurance Limited (HLA) have announced plans to host over three hundred brokers at the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers’ (NCRIB) monthly forum.

The founder of BUA Group, a Nigerian conglomerate active in cement production, sugar refining and real estate, AbdulSamad Rabiu; is man of proven immense wealth, a lover of humanity and an embodiment of philanthropy whose milk of human kindness, like an inestimable fountain, has endlessly flowed to wet parched throats and soothe frayed nerves across the land, is highly regarded, respected and honoured in the society.

The Federal Government will, on Oct. 13, arraign the Managing Director (MD), Dana Air, Hathiramani Jacky Ranesh, in a Federal High Court, Abuja on allegations bordering on fraud.

The Federal Government has arrested the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.

The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) was awarded €22.8 million by the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to conduct a Phase IIb clinical trial of IAVI’s Lassa fever vaccine candidate among adults and children in Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.  The vaccine candidate uses a recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus vector, which is now registered for use in eight African countries.

The U.S. Consulate General has inaugurated two new Windows on America in Enugu and Benin City, as part of efforts to engage more Nigerian audiences in their local communities.