Veteran soul and R&B singer, Angie Stone, has died at the age of 63. According to Deadline, Angie passed away after being involved in a Sprinter van accident in Alabama, US. The accident occurred as she was leaving a performance early that morning in Montgomery. The three-time Grammy nominee’s daughter, Diamond Stone, confirmed the sad news on social media. “My mummy is gone,” Diamond Stone wrote on Facebook. Angie Stone’s representative, Deborah R. Champagne, also confirmed her passing. Angie rose to fame as a member of The Sequence, the first all-female group signed to Sugar Hill Records. Florence Otedola, AKA…
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The new Automated Teller Machine (ATM) charges imposed on Nigerians by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, came into effect on Saturday, 1 March, 2025. This follows the Apex Bank’s announcement on 11 February 2025 that, from 1 March 2025, N100 and N450 fees would apply to ATM withdrawals. The CBN explained that the charges would apply to bank customers using other banks’ ATMs, whether onsite or offsite. It stated that the N450 fee would be a surcharge for bank customers using ATMs of other banks that are not within the bank’s premises. Meanwhile, the CBN stressed that ATM withdrawals within…
Shell companies in Nigeria underlined their participation at the 8th Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES) in Abuja with a high-profile exhibition that hosted dignitaries among them the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil) Senator Henieken Lokpobiri. The Minister was briefed on the range of Shell businesses in Nigeria and recent investments in gas by The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) and in deep-water oil production by Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited, (SNEPCo). Senator Lokpobiri expressed his appreciation for the continued confidence in Nigeria’s energy sector. The exhibition featured a medical stand which was organised as…
Muslim philanthropists, Islamic scholars, corporate bodies, groups, individuals both within the state and outside on Saturday, 1 March, 2025 stormed the conference hall of the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos to support the N5 billion social infrastructure projects funds of the Island Muslim Community(IMC). The funds are meant to put in place compliant Muslim cemeteries, orphanages and hospitals, which are currently non-existent in the Victoria Island/Ikoyi and Ibeju-Lekki axis. Presents at the august gathering include Chairman of IMC, Ahaji Rafiu Adisa Ebiti; Vice Chairman of IMC, Alhaji Tijani Borodo; National Missioner, Ansar-ud-deeen society of Nigeria, Shaykh Abdur-Rahman Ahmad; Dr Abdullah…
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has been working in the past twenty-five years to meet up with the needs of people living in the oil rich Niger Delta region. For instance, in Ilepa Quarters, Ikare in Akoko North East Local Government Area, the NDDC made portable water available to residents when it carried out the construction/rehabilitation of a solar-powered water project in the area. Residents of the community are grateful to the NDDC for ensuring that Ilepa Quarters in Ikare now has access to clean and safe drinking water.
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has brought together cultural troupes from the nine Niger Delta states to celebrate the rich cultural heritage of the region. Speaking at the Niger Delta Arts and Culture Expo organised by the NDDC in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the Commission’s Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, emphasised the importance of preserving and promoting the unique traditions of the Niger Delta people. Ogbuku who was represented by the Executive Director, Corporate Services, Hon. Ifedayo Abegunde, highlighted the need to deepen the significance of Niger Delta’s cultural heritage beyond entertainment. He noted: “Africans are known and respected…
The Governor of Kebbi State, Dr. Nasir Idris, has appreciated a Saudi Arabia based international humanitarian organization, King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) for providing food assistance distributed by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to vulnerable persons in the state. Speaking at the flag-off distribution of the items in Birnin Kebbi, the Governor who was represented by his deputy, Senator Umar Abubakar also commended NEMA for always being timely in responding to disasters in the state. The Governor said that the timely distribution of the KSrelief food items few days before the start of the holy month…
The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has distributed food and non-food items to vulnerable groups in Borno State to ease hardships during the Ramadan period. The relief materials which include rice, spaghetti, mats, plastic buckets, cups, cooking pots, wrappers, shadda brocades, children’s clothing, mattresses, and other essentials, were given at the weekend to persons with disabilities, widows, orphans, religious groups, and selected households across the 27 local government areas of Borno state. The distribution also includes 2,200 blankets, 3,498 wrappers, 1,398 sets of children’s clothing, 3,609 mats, and 16,529 packages of noodles. Speaking during the flag off of the distribution…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a 42-year-old Angolan businessman Mbala Dajou Abuba at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano for attempting to traffic a large consignment of cocaine, which he ingested, to Istanbul Turkey. A statement by the spokesman of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi on Sunday, said Abuba who is from the Zaire province in Angola was arrested last Tuesday at the screening point of the Kano airport while trying to board Egypt Air flight MS 880 to Istanbul, Turkey via Cairo. Babafemi said after Abuba body scan result confirmed he ingested illicit…
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar has assured of federal government’s commitment to safeguarding land rights while boosting agricultural productivity. He gave this assurance on Sunday to farmers and pastoralists in Udobo, Gamawa local government area of Bauchi State, during a community engagement in the historic agrarian town. He outlined President Bola Tinubu’s plans to combat food insecurity through rural empowerment, science-driven farming, and climate-resilient infrastructure. The minister who lamented that though Udubo was a hub of Nigeria’s agricultural output between 1960s–70s but the story has changed because the community had been largely neglected by the state government for…