Just days after Fidelity Bank appointed its first female CEO, another female bank CEO has also emerged. Yemisi Edun has been appointed Acting Managing Director of First City Monument Bank Limited (FCMB). Her appointment comes following the allegations of unethical conduct against the incumbent Adam Nuhu. Nuhu is currently embeshed in a paternity scandal involving Moyo Thomas, a former employee...
I was scrolling on LinkedIn sometime in December when I stumbled on a post by Victory Yinka-Banjo, who not only aced A1 in all her WASSCE subjects but also had A*s in all her Cambridge results. She was also declared the World’s Best Candidate in English as a Second Language (Speaking Component) by the University of Cambridge International Examination (CIE). Yinka-Banjo also...
Yoruba actress Folake Aremu popularly called Orisabunmi has passed on. She was aged 60. President of the Theatre Arts And Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) Bolaji Amusan, known as Mr. Latin, confirmed she died on Tuesday night. He added that her death was a shock to everyone. Sadly, her death comes barely four months after the death of...
All hell was let loose on Sunday, Jan 3 on Twitter after a certain Iyabo Arinola Awokoya had called out a Nigerian named Muyiwa who had shared his relocation Canada photos on Twitter. Muyiwa was excited his life long dreams had come true despite having to write IELTS five times. Iyabo in a now-deleted tweet had criticised him for writing...
Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, the newly appointed Managing Director/CEO of Fidelity Bank Plc has assumed office. Her tenure commenced on Jan 1, 2021. She becomes the 4th Managing Director and Chief Executive and also the first female to occupy the position since the inception of the bank in 1988. Onyeali-Ikpe takes over from Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, whose contract tenure ended on Dec....
This article will show you how to pass your IELTS test once. The International English Language Testing System, popularly called IELTS, is a standardized test of English language proficiency for non-native English language speakers. It is usually required for study and work migration to countries like Canada. The test is divided into 4 major sections: Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing,...
Nigerian-American Osaremen Okolo has been named by the president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, as his COVID-19 policy advisor. Biden is expected to be sworn in on January 20. 26-year-old Okolo was among 100 names announced as additional members of the White House staff by the Biden transition team on Wednesday. Born to Nigerian parents from Edo State in...
It is not every time you meet a software engineer that is deaf or has a hearing impairment. This is the story of Adeyinka Adegbenro, a deaf software engineer in Lagos. Adeyinka wasn’t born deaf. Her ordeal started at age 20 and fresh out of university when she developed a swelling along the right side of her face. The swelling...
The Federal Government has extended the deadline for the provision of National Identification Number (NIN) by telecommunication service subscribers to January 19 and February 9, 2021, respectively. This was contained in a statement on Monday 21 December by the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. The statement titled, ‘Extension of Registration Period and Cancellation of USSD and Verification Fees’,...
It’s so lovely to see a family win together. A Nigerian lady @ave_canie has wowed her followers online after she revealed herself, her sister, and her father all had their convocations on the same day with a Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D. degree. Taking to Twitter, she wrote: Congrats to I (BSc), my sister (masters) and my dad (PhD) on our convocation....