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Billionaire international lawyer, politician and a philanthropist, Hon. Ned Nwoko has demanded a retraction of a story written against him by an online media, Premium Times that he is a land grabber and demanded a payment of N10 Billion as compensation by the media house. This was contained in a letter addressed to the Managing Director of Premium Times by his lawyers, Rolls Law Firm, dated May 17, 2021 and signed by Onyeka Nwokolo Esq. The letter is entitled; "Demand For Retraction of the Libellous Publication In Your Online News Media, Premium Times Against Hon. Ned Nwoko And An Apology In Two National Dailies And Payment Of Damages For The Publication Of the Libel." It was stated in the letter that "our attention has been drawn by several people, including members of his family, friends, business associates and co-politicians amongst other well-meaning Nigerians to series of your false publications in your news media, where you maliciously with intent to bring our cli...

The Chancellor and Chairman, Board of Regents, Covenant University, Dr David O. Oyedepo, has urged the new graduates of the University to get out of their nest to guard against the destruction of their colourful future. He advised them to honour their parents for their unfathomable investments in providing quality education through their hard work and sacrifices. Dr Oyedepo, who tasked the graduands to strive to do their parents proud by taking full responsibility for the future they desired to live in, gave the warning on Friday, May 21, 2021, at the 15th Convocation Ceremony of Covenant University held at the University Chapel in Ota, Ogun State. While delivering his address titled ‘A Wake-up Call to a Generation on the Wrong Side of History, the Chancellor lamented what he described as a “playboy generation”, where young people consumed a lot of garbage through the social media platform. He stated that Cybercrime had been increasing globally, as many youths hated the word “Work”. Ac...

The Director-General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Mr Folorunsho Coker, has said that he will use his fresh mandate to accelerate the growth of domestic tourism. Coker made the statement in Abuja on Sunday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on his reappointment last week as the Director-General of the NTDC by President Muhammadu Buhari. He said that his immediate desire was to hasten tourism growth and foster socio-economic development of Nigeria, using the tourism value-chain. Coker described his reappointment as another opportunity to collaborate with critical stakeholders in the tourism sector to deepen growth, using domestic tourism as catalyst. Coker, 55, was first appointed to the position in March 2017. He said that domestic tourism needed to be used to accelerate the growth of Nigeria’s creative sector to galvanise economic growth across other sectors, including agriculture and manufacturing. “My agenda is to drive the mission and vis...

The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) has concluded plans to explore Lagos Creative Communities on Google Arts & Culture in five different ways. The project tagged; 'Eko for Show', is in partnership with Google Arts & Culture towards celebrating Lagos and its creative communities. The Director General of NTDC, Mr. Folorunsho Coker, who made the revelation in an interaction with the media, said that Lagos is one of Africa’s fastest growing cities and that its creative scene is taking the world by storm.  Coker noted that with over 25 million people, the city’s creative scene is fueled by a young generation of talented individuals and communities spanning music, art, photography, fashion, theatre, literature and food.  The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, he said is committed to fueling Nigeria’s economy by supporting creativity, youth and entrepreneurs. "Since 2020, we have collaborated with Google Arts & Culture on a program to shine ligh...