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Brothers Bode and Niyi Makanjuola - and their father, Remi Makanjuola -, some of the major promoters at charter service Caverton Helicopters have a great task on their hands. Their company owns the Helicopter that jeopardized the life of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Minister for Labour and productivity Stephen Ocheni and a handful of senior aides. Bode Makanjuola is the Chief Executive Officer at Caverton Offshore Support Group, the parent company of Caverton Helicopters which has Josiah Choms as Managing Director. Bode combines the role of CEO with the function of Vice Chairman while his father Remi Makanjuola maintains the position of Chairman of Caverton Offshore Support Group. His brother Niyi Makanjuola is the Chairman at Caverton Helicopters. The Caverton Helicopter ferrying Vice President Osinbajo crashed in Kabba, Kogi state at about 3p.m yesterday – Saturday, February 2, 2019. The Vice President was in Kogi as part of the ...

The Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Jim Ovia (CON), has lauded the federal government’s economic team for pulling the economy out of economic recession, acknowledging that the country’s economic outlook shows that it is now on a growth trajectory. Giving his goodwill message at the Deloitte in Dialogue Nigeria Economic Outlook 2019 event on Thursday, January 31, 2019 at the Civic Centre in Lagos, the Chairman of Zenith Bank, Jim Ovia focused on two key points – ease of doing business, and the nation’s inflation rate. He commended the present economic team on the nation’s remarkable improvement on the ease of doing business index. Special praise was accorded the two ministers present at the event – the Honorable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed and the Honorable Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma – as well as the Honorable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. While commending the ministers ...

Residents of Igbokoda in Ilaje Ese Odo local government in Ondo South senatorial zone who have resigned their fate to living without electricity for the past five years were enveloped in frenzy of joy on Wednesday as Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo commissioned the restored power project facilitated by the BEDC Electricity Plc. (BEDC) and Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) which jointly completed work on the rehabilitation of the power project in the town. With the commissioning by the Vice-President flanked by Ondo state Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, Executive Director, Commercial of BEDC, Mr. Abu Ejoor, Chief Technical Officer, (CTO) Engr. Ashok Acharya and officials of NDPHC, 10 out of the 21 distribution substations in the Igbokoda community came on with power supply thus illuminating the town which had been out of supply for so many years. The substations that were energized as at Wednesday include; Larada, General Hospital Secretariat road substation, Ikuomola, Ilara,...

Nigeria A udio-Visual Expo (NAVE), the anticipated largest trade fair of the audiovisual industry in Nigeria, will bring together players in the industry at Landmark Event Centre, Victoria-Island, Lagos between 26–27 June 2019. The fair will showcase new products and services of both domestic and international players in the sector, and the interesting briefings and training sessions it offers will also provide a good foundation for sharing professional information. The two-day event has been scheduled and will showcase a huge selection of existing and new products and services in the audiovisual industry. Both domestic and international importers, manufacturers and service providers in the audiovisual sector will showcase their existing and new products and services for visitors  – both for those who use audiovisual devices as tools or support for their operations and for those who are planning to buy audiovisual products or services.   It is expected that at the Nig...

The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Isima Emerge has quit his position as Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Ekere, we exclusively gathered, resigned today – 25th January 2019, – from the commission in order to focus his energies on the governorship campaigns. This decision is coming twenty-six months after he assumed office as Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In September 2018, he was nominated the Governorship Candidate and flagbearer of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State. The Presidency has already announced Professor Nelson Briambriafa as the Acting Managing Director. Until his appointment, Professor Briambriafa was the Bayelsa State Representative on the NDDC Board which has been dissolved with the resignation of Mr. Ekere. The President also appointed Mr. Chris Amadi as the Acting Executive Director, Finance and Administr...

Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) Director-General, Mr. Folorunso Coker, has described the new NTDC bill awaiting President Buhari’s assent as the needed legal framework to grow the nation’s tourism potential. He said the new bill when passed into law will prompt a financial framework that allows the agency to operate as a business entity capable of generating huge revenues for the economy. He likened the NTDC’s legal framework to the required foundation (the financial framework inclusive) laid in the communication, banking, oil and gas sectors, which resulted in their huge revenue returns. He lamented that most tourism operators are now unable to access loans from the banks because tourism does not generate individual returns, which may allow it to withstand 25 per cent interest rate. This, according to him, is because tourism is not seen as a serious business. Coker, who spoke in Lagos, said it is not profitable for the corporation to sit on the fenc...

Leading Public Relations Consultant, Pop Culture Enthusiast and Founder/CEO of BHM Group, Ayeni Adekunle, is set to join other notable names as they explore issues relating to how entertainment and consumer experiences have helped shaped the African narrative from a positive perspective at the forthcoming Social Media Week Lagos this February. Ayeni will be joined on the panel by Advertising guru, Steve Babaeko; Comedian, Basketmouth; Channel Manager, MTVbase, Solafunmi Oyeneye and Talent Manager, Ernest Audu. They will be discussing “Music, Content & Consumer Experiences Changing The African Narrative” during the session that will be hosted by MTVBase presenter, Folu Storms. The panel discussion, sponsored by Viacom International Media Networks Africa, the parent company of MTVBase, popularly known for promoting African music and entertainment, is expected to explore how the Nigerian entertainment industry is expanding on the global stage. Since starting BHM, Ayeni has w...