The EPRA- Leadership and Entrepreneurial Awards 2023 final nominees are listed below. Congratulations to all nominees! EPRA, Leadership and Entrepreneurial Awards evening is set out to recognize the outstanding leaders and entrepreneurs which have shown exemplary leadership core values and continuing commitment to leadership excellence. The award is billed to be the greatest relaxation and realization of the achievements of individuals in society. At EPRA we celebrate personalities who have impacted in no small measure, the collective psyche of their immediate, national, or global communities. To be precise, the award…
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Kamala Harris starts Africa tour in Ghana, announces security aid
The United States will provide $100 million to Ghana and four other West African countries to help them deal with violent extremism and instability, Vice President Kamala Harris said on Monday during a visit to Ghana. Harris was in Accra at the start of a week-long, three-nation African tour, the latest in a series of visits by senior U.S. officials as Washington seeks to counter growing Chinese and Russian influence on the continent. “President Biden and I have made clear the United States is strengthening our partnerships across the continent…
Read MorePrince Harry and Elton John appear at UK court in privacy lawsuit
Prince Harry and singer Elton John made a surprise appearance at London’s High Court on Monday as they and five others began a lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mail paper over years of alleged phone-tapping and privacy breaches. Harry, the younger son of King Charles, has brought a lawsuit against Associated Newspapers (ANL), along with John – one of the biggest selling artists of all time – his husband David Furnish, and actors Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost. The prince, who flew in from his California home, sat…
Read MoreCorbyn set to be blocked as Labour candidate at next election
Jeremy Corbyn is expected to be officially blocked from standing as a Labour MP at the next general election in an extraordinary meeting of senior party officials tomorrow. Sir Keir Starmer will demand the move at a meeting of Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC), at least a year before a general election is expected. Mr Corbyn has sat as an independent since October 2020, due to his failure to apologise for comments downplaying anti-Semitism in the party during his time as leader between 2015 and 2020. A vote to block…
Read MoreNigeria: Wike reacts to suspension of PDP Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu
The Executive Committee of the PDP in Igyorov Ward of Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State, suspended Ayu on Sunday, after passing a vote of no confidence on him for anti-party activities. Speaking on the issue, Wike who was a guest on Sunrise Daily, stated that he supports the move because Ayu played a major role in the colossal failure of the PDP in the 2023 general elections. “I am in support of the suspension,” Wike replied when asked if he was behind the actions of the PDP officials…
Read MoreMatt Hancock and Kwasi Kwarteng ask for £10,000-a-day to work for FAKE company
Matt Hancock and former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng have told a fake overseas company looking for MP advisers their daily rate for consultancy would be £10,000. In a sting operation set up by campaign group Led By Donkeys. Two former Tory ministers have been caught in a sting telling a non-existent company their daily rate for consultancy is £10,000 a day. MPs Matt Hancock and Kwasi Kwarteng were caught on video requesting six-figure sums for what they would expect to be paid to advise a fake firm in South Korea. The…
Read MoreUS President Joe Biden Declares Emergency For Mississippi Due To Tornado Damage
President Joe Biden early on Sunday issued an emergency declaration for Mississippi, making federal funding available to Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe and Sharkey counties, the areas hardest hit Friday night by a deadly tornado that ripped through the Mississippi Delta, one of the poorest regions of the US. At least 25 people were killed and many others were injured in Mississippi as the massive storm ripped through several towns on its hour-long path. One man was killed after his trailer home flipped several times in Alabama. Search and recovery crews on…
Read MoreNIGERIA: Lt Gen Oladipo Diya dies at 78
Former Chief of General Staff under General Sani Abacha regime, Lt. General Oladipo Diya has died at 78. The news was announced in a statement issued by Barrister Prince Oyesinmilola Diya on behalf of the family. According to the statement, the late military leader died in the early hours of Sunday. The statement read: “On behalf of the entire Diya family home and abroad; We announce the passing on to Glory of our dear Husband,Father, Grandfather,brother, Lt- General Donaldson Oladipo Oyeyinka Diya (Rtd) GCON, LLB, BL, PSC, FSS, mni. “Our…
Read MoreEPRA, AWARDS 2023 NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN.
After five successful years, the Annual EPRA, Leadership and Entrepreneurial Awards is back and we are excited to open nominations into 16 categories. Nominations will remain open until Friday 23rd June 2023, all shortlisted individuals will then be invited to the Awards Dinner & Ceremony on Friday 29th September 2023. EPRA Leadership and Entrepreneurial Awards is set to be bigger and better than ever. The evening is set out to celebrate outstanding leaders and remarkable organisations which have shown exemplary leadership core values, norms, characteristics and continuing commitment to leadership…
Read MoreUS vows support for Niger as China invests and Russia expands nearby
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken, on a rare visit to the landlocked West African country, announces $150 million in new aid for Sahel region, including Niger, one of world’s poorest countries. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has offered new aid as he threw his support behind Niger on a rare visit, holding up the Western military partner and new democracy as a model in an insurgency-torn region where Russia is making inroads. “Niger is a young democracy in a challenging part of the world,” Blinken told a news conference…
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