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ELOY Awards
ELOY Awards (Exquisite Lady of the Year Awards) is an annual event held in Nigeria to recognize and celebrate outstanding women in various fields. Organized by ''Exquisite Magazine'', the awards aim to highlight the achievements and contributions of women who are making significant impacts in their respective industries, including business, arts, fashion, media, and philanthropy. It was established by Tewa Onasanya in 2009. During the ELOY awards held in Lagos Continental Hotel in 2018, the convener Tewa Onasanya disclosed that the nominees were selected from different walks of life and that there has to be a vote-count before anyone is duly awarded. In 2019, the ELOY awards introduced a new development, in which the awards for the very first time would be celebrating a man, the category will celebrate a man or male-owned company, which empowers and employs women, the CEO, Tewa Onasanya stated that there was a need to improve on the previous editions. Categories The ELOY Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tewa Onasanya
Tewa Onasanya is a British-Nigerian publisher, mindset stylist, philanthropist and the Founder/CEO of Exquisite Magazine Services Ltd, the publishers of Exquisite Magazine and the organisers of EMAC Walk and ELOY Awards. She was 40 years old as of 2018. Personal life Onasanya was born and raised in London. She moved to the outskirt of London after she got married and has two children. She holds Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacology from the University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom. Career Although she studied pharmacology, she has always loved writing and finally ventured into it in September 2003 when she started Exquisite magazine – a fashion, beauty and lifestyle magazine for women which is also behind Exquisite Magazine Walk against Cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), invade or Metastasis, spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Folu Storms
Ada Afoluwake Ogunkeye (born November 25, 1986) known professionally as Folu Storms, is a Nigerian radio host and presenter, actress, voice-over artist, and television host. Early life Storms was born in Aguda, Surulere, Lagos state. She attended primary school at Corona VI, then had her secondary education first at The Lagoon Secondary School, then St Leonards Mayfield in the UK and then proceeded to Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth University () is a Public university, public Research university, research university in Aberystwyth, Wales. Aberystwyth was a founding member institution of the former federal University of Wales. The university has over 8,000 stude ... where she studied for a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) between 2005 and 2008. Storms later enrolled at the University of Bristol for her Master of Laws (LLM) in 2009. Storms has a diploma in Broadcast Journalism from Pan-African University. Career Radio and NdaniTV Storms began to work as a lawyer, before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
First Bank Of Nigeria
First Bank of Nigeria is a multinational bank and financial services company with headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria. First Bank was founded in 1894 by Sir Alfred Jones and is currently owned by First HoldCo PLC, which in itself has diversified ownership with over 1.3 million shareholders. Overview The First Bank Group has over 820 business locations across Africa and has an agent banking network with over 233,500 locations across Nigeria as of 2024. The bank specializes in retail banking, with a client base in West Africa of over 42 million customers. First Bank, as a group, employs over 16,000 staff. It operates four key strategic business units: retail banking, corporate banking, commercial banking, and public sector banking. As of 2024, the bank which is a part of the holding company FirstHoldCo has an asset size of N27.4 trillion. The bank as at September 2024, released its the financial statement for 9M of the year, reporting a pre-tax profit that stood at N610.9 billion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Omonike Fowowe
Omonike Fowowe is a Nigerian business woman and Chief Executive Officer of Express Multi-Concepts Resources (EMR) Group. In 2020, she was awarded the Younger entrepreneur of the year by ELOY Awards. Early life She is a native of Osun State Osun (; ), is a state in southwestern Nigeria; bounded to the east by Ekiti and Ondo states for 84 km and for 78 km respectively, to the north by Kwara State for 73 km, to the south by Ogun State for 84 km and to the wes ... and an alumna of Airforce Primary School, Christ Redeemers’ Secondary School and Redeemers University where she completed primary, secondary and tertiary education respectively. Career Fowowe is the Chairman of six subsidiaries of EMR Group namely EMR Spaces, the real estate segment of the Group; EMR Marketing; 2-Talent Management; Style My Space, an interior and exterior decoration company; Emah Luxury, which handles the gold and luxury accessories segment of the Group; and Theos Luxury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cool FM Nigeria
Cool FM Nigeria is a Nigerian English-speaking radio station with frequencies across 4 of the 6 Geo-Political zones in Nigeria. It operates Cool TV and online radio. The radio station is pop and rock for adult audiences. In 2019, Cool FM hosted an interview with Cardi B which was considered a scoop. The interview was live and with N6 and Temi Balogun. Cardi B was on her first tour of Africa, performing in both Nigeria and Ghana. Frequencies * South West Zone (Lagos State): Cool FM 96.9 Lagos - founded October 1998 * South South Zone (Rivers State): Cool FM 95.9 Port Harcourt - founded November 2008 * North Central Zone (Abuja): Cool FM 96.9 Abuja - founded November 2001 * North West Zone (Kano State Kano (Hausa language, Hausa: ) is one of the 36 States of Nigeria, states of Nigeria, located in the Northern Region, Nigeria, northern region of the country. According to the national census done in 2006, Kano State is the List of Nigerian st ...): Cool FM 96.9 Kano - fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Toke Makinwa
Toke Makinwa (born 3 November 1984) is a Nigerian radio personality, television host, vlogger, entrepreneur, actress, author, and fashion influencer. Makinwa is known for hosting ''The Late Morning Show'' on Rhythm 93.7 FM Lagos, Rhythm 93.7 FM and for her YouTube vlog series ''Toke Moments''. She released her book ''On Becoming'' in November 2016, and is one of the top five African female show hosts. Early life and education Toke Makinwa was born on 3 November 1984, in Lagos State, Nigeria. She attended the Federal Government Girls College, Oyo, Federal Government Girls' College in Oyo State, and later enrolled at the University of Lagos, where she earned a BA degree in English language, English and Literature Career In 2010, Makinwa made her major media debut on Rhythm 93.7 FM Lagos, Rhythm 93.7 FM's ''The Morning Drive'' show as a co-host. In 2012, she made a television appearance as host of the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) beauty pageant, which was broadcast live a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tolu Bally
Tolulope Bally professionally known as Tolu Bally (born 2 October 1988) is a Nigerian executive, businesswoman and fashion entrepreneur. She is the founder and creative director of 2207bytbally, a Nigerian fashion brand specialized in female couture. Biography Tolulope was born on 2 October 1988 to the family of Mr & Mrs. Bally as the last child of 13. She is of Nupe and Yoruba origin from Ondo State, Nigeria. She attended Newham College, England before proceeding to the University of East London, England where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in Psychosocial Studies. Career Bally moved to London, United Kingdom to further her education. While in London, she sold clothes from her car booth and soon discovered her love for fashion. With time, she moved back to Nigeria to fully pursue her fashion ambitions. Upon arrival in Nigeria, she opened her own fashion store in Lagos but eventually closed it due to inflation. On 1 November 2016, she officially started her fashion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Odunayo Eweniyi
Odunayo Eweniyi is a Nigerian business executive and activist. She is the Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer PiggyVest and co-founder of Feminist Coalition. Background Eweniyi is the first child of two professors with origins from Oyo State, Nigeria. Education and career Eweniyi graduated from Covenant University in 2013 with a first-class degree in Computer Engineering. Eweniyi started out to launch Push CV with Somto Ifezue and Joshua Chibueze after her graduation in 2013. Two years later, the trio went on to start PiggyVest in 2016. Awards In 2018, Eweniyi won the Future Awards Africa Prize in Technology. In 2019, she was on ''Forbes Africa'' 30 under 30 Technology list. Eweniyi was named as one of 30 ''Quartz Africa'' Innovators for 2019. Eweniyi was on ''Forbes Africas list of 20 New Wealth Creators in Africa 2019. She was nominated for The Future Awards Africa Prize for Young Person of The Year in 2020. Eweniyi was also listed on ''Bloomberg'' 50 in 2020 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Federal Inland Revenue Service
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is the agency responsible for assessing, collecting and accounting for tax and other revenues accruing to the Federal Government of Nigeria. History Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) was created in 1943. Prior to that time, its functions had been performed by the Inland Revenue Department of British West Africa. The Board of Inland Revenue was created in 1958, and the service gained autonomy with the passing of the FIRS (Establishment) Act 13 of 2007. In 2003, the Federal Government of Nigeria recognized that poor service delivery in the public sector had become an urgent national issue and undertook a series of steps that lead to the entering into a Service Compact ( SERVICOM) with all Nigerians in March 2004. This was followed by the creation of the SERVICOM office within the Presidency to ensure the entrenchment of excellent service delivery in the public sector in policy, programmes and practice. In line with the subsequent Presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nancy Isime
Nancy Isime (born 17 December 1991) is a Nigerians, Nigerian actress, Model (person), model, and Media Personality, media personality. Early life and background Nancy Isime was born in Edo State to Nigerian parents of Esan people, Esan descent. She lost her mother at the age of five and was raised by her father. She grew up in Lagos State, Lagos, where she had her primary and junior secondary education. Afterward, she left for Benin City, where she had her senior secondary education. She did a six-month basic course at the University of Port Harcourt in Rivers State before obtaining a diploma in Social work, Social Work at the University of Lagos. Career Nancy Isime began a career as an actress in the Television show, TV series ''Echoes'' in 2011. She is also a television presenter, known for presenting gossip show ''The Squeeze'', technology show ''What's Hot'', and backstage segments of ''MTN Project Fame'' season 7. In 2016, she replaced Toke Makinwa as the presenter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Set Up (2019 Film)
''The Set Up'' is a 2019 Nigerian crime thriller film directed by Niyi Akinmolayan. The film stars Dakore Akande, Adesua Etomi and Kehinde Bankole in the lead roles. The plot follows a young woman who abandons her childhood innocence and turns to crime for survival. The film was released on 9 August 2019 and received mixed reviews with critics highlighting its excessive plot twist and turns in the screenplay. Despite the mixed reception, the film became a success at the box office. It was also streamed via Netflix on 22 April 2020. Plot Two friends Grace and Chike eventually became drug dealers in order to survive. Chike being a drug smuggler receives money and drugs more than what she bargained and is dragged into a series of deceiving traps when she is hired by socialites Edem and Madame to marry a wealthy heiress. Cast * Dakore Akande as heiress * Adesua Etomi as Chike * Kehinde Bankole as Grace * Jim Iyke as Edem * Tina Mba as Madame (Enitan) * Joke Silva as Mrs. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Adesua Etomi
Tolulope Adesua Etomi-Wellington (born 22 February 1988) commonly known as Adesua Etomi is a Nigerians, Nigerian actress and entrepreneur. She debuted her film career with ''Knocking on Heaven's Door (2014 film), Knocking On Heaven's Door'' (2014). Since then she has starred in several films and received many awards. Amongst them is the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards. Early life and education Etomi was born in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria, as the last out of three siblings. Her father is a soldier of Esan people, Esan descent in Edo State, and her mother, an Engineer of Yoruba people, Yoruba descent. Etomi attended Corona School in Victoria Island, Lagos, Victoria Island, Lagos, and moved to Queen's College, Lagos, Queen's College. At 13 Etomi left Nigeria for the United Kingdom, and had a diploma in physical and theatre art from the City College Coventry in 2004. She further went to University of Wolverhampton in 2006, and studied arts and performance. Career Etomi's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
