![]() ![]() John Murphy issued the police certificate, according to the source. The police certificate - an official document often required for visa applications and stating whether an individual has a criminal record - had been “inaccurately” completed, a source said. Garda management discovered that an individual with a dubious record who was granted a visa to travel to another country had been given a clean bill of health by the force. The abhorrent treatment she faced as a widow following the death of her husband in 2018, despite her social standing, motivated the Foundation to partner with the African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) to enable it offer free legal services to embattled widows in the pursuit of their rights and the protection of their dignity as well as that of their children.Now it has emerged that Murphy came under suspicion while he was still a serving member of An Garda Síochána and shortly before he retired in 2010, according to sources. ![]() Over the last few years, Mrs Lulu-Briggs has become a stronger advocate for addressing the travails of widows and their children. For example, it cares for the upkeep of 200 elders and has reached 132,491 people through 34 medical camps across Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, and Rivers States that offered a wide range of health care services including surgeries, dental and vision care, free of charge. Over the last 20 years of its existence, the Foundation has touched thousands of lives in line with the United Nations Social Development Goals (SDGs). Lulu-Briggs Foundation, a humanitarian NGO she established in the name of her beloved late husband to celebrate and institutionalize his legendary prolific charitable and philanthropic giving. They include the landmark Rachael Hotel in Port Harcourt Soliyama Limited, an asset leasing, and procurement company, La Sien Bottling Company, producers of the popular La Sien table water, and Asia Town, the go-to Asian cuisine restaurant in Port Harcourt.įor most Nigerians, and internationally as well, Mrs Lulu-Briggs is more widely known and admired for her work as Founder/Chairman of the O. Today she runs and holds investments in several ventures in the hospitality, real estate and services sectors. “This award, which is a recognition of my work and that of the staff of my companies and of the Foundation, is a testimony to the fact that it is good to be good,” Mrs Lulu-Briggs told the dignitaries present at the Independent Newspapers Annual Awards ceremony.Ī proud daughter of the Kalabari Kingdom, Mrs Lulu-Briggs was born on the 21st of September, 1958, to a distinguished family of educators and community leaders – Ernest and Darling Briggs.Īfter a career spanning IT, banking and services, she became a businesswoman. Lulu Briggs, executive chairman of Moni Pulo Limited, an upstream Nigerian oil and gas company, as she was honoured with the Daily Independent’s ‘Personality of the Year Award’ and the Silverbird Group’s ‘Extraordinary Achievement Award.’Īccording to the organisers, the awards are in recognition of Mrs Lulu-Briggs’s work as a businesswoman and social investor, especially through her role as Chairman of the globally respected O.B Lulu-Briggs Foundation which annually spends millions of naira on philanthropic projects across Nigeria. It was a weekend of celebrations for Seinye O.B. ![]()
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