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Elevator accident: NIA urges revamp of safety, maintenance culture in public buildings

August 7, 2023Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Seeks synergy to operationalise assets maintenance dept HEDA urges swift healthcare reforms, probe into Diaso’s death Professionals, under the aegis of the Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA), have expressed concerns over the poor state of the country’s public buildings, especially, as they relate to quality maintenance of infrastructure. The institute, therefore, urged the implementation of […]

Doctor’s death: Lagos suspends LASIAMA GM, sacks facility managers

August 7, 2023Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Lagos State government yesterday sacked and blacklisted the facility managers at the General Hospital, Odan where a medical doctor, Vwaere Diaso, died from an elevator accident. The state government in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Strategy, Olumide Sogunle, on the report of the panel of inquiry set up on the […]

Don lauds JAMB’s innovation in changing results presentation

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

JAMB boss, Prof Ishaq Oloyede A don, Dr. Uchenna Uwakwe has lauded the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board’s (JAMB) innovation in changing the format of presenting candidates’ results. Uwakwe, an associate Professor at the Directorate of General Studies, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, gave the commendation in an interview in New York. Uwakwe spoke against […]

Subsidy: How repair of refineries may ease economic pains

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Dangote Refinery • Freight cost gulps N29.2b monthly, spikes pump price • Price fluctuations would persist until importation ceases – expert • ‘$15b monthly petrol import a toll on economy’ The dilly-dally by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and continuous shifting of the completion of the nation’s three refineries being rehabilitated with about […]

Unemployment spikes estate agency business proliferation

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NIESV President, Johnbull Amayaevbo The lucrative nature of the estate agency practice is attracting all manners of people into the profession, heightening fears that more Nigerians may fall prey to scams in the industry. Considering the importance of housing in man’s hierarchy of needs and the huge deficit that exists in the housing sector, estate […]

How delisting compounds confidence crisis in stock market

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NSE trading floor Photo: Femi Adebesin-Kuti Lingering foreign exchange crisis, inflation, insecurity, high cost of operations coupled with uncertainty, and fuel subsidy crisis have continued to take a toll on the operations of firms listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), triggering a gale of delisting. Indeed, since the 2007-2008 financial crisis, the Nigerian economy […]

Niger invasion may cost Nigeria over N2.98tr, double defence spending yearly

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Coup leader, General Abdourahamane Tchiani (middle) receiving cheers from supporters as thousands gather in Niger’s capital to say NO to foreign intervention aimed at toppling the country’s new military junta…yesterday. • Don’t embark on proxy war, pundits, ex-Generals warn FG Though the Nigerian Senate, at the weekend, rejected President Bola Tinubu‘s request to deploy Nigerian […]

Before we repeat the ECOMOG misadventure in Niger Republic…

August 6, 2023Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

By Bolanle Bolawole A “wind of change” is blowing across Africa but this time around, it is not the same wind of change that erstwhile British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, spoke about – the positive wind of change blowing away colonial rule and ushering in Independence to the African colonies of Britain.M Macmillan made his […]

Akinterinwa appeals to media to save Nigeria from rot as The Podium unveils in Akure

August 6, 2023August 6, 2023Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

From left: The Publisher, Mr. Ademola Akinbola; Renowned Professor of International Relations, Prof. Bola Akinterinwa; Proprietress of Impact Group of Schools, Dr. Mrs. Oluwatoyin Olawumi Unuigbe; Special Guest of Honour and Ondo State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Wale Akinterinwa; Royal Father of the Day and the Jegun of Ile Oluji, Oba Olufaderin Adetimehin; Chairman of […]

Don’t go to war with Niger, Bode George cautions Tinubu

August 5, 2023Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Elderstatesman and former Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has cautioned against going to war with the military junta in Niger Republic, counseling that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should rather adopt a diplomatic approach which he sees as a better option. He gave this counsel in an open letter written […]