Owena Press bags best legal depositor of the year award

The Hope Editor, Mr Akin Adubuola, M, receiving the award on behalf of Owena Press Limited, the newspaper’s publisher from the National Librarian/Chief Executive Officer, Prof Lenrie Aina, supported by the Head of the Ondo State branch of the Library, Mrs Mojisola Ogunyemi For its compliance with the nation’s legal deposit law, Owena Press Limited, […]

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Obinwanne Okeke pleads not guilty to alleged $11m fraud

Celebrated Nigerian entrepreneur and a Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 honoree, Mr Obiwanne Okeke, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of wire and computer fraud of about $11million fraud at his first hearing on Monday. United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had alleged that Okeke and at least six other persons were involved […]

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Air Peace chairman, Onyema may bag national award

Second chamber of Nigeria’s National Assembly, the House of Representatives, is making moves to recommend the Chairman of Air Peace, Mr Allen Onyema for a national award. This is in view of his contribution towards transporting Nigerians from South Africa in the aftermath of xenophobic attacks. However, the Speaker, Mr  Femi Gbajabiamila, slammed the Minister […]

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319 more Nigerians for evacuation from South Africa midnight

Air Peace Flight B777 will depart Nigeria at midnight of Wednesday to evacuate another batch of about 319 Nigerians from South Africa following the xenophobic attacks on foreigners in that country. The Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace Airline, Mr Allen Onyema, confirmed the time on Tuesday during an interview. “The pilots are there at […]

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ECOWAS parliament calls for reversal of Nigeria’s borders closure

The recent closure of the Nigerian borders with West African neighbours would hamper the implementation of the free trade movement within the sub-region of the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS), officials said. Mr Moustapha Lo, the regional bloc’s parliament speaker, said this while addressing parliamentarians at the ongoing 2nd Extraordinary Session of the […]

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FG, labour meeting on N30,000 minimum wage deadlocked

The discussions between the Federal Government and the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council over the N30,000 national minimum wage ended in a deadlock again as both parties refused to shift ground. A source in the labour movement said after the meeting held on Monday that the representatives of government were not serious. Although Buhari […]

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APC, PDP bicker over World Bank rating of Osun as ‘best performer’

All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State on Monday, engaged in a war of words over the rating of Osun as the best performer in Rural and Access Mobility Project 2, an initiative sponsored by the World Bank. APC in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mr Kunle Oyatomi, obtained in […]

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Abuja is one of world’s safest capital cities – Police

Police Inspector-General, Mr Mohammed Adamu, says that Abuja is one of the major cities across the world with lowest crime rate. He said this in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba, on Monday in Abuja. Adamu said the assertion that the city was one of safest in the world […]

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