In recognition of his sterling leadership qualities and outstanding contributions to the development of Ondo State, Mr. Wale Akinterinwa, the Ondo State Commissioner for Finance, has been named the Ondo State Man of the Year by the Hero Magazine. At the event held in Akure, the Ondo State capital, the award organisers said Mr. Akinterinwa […]
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• Over 568 local service providers go moribund in five years • Local content in telecom sector is 16% • Small players lament as MNOs get 86% of industry’s revenue • FX crisis, DMBs’ insensitivity to axe more players • 90% broadband population coverage target threatened • Experts canvass policy review to stem the tide […]
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By Abdu Rafiu Just about two months to hit 100 years, Chief Christopher Oladipo Ogunbanjo departed earthly life in a hail of trumpets in the corporate world and in wider circles around the country for a life of almost matchless triumph and what Dr. Michael Omolayole described as A Life of Grace. Dr. Omolayole said […]
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An illegal refinery The Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Pathfinder, in Port Harcourt, has destroyed a three million litres capacity illegal refinery in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. The illegal refinery comprising six refining camps is located within Cawthorne Channel 2 on the coast of the state. The facility allegedly steals crude oil from […]
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The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has urged aggrieved foreign contractors to stop sabotaging the implementation of concrete road technology in Nigeria. He also noted that the ongoing plan to implement concrete road technology would not be sabotaged while he is in office. Though the minister was reluctant to name the culprits, he vowed to […]
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The National Examinations Council, on Tuesday, released the results of the 2023 Internal Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination with a record of 61.60 percent of candidates scoring five credits and above, including English and Mathematics. However, the examination council disclosed that 93 schools were found to be involved in whole-school (mass) cheating while 52 supervisors […]
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A Nigerian Army special court-martial sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, convicted a former Group Managing Director, Nigerian Army Properties Limited, Maj. Gen. Umaru Mohammed, of corruption and sentenced him to seven years imprisonment The military court also ordered Mohammed to pay back $2,178,900 (When converted to naira (at N1000 per dollar), $2.1m equaled N2.1bn. The […]
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Petrol should be over N800/litre without subsidy, says IPMAN PMS queues may worsen, dealers fault NNPCL availability claims Oil marketers, on Tuesday, countered the position of the Federal Government, as they insisted that the current pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, should not be less than N800/litre if there was no subsidy […]
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The Labour Party’s Presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to tell Nigerians his true name and everything related to his educational career. The former governor of Anambra State said this on Tuesday in a press conference in Abuja and asked Tinubu to provide clear details about the schools […]
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There is no evidence that the Chicago State University’s academic certificates of President Bola Tinubu submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission for the 2023 presidential election were forged, the BBC’s Global Disinformation Team reports. The university had released Tinubu’s academic records, which went viral on social media but were tagged as fake by some […]
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