Oando Plc names new non executive directors

Following the resignation of two members of its board- Bukar Goni Aji, a non-executive director, and Muntari Zubairu, an executive director, the management of Oando Plc has announced their replacement. According to Oando Plc, Ronke Sokefun and Nana Fatima Mede replace the duo as independent non-executive directors on the company’s board, effective from December 2021. […]

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Still on Imo and south east insecurity

The resort to cannibalism by daredevil kidnappers in an Imo State community has introduced a dangerous and frightening dimension to the criminality ravaging parts of the South-East. The development is condemnable in its entirety. Government should rise up to the challenge. The degenerate state of insecurity in Imo State, of recent, has become another source […]

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Audit report indicts National Assembly over N9b ‘unexplained’ expenditure

Auditor General of the Federation (AuGF) has indicted management of the National Assembly and the National Assembly Service Commission for embarking on an unexplained N9.424 billion expenditure in the 2019 financial year. About N5.521 billion of such expenditure was credited to the House of Representatives in five different audit queries; N3.595 billion was credited to […]

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England hospital staff absences double as virus surges

NHS workers assist members of the public as they drive into a Covid-19 test centre close to the Royal Surrey County hospital in Guildford, southern England on December 24, 2021. – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his Christmas Eve message on Friday exhorted the UK public to get jabbed as a “wonderful” gift for […]

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APC now set for National Convention – Buni

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has disclosed its readiness to go ahead with its national convention in February 2022. National Chairman, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, of the party and Yobe state Governor, Mai Mala Buni stated this Friday in Abuja. In the statement which was signed by the National Secretary of the […]

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Fuel transporters warn against petrol price hike

The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has warned that any hike in pump price will also increase freight costs. Its National President, Alhaji Yusuf Lawal Othman, made this call during a telephone interview at the weekend. According to him, there has been no return on investment because of the high cost of doing […]

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Sanwo-Olu signs N1.758tr budget for 2022

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday signed the 2022 appropriation bill into law. The House of Assembly, on Wednesday, passed the budget estimate, with an increase from the initial N1.38 trillion to N1.758 trillion. He said the increase was because the House of Assembly and Executive agreed to capture all financing options for the […]

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Royal family petitions Sanwo-Olu, rejects MC Oluomo’s alleged bid to become Oba of Oshodi

A royal family has appealed to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to stop the alleged move by the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Akinsanya, to become the ‘Oba of Oshodi.’ In its petition, the Olushi Onigbesa family said that “Alhaji Akinsanya is not a member of the Olushi Onigbesa […]

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