Few days to the Christmas Festival which signals off the Yuletide, customers of commercial banks in Ondo State are being subjected to many hours of queuing under the sun as most Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) fail to dispense cash. Investigations in major cities in the state show that over 70% of the available ATM machines […]
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The issue of removal of subsidy on liquid related derivatives of crude oil in Nigeria has been in the front burner since 1999. The argument against the continuous payment of subsidies to importers of premium motor spirits and other related paraffins was hinged on the fact that cheap cost of fuel in Nigeria aids the […]
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Workers and pensioners in Ondo State will be paid over two months of their six months outstanding salaries and pension before Christmas, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has assured. The promised pay according to him is to enable workers and pensioners with their families and dependents enjoy the Christmas and New Year Festivals celebrations. Against this backdrop, […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has declared that his administration has up to date released over N7.2 Billion for part payment of backlogs of unpaid gratuity inherited in 2017. The Governor, who made the disclosure during this year’s Pensioners’ Day Celebration in Akure, added that more than two months of the six months outstanding salaries […]
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Embattled Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho has been in the eye of the storm since he was ‘arrested’ by the operatives of Brigade criminelle (Criminal Brigade) on July 19 in Cotonou. Despite frantic efforts to get him released, checks show he has spent over 150 days in Benin Republic prison. […]
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By Taofik Salako The boardroom tussle, board and management changes and reinstatement, the multi-billion naira shares acquisition and the didactics of largest single individual shareholder and majority or controlling shareholders at Nigeria’s oldest financial services group-FBN Holdings (FBNH) Plc, were some of the highpoints of corporate governance issues in 2021. FBN Holdings, the holding company […]
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An ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, Senator Mohammed Saleh, and some supporters of former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, under the aegis of The Disciples of Jagaban, on Saturday began mobilising support for Tinubu’s rumoured presidential ambition. They also sensitised voters in the north to the need to register and vote in 2023. Saleh, […]
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The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, popularly known as Shi’ites, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, speaks with Friday Olokor about his ordeal and that of his wife in detention and the refusal of government agencies to release their passports, among other issues What were the major issues during your detention? Let me start by thanking […]
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Sylvester This is the million naira question. By Tunji Adegboyega So much has been said and written about the untimely death of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni, a Junior Secondary School 2 (JSS) student of Dowen College, in eyebrow Lekki axis of Lagos State, and we are still going to hear more because the story is still […]
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (Photo by Matt Dunham / Pool / AFP) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was left reeling on Sunday after his Brexit minister resigned, ending a difficult week during which his Conservative party suffered a humiliating defeat in a local by-election and his own MPs rebelled over new coronavirus curbs. David […]
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