Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, on Friday, sent the names of transition committee members for the 20 local government areas in the state to the Ogun House of Assembly for screening. Mr Suraj Adekunbi, the Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly, announced the names of the five-member committee for each local council while reading the message sent by the ... Read More »
Gross Earnings by Nigerian Breweries PLC stood at N151.7 billion in the first half of 2015. This, according to the company’s half year unaudited and provisional results announced by the Board of Directors on Tuesday, is 7.2% above the N141.5 billion earned in the same period last year. From the gross earnings, the company made a gross profit of N30.99 ... Read More »
ECOBANK Nigeria has been named winner of the Best Corporate Bank Nigeria 2015 Award by London- based Global Banking and Finance Review Online Magazine, a reputable banking and finance performance review platform. Presenting the award to Ecobank in London, the publication’s Production Coordinator, Noel O’Leary, said the choice of Ecobank from the various nominations was in recognition of its various ... Read More »
The Inner Wheel District 911 Nigeria will, on Sunday July 26, unveil its new District Chairperson and other executive officers to steer the affairs of the club through year 2015/2016. The incoming District Chairperson is Mrs. Olayinka Ayanwale, MD/CEO, Yinkol Services Limited and wife of one of Nigeria’s biggest Advertising personalities, Kola Ayanwale. The unveiling event which comes up at ... Read More »
Jose Mourinho today confirmed he is going to give Victor Moses a chance to resurrect his Chelsea career this season. Moses has not played a competitive game for the Blues since Mourinho returned as manager in 2013. The Nigeria winger has been loaned out to Liverpool and Stoke over the past two years and the Chelsea boss believes the 24-year-old ... Read More »
In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani considers Nigerians’ tendency to forgive past misdemeanours and what it means for the country’s new president. In Nigeria, it is quite common that if you fire someone for gross misconduct, that person will turn up days later in the company of his or her grey-haired, widowed ... Read More »
The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday resolved that states in the country should design ways of reducing the cost of governance. The resolution was taken at the 59th meeting of the council presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Executive Chamber of the State House, Abuja. The Governor of Lagos State, Dr Akinwumi Ambode, who briefed state ... Read More »
We sympathize with the people of Arepo community in Ogun State, and indeed Nigerians, on Wednesday’s pipeline fire, which killed more than 100 people. The loss of lives of any number is indeed very sad. For us, this is yet another national disaster to befall our nation. In the last one month, similar deaths were recorded in Ikorodu, Ijedodo, both ... Read More »
Boko Haram militants are planning to bomb the house of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, according to security reports. This was disclosed after the National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday by Osinbajo who said scavengers are now being prepared by insurgents to dump refuse laden with bombs in his house. The insurgents recently burned down the home of Tukur Buratai, the new ... Read More »
The Experential Marketers Association of Nigeria, EXMAN, last weekend, elected a new executive to steer the course of the two-year old association. The election, which held on the second day of the association’s 2nd Annual General Meeting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, produced Dr. Rotimi Olaniyan as the new President while Wole Olagundoye, Kayode Idowu, Abiodun Oshinibosi and Kehinde Salami as ... Read More »
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