A succession process that will culminate in Chief Keith Richards becoming a non- executive Chairman of Promasidor Nigeria Limited and Mr. Olivier Thiry becoming the Managing Director has begun. It would be recalled that Chief Richards a few months ago clocked sixty years. In a statement by the company, the current Chairman, Mr. Mark Rose said, “Keith Richards has done ... Read More »
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Adeyemi Ikuforiji has commended the Lagos State University Students Union (LASUSU) for achieving e-voting to determine its leadership of the institution in the just concluded Students’ Union elections held at the Ojo and other satellite campuses of the University. Hon Ikuforiji stated this while presenting gifts and cash prizes ... Read More »
Delta State government and the Republic of Ireland at the weekend agreed to pursue bilateral relations on economic cooperation on a number of areas with Irish business delegation expected in Nigeria later in the year. Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan and Ireland’s Minister of Trade and Development, Joe Costello agreed that a joint working partnership will be organized to explore opportunities of ... Read More »
President Goodluck Jonathan has sent the names of 12 would-be ministers to the Senate for confirmation. Top on the list of would-be ministers are former National Security Adviser, retired General Mohammed Aliyu Gusau; Nigeria’s former Ambassador to Ghana, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro; and a former Governor of Adamawa State, Boni Haruna. Aliyu is the representative of Zamfara State, while Obanikoro is ... Read More »
The Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria on Monday evening passed a bill that now places fine of N10,000, three months imprisonment or both for first offenders. The law for a law to prohibit smoking in designated places and vehicles, which was sponsored by Gbolahan Yishawu, the lawmaker representing Eti-Osa Constituency 2 at the House, had lingered since last ... Read More »
The Police Special Fraud Unit, SFU, in Lagos, yesterday, paraded six persons, including a couple, over alleged visa fraud at the Italian Embassy. Mrs Ngozi Isintume-Agu, spokesperson of the unit, who paraded the suspects, said they were arrested after receiving a petition from the Italian Consulate-General, alleging visa fraud by the couple. Isintume-Agu said the couple, Ayinmola Alabi and his ... Read More »
Abuja—Leading western countries piled pressure on the Federal government, yesterday, following President Goodluck Jonathan’s signing of the Same-Sex Prohibition Act 2014. The latest country is the United States of America, whose Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr James Entwistle threatened that the United States will scale down its support for HIV/AIDS and anti-malaria programmes in response to the Federal Government’s position on ... Read More »
ENUGU — The Anglican Bishop of Enugu, Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, yesterday, expressed dismay over the threat by the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, to drag the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika before the International Criminal Court, ICC, in Hague for alleged extra-judicial killings of some northerners. He warned that the move could lead to a ... Read More »
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Canadian government has denied cancelling President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to the country. Canada through its embassy in Abuja debunked media reports that it cancelled a scheduled visit of the president because he signed the anti-gay law. In an exclusive interview with our correspondent, the Canadian Counselor in Abuja, Ms. Alexandra Mackenzie said there was no scheduled visit of Jonathan to ... Read More »
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