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The 53-year old former employee of defunct Hallmark Bank Plc., Olubiyi Odunaro who went on hunger strike to protest the non-payment of his terminal benefits, has suspended the strike which lasted for 14 days.This couldn’t have been possible without the spirited efforts of a representation from the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, and officials from the Lagos office of the ... Read More »

South Africa’s second-biggest financial company, FirstRand, has obtained a license to run a merchant bank in Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa’s second-biggest economy. According to Ugochukwu Okoroafor, a spokesman for the Central Bank of Nigeria “The bank was granted a license after it met the 15 billion naira ($95.2 million) minimum capital requirement and other conditions.” FirstRand is expected to commence business ... Read More »

Twenty-six-year-old son of a plumber whose mother is also a trader in Iseyin, Oyo State, Mr. Nurudeen Adegoke, has emerged the overall best graduating student at the 24th convocation ceremony of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, on Saturday. Adegoke, who read Mathematics, shone like a star at the occasion as he won other awards and had to shake hands ... Read More »

We have read The PUNCH’s editorial of Tuesday, November 20, 2012, titled, “Aregbesola’s Strange Holiday in Osun.” While we concede to The PUNCH the right to express its opinion on any issue, we must state here that we reserve the right to do what we believe is in the best interest of our government, our people and the entire society ... Read More »

Why did Oti Ikomi, former Managing Director at Keystone Bank, and the one with a velvet banking resume and experience, fire what appears to be a disturbing internal memo to staff at about the close of business on Thursday, October 11? After just 13 months in office, and two months after he painted a rosy vision of the future he ... Read More »

The powerplay in Oyo PDP Is creating an unending drama and new twists keeps coming up,The latest twist to the story as the political Heavyweights keeps a strong eye on 2015 is the fact that most of the Akala boys who are extremely close to him have dumped him for Sen Teslim Folarin. Naijahottestgist sources indicate that trouble started when ... Read More »

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is the benefactor of President Goodluck Jonathan. But as it is the way of the world, there seems to be a river between them at the moment. We explore the events that led to this ugly development and their political implications. In Abeokuta last Friday, governors, leaders of the National Assembly and political heavy weights gathered ... Read More »

The death of a nine-month-old boy pits the parents against the management of a crèche in Lagos, write Adeola Balogun. When both Mr. Anthony and Dr. Jennifer Abuneme gave birth to their first child on Feb. 11, 2012, their joy knew no bounds. In their excitement, the couple decided to christen the new born baby, Osezua Emmanuel. Among the Ishan ... Read More »

sinceit was first previewed in a foreign newspaper, There Was A Country, Prof. Chinua Achebe’s latest addition to the world of literature, has become an object of intense debate, particularly the allegation of genocide the literary giant levelled against the duo of Gen. Yakubu Gowon and Chief Obafemi Awolowo for their roles in the Nigerian civil war between 1967 and ... Read More »

War is brewing Among clubowners in Yaba Area of Lagos as the reopening of Roadrunners last night Friday November 23rd 2012 saw the police lead by the DPO OF Sabo police station leading an invasion of rival clubs and lounges to harass and arrest their guests,Within 2 hours last night the Dpo of sabo police station supervised the invasion of ... Read More »