President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Monday in Abu Dhabi, have finalized a historic agreement, which has resulted in the immediate cessation of the visa ban placed on Nigerian travelers. Furthermore, by this historic agreement, both Etihad Airlines and Emirates Airlines are to immediately resume flight schedules into and ... Read More »
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INSECURITY: IGP SETS UP COMMITTEE TO REVIEW FIREARMS LICENSING, REGULATIONS
The Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, NPM, Ph.D., has announced the establishment of an ad hoc committee tasked with the comprehensive review of firearms licensing and regulations by the Nigeria Police Force in line with the Firearms Act and other extant laws, in the interest of public safety and general security. The Committee’s mandate will encompass a ... Read More »
DATKEM Plaza Is Not An Illegal Structure, the Building Approval Plan was duly Approved by the Ogun State Government in 2009
We read with utter dismay and bewilderment a post vandalisation narrative attributed to one Engr. Olayiwola Abiodun, said to be the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development trying to justify the wanton destruction of the Datkem Plaza on Folagabde Street, Ijebu Ode in the dead of the night of Sunday 10th of September, 2023. The ... Read More »
Abiodun mourns Akintola Williams, says his demise marks the end of an era
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has described the passing of Nigeria’s pioneered Chartered Accountant, Akintola Williams, as the end of an era. Akintola was reported to have died on Monday at his residence in Lagos at the age of 104. The governor, in a statement he personally signed, eulogized the immeasurable contributions of the late Accountant to the field ... Read More »
Tribunal affirms APC’s Salisu winner of Ogun Central Senatorial poll
The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Monday, affirmed Senator SHUAIB AFOLABI SALISU as the winner of the Ogun Central Senatorial Election in the state. The tribunal dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party. Olumide Aderinokun of the PDP, and the PDP itself had challenged the election of the APC Senator on two grounds. ... Read More »
US Chamber Of Commerce Invites Tinubu To Ring NASDAQ Closing Bell September 20
Nigeria’s President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been invited by the United States Chamber of Commerce to ring the closing bell of the NASDAQ on Wednesday, September 20. NASDAQ is an acronym for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations. It is a stock exchange market-based in New York, US. NASDAQ is the most active stock trading venue in the ... Read More »
Nigeria’s first chartered accountant, Akintola Williams, is dead
Nigeria’s first indigenous chartered accountant, Akintola Williams, is dead. The older brother of Frederick Rotimi Williams (SAN), popularly known as FRA Williams, was said to have died in his Lagos home. According to PUNCH Online, Williams died in the early hours of Monday Born in 1919, Williams studied accounting at the University of London and qualified as a chartered accountant ... Read More »
Aliko Dangote celebrates African Young Global Leaders
At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 in Davos, Switzerland, Aliko Dangote, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Dangote Group, learned about the Forum of Young Global Leaders (YGLs) and the tremendous potential of this unique World Economic Forum community to develop the next generation of African leaders from all parts of society. The Young Global Leaders programme ... Read More »
“Brutal Murder of 22-Year-Old Sewing Apprentice by Tailors Shocks Lagos Island Community”
A 22 yrs old sowing apprentice boy was beaten to death by some tailors for alleged theft at Obadina area of Lagos Island early Sunday morning. The apprentice, identified as Hakeem Mujib was learnt to had went to a 2-storey building situated at 7a Obadina street, of Obe street to rest with his friend called Kehinde around 2am while returning ... Read More »
Alleged Gangsterism in Ogun State: Questions Raised Over Building’s Destruction” -Segun Sowunmi
President Bola Tinubu- Gov Dapo Abiodun yet again. This is a building promoted by Yeye Olufunke Daniel, the former 1st lady of Ogun State and wife of the Senator Representing Ogun East, Otunba Gbenga Daniel allegedly destroyed by yet-to-be-identified persons in Ogun State, I hear that notwithstanding legal back and forth with the Dapo Abiodun government, this is what people ... Read More »