Nigerian music legend and reggae king Majekodunmi Fasheke, popularly called Majek Fashek, is dead. His death was confirmed by his manager Omenka Uzoma, on the late singer’s official Instagram handle. “Today been having pressure calls, well it is true that the African No 1 Legendary ICON has gone to be with the LORD his Maker,” he said. “Let celebrate him, ... Read More »
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For the records Gov Abiodun 1st year Anniversary Speech
. Fellow Citizens of Ogun State Exactly this day a year ago, I took the Oath of Office as Governor of our great State. For me, the oath was much more than a requirement for assumption of office. It was a tripartite covenant between God and I, on one part, and the people of Ogun State, on the other. On ... Read More »
Africa Akinwunmi Adesina (AFDB): Any conspiracy from the Western Block? By Jimoh Ibrahim OFR, CFR
Please wait a minute; it is about corporate governance! Yes, in a simple bank matter, and what is more, as Wolfensohn will say, corporate governance is about promoting corporate fairness, transparency, and accountability. Every day we keep struggling on which of the rules of ethics or governance will secure corporate sustainability and profitability. The strategy is unending from its trajectory ... Read More »
Makinde issues digitised C of Os to first set of beneficiaries of Oyo Home Owners’ Charter
…explains why initiative differs from previous administration’s Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Monday, handed over the digitised Certificates of Occupancy (C of Os) to the first set of beneficiaries in the Oyo Home Owners’ Charter (OYHOC) scheme. The governor, during the handover ceremony held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, explained that with the initiative, C of Os ... Read More »
Polaris Bank Take Thousands of Health Business Owners on funding, sustainability opportunities
Polaris Bank CEO, Mr. Tokunbo Abiru has described Nigeria’s health sector as a potential gold mine with immense potential to create wealth for the country if right steps are taken to harness the emerging opportunities in the healthcare business value chain. Mr. Abiru said this during a webinar hosted by the Bank on: ‘Managing Healthcare Business During & Post-COVID-19, even ... Read More »
GTBank Named Africa’s Most Admired Finance Brand
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has been ranked Africa’s Most Admired Finance Brand in the 10th-anniversary rankings of Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands, the pre-eminent survey and ranking of the Top 100 admired brands in Africa. The rankings were announced in a novel global virtual event and will be published in the June issue of the African Business magazine. In ... Read More »
Ekiti State Government Commissions Mobile Laboratory to run COVID-19 Tests
As part of steps to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in Ekiti State, the state government on Monday, commissioned a mobile laboratory to facilitate COVID-19 testing in the state. The Molecular Laboratory, which is installed at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado-Ekiti is in partnership with 54gene, a company set up to provide genomic data for Africa. This comes ... Read More »
JusticeForUwa: Obaseki Orders Police To Probe Death Of UNIBEN Undergraduate
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has ordered the Nigeria Police to investigate the circumstances that led to the death of a University of Benin (UNIBEN) undergraduate. The victim, Vera Uwaila Omozuwa was reportedly raped and hit with a fire extinguisher when she visited a Church in Benin to read. She died days after she was rushed to the University of ... Read More »
Dugbe Market inferno: Makinde fulfils promise, doles out cash palliative to property owner, victims
BARELY a month after the fire incident that razed the Dugbe market complex building and goods within the shops worth 500 million naira, the Oyo State Governor, Mr. Seyi Makinde has fulfilled his promise by doling out cash palliative to the owner and occupants of the building complex, as the victims of the inferno lauded the governor’s gesture on the ... Read More »
Why Trump may throw AfDB Adesina inside the Bandama River by Festus Adedayo
Occasionally, some occurrences on the African continent remind us of how vulnerable we are. Or, put in the lingo of neocolonialism advocates, how tied to the apron strings of the west Africa is, over six decades after the colonialists physically left the African shores. Such also tell us, as our late brother, Robert Nesta Marley, musically sermonized in our ears, ... Read More »