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Ogun PDP crises Buruji and Adebutu resumes court battles Get 2 different injuctions on congress
The attention of the Engr. Adebayo Dayo-led Ogun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Executive Committee has been drawn to a fake news posted on some social media platforms to the effect that a court in Abuja has granted an order to prevent our party from going ahead with its scheduled Ward, Local Government and State Congresses in Ogun State. Nothing ... Read More »
GTBank Releases 2019 Full Year Audited Results, Reports Profit Before Tax of ₦231.7 Billion
Guaranty Trust Bank plc has released its audited financial results for the year ended December 31, 2019, to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. A review of the results shows positive performance across all financial indices, reaffirming the Bank’s position as one of the most profitable and well managed financial institutions in Nigeria. Profit before tax stood at ₦231.7billion, representing ... Read More »
Elumelu Named in Ebony Power 100 List for 2020
The Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, has been named on the Ebony Magazine’s just released Ebony Power 100 along with other power houses like the Mayor of Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot; Co-Founder, FUBU, J Alexander Martin; Vice President, Global Partnerships, Google, Incorporated, Bonita Coleman Stewart, amongst many prominent African American ... Read More »
Hon Gbajabiamila issues statement on flying 300 persons to Dubai Says not a single person was sponsored aboard
The story carried by Sahara Reporters on Monday, March 2, 2020, alleging that the Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila used public funds to take 300 guests to Dubai for his mother’s birthday is categorically false. The Speaker, his family and a few friends were in Dubai to celebrate the 90th birthday anniversary of Alhaja Lateefat ... Read More »
DIASPORA: ROADS WITHOUT BORDERS By Deborah Tochukwu Anaelechi
One will agree that the major challenge when faced with change is adaptability. Likewise, the transition of going abroad for a first-time Nigerian traveller comes with mixed reactions. Thoughts on new neighbourhood, cuisine, culture shock, host people, time frame, language, so on, will be of concern as he begins to start the familiar, yet, foreign phase all over again to ... Read More »
TWO MORE FOREIGN NATIONALS TESTED NEGATIVE TO CORONAVIRUS IN LAGOS
As Sanwo-Olu Takes COVID-19 Advocacy To The Grassroots Governor Meets 57 Council Chairmen, CDA, CDC Commissioner: ‘We’ve Isolated Most Of Contacts Of Italian Carrier’ Two more foreign nationals suspected to be carrying the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) from a high-risk country in Asia have tested negative in Lagos State, the Chief Incident Commander, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Monday. The Governor ... Read More »
Kwankwaso speaks on alleged involvement in defence contracts, says ‘I resigned as minister in November 2006’
A former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has exonerated himself and his aides from alleged involvement in contract scam while he was Nigeria’s minister of defence. According to newspaper reports on Monday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has launched investigations into contract deals in ministry of Defence in 2008. Mr Kwankwaso, however, served as minister of ... Read More »
EXCLUSIVE: The Truth About Hon Gbajabiamila mum’s 90th birthday
_…Speaker not funding Dubai party_ Yesterday news broke that the House of Representatives leader, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila’s mum 90th birthday will be celebrated in Dubai with the speaker rumoured to be flying over 300 people. In addition to this, Hon. Gbajabiamila was estimated to be spending millions on the party. Naijahottestgist findings revealed that the story is not true. ... Read More »
CORONAVIRUS : OBASA COMMENDS SANWO – OLU.
….CALLS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF EXISTING LAW ON DISEASE CONTROL IN THE STATE. The Speaker of Lagos House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, has commended Governor Babajide Sanwo – Olu and members of his cabinet for their prompt reaction to the index case of coronavirus in Lagos on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 . ” We should commend our State ... Read More »