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The Group Managing Director of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Mr. Phillips Oduoza, has been named Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) 30 “CEO of the Year” by African Investor; one of the leading investment and specialist communications firm advising governments and businesses on investments in Africa. Mr. Oduoza received the award at the Africa […]

Minister of Trade and Industry, Olusegun Aganga has urged Nigerians in the Diaspora to be part of the ongoing massive investments drive under the transformation agenda of President Gooodliuck Jonathan. Speaking in New York at a lunch President Jonathan, members of the executive council and the Nigerian Professionals in USA, Aganga described Nigeria as the […]

The tear-gas attack by the Police on newly recruited teachers in Rivers State who reported at the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt for their appointment letters is fascist and totalitarian, Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Leyii Kwanee has said Speaking from Trenton, New Jersey, United States, where he is attending the […]

When the quintessential Lagos state governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola revealed few days ago that more than N36 billion is spent by Lagosians annually to organise parties, he was merely stating a long known and obvious social malady among the vast majority of Nigerians. What this writer rather finds incomplete in the governor’s statement was its […]

The Senate has shifted the anticipated debate on the 2014-2016 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP), despite its importance to the formulation of the 2014 Appropriation Bill. President Goodluck Jonathan forwarded the MTEF to the upper legislative chamber last week in hope of a speedy debate. But even before the debate kicked […]

Chairman of the Federal House of Representatives Committee on Drugs, Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Hon. Jagaba Adams Jagaba has expressed concern over the poor funding of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), especially the construction of the commission’s 10-storeyed Head Office in Abuja. Leading other members of the committee to the EFCC on oversight […]

The breakaway faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chaired by Alhaji Baraje has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to shelve his 2015 presidential ambition in the best interest of the country. In a release signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, the faction stated that as a patriotic group that cares about […]

Chief Justice of Lagos State, Justice Ayotunde Phillips on Wednesday freed 119 awaiting-trial inmates from the Maximum and Medium Security Prisons, Kirikiri, Lagos. Among those released are two brothers, Dare and Dada Egbebunmi, who had been on the awaiting trial list for about 13 years.  The figure comprises 99 inmates freed by the CJ from the Medium […]

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) is entering a Mutual Cooperation Agreement with Tertiary Institutions (MCATI), a move it says is in line with its mandate to produce world-class chartered accountants and continually enhance their ethical standards and technical competence. The MCATI will be based on the Institute’s new Professional Examinations syllabus, which […]

The solicitors to Mrs. Ngozi Ulasi, who is claiming to be the winner of the Anambra State gubernatorial election primaries of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) held on 2nd September 2013, have demanded the resignation of Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega. In a statement signed by Osuagwu Ugochukwu and […]

Aspirant for the vacant Delta Central Senatorial seat, Barrister Festus keyamo has withdrawn from the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries for the slot, which held today, branding the process a sham that was pre-scheduled to favour his opponent in the race. In a letter to Chairman of APC Delta Central Senatorial Bye-Election Primaries’ Committee, Senator […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) today published the Form CF001 (Personal Particulars of Candidate) of candidates nominated by political parties for the16th  November Governorship Election in Anambra State, in line with the provisions of Section 31 (3) of the Electoral Act 2010, as amended. In the comprehensive list signed by the Secretary to the […]