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Month: May 2019

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FG Declares Tuesday, Wednesday Public Holiday For Eid-Fitri

Ifoh Obi

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, June 4 and Wednesday, June 5, as public holidays to mark the Muslim Eid-Fitri Celebration. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Mrs Georgina Ehuriah, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement by Mr Mohammed Manga, Director Press and Public Relations, of the ministry, on Friday in Abuja. Ehuriah congratulated the Muslim faithful on a successful completion of the Ramadan Fast and enjoined all Nigerians to use the occasion of the celebration to pray for the peace, unity, prosperity and…

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SEC Operators Hail Tinubu’s Suspension As Oando Kicks

Ade Joseph

Operators at the capital market on Friday said that suspension of two directors of Oando Plc from public companies for five years would bring sanity. Commenting on the development, Ambrose Omordion, the Chief Operating Officer, InvestData Ltd., said that the suspension would send a signal to other managing directors and executives in the market. Omordion said that the outcome of the forensic audit showed that SEC could bite and not only bark. He said that the investing public had been calling for change in the company’s management for a long…

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Akogun Oyedepo: Congratulations To The Good People Of Kwara

Goke Ayogun

When on Wednesday 29th of May 2019 at about 10:15am,HE  Mr Kayode Alabi and HE Mallam Abdulrahaman Abdulrazak took the oath of office and oath of allegiance as the Deputy Governor and the Governor respectively, i was emotionally moved almost to tears of exceeding joy. That day,made the end of 16 years that a government under which i served as a legislator and the Chief Whip of Kwara State House of Assembly was manipulated out of office through an election that was not free, fair and credible. For 16 years…

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Akwa Ibom Gov Appoints New HOS, 3 Perm Secs

Edet Ukpong

Governor Udom Emmanuel has approved the appointment of Elder Effiong Edem Essien as the new Head of the Civil Service. Elder Essien who hails from Afaha Atai, Ibesikpo Asutan local government area, is a Geologist. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the State Governor, Mr Ekerete Udoh, indicates that the new Civil Service head, takes over from Mrs Ekereobong Akpan who retired from service on May 29, 2019. Governor Udom Emmanuel had on Thursday, while swearing in the reappointed Secretary to the State Government, assured the State that…

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Buhari Mourns PENGASSAN President, Francis Johnson

Bala Isiaq

President Muhammadu Buhari has received with deep sadness notification on the passing away of the President of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Francis Johnson on Friday. The President joins PENGASSAN and all labour unions in the country in mourning the visionary leader, whose good nature, understanding and forthrightness helped in improving the welfare of workers, and contributed immensely to the stability witnessed in the oil sector. President Buhari affirms that Johnson’s broadmindedness and generosity of spirit by always putting the nation first before all pecuniary…

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VC Says UI Suffers Infrastructural Deficit, Limits Students Admission

Goke Ayogun

University of Ibadan (UI) Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abel Idowu Olayinka has disclosed that one of the problems confronting the Nigeria’s premier University was infrastructural deficit which, according to him “hampers many Departments and Faculties from admitting more students “ “We don’t want to admit students more than what our facilities can accommodate because we are not ready to compromise quality education that UI is reputed for, but if we have more infrastructure, we will admit more students because we know that many admission seekers want to attend UI”, he stated.…

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Kola Animasaun: True Journalism Icon, Says Tinubu

Ade Joseph

All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described Alhaji Kola Animasaun who died on Thursday in Lagos at 79 as a true icon of journalism. He said the late Animasaun who he fondly called uncle played vital role in the development of journalism in the country and shaped moulded opinions through his weekly column in the Vanguard newspaper, Voice of Reason. In a statement by his Media Office signed by Tunde Rahman, the former Lagos governor charged Animasaun’s colleagues in the media to not allow his ideals of true…

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Buhari Observes Juma’at Prayer At Grand Mosque Ahead Of OIC Summit

Bala Isiaq

Ahead of the Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, OIC, President Muhammadu Buhari Friday afternoon, observed Juma’at prayer at the Grand Mosque in Makkah with other Heads of State and Government already in the Holy City for the conference. The 14th session of the Summit Conference of the OIC hosted by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will commence at midnight. Shortly on his arrival in Makkah Thursday evening, President Buhari, accompanied by the Governors of Osun, Niger and Jigawa performed the Umrah.…

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PENGASSAN President Francis Johnson Is Dead

Alio Yakubu

The President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, Francis Johnson, has died. According to reports, Johnson died after a brief illness in the wee hours of Friday. The General Secretary of PENGASSAN, Okugbawa Lumumba, has confirmed the development saying members of the union were on their way to pay a condolence visit to the family. He said a statement would be issued later on the development. A statement jointly signed by the Deputy President of the Association, Frank Esanubi, and the Okugbawa said the burial…

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