THE Chairman, Osun State Committee on Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) ownership crisis, Emeritus Professor Olu Aina, has said financial compensation was not a priority in the division of the institution’s assets between the two owner states, Oyo and Osun. Speaking at the weekend during a virtual briefing alongside Osun State Education Commissioner Mr. Oladoyin Folorunso Bamisaye and Special ... Read More »
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2023 Election : Plot to pull down Tinubu will fail, says Fayose
….Woos Ondo deputy governor for PDP Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said the many subterranean plots to pull down the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, by some politicians in the southwest, will fail. He said this while also urging the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, to return to the People’s ... Read More »
Transcorp Hilton Abuja Wins Four Awards at 2020 World Travel Awards
..Named Africa’s Leading Business Hotel for the Sixth Consecutive Year Transcorp Hilton Abuja has been honoured with four (4) awards including Africa’s Leading Business Hotel for the sixth consecutive year at the 27th annual World Travel Awards. The hotel, which is owned by Transcorp Hotels Plc, the hospitality subsidiary of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc, also won the awards for ... Read More »
14 talents make hub for MTN Y’ello Star debut season
The first broadcast of the new MTN Y’ello Star project gave us seven contestants who got a “YES” and made it to the house, seven more contestants secured spots to the Y’ello Star Hub last Saturday after impressive performances during the national sing-off. Contrary to the initially announced 13 spots in the Y’ello Star Hub, the judging trio of Omawumi, ... Read More »
Zenith Bank shows resilience as gross earnings rise by 4% in Q3 2020
Zenith Bank Plc has announced its unaudited results for the third quarter ended September 30,2020 with gross earnings rising by 4% to N509 billion from N491 billion posted in the same period in the previous year. This performance demonstrates the group’s resilience against the backdrop of a challenging macro-economic environment brought about by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. According to the ... Read More »
UPDATE : How SARS operative threw me off two-storey building, by Lagos trader
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses has received in evidence a picture said to be that of one of the policemen who threw a trader off a two-storey building in 2018. The picture – a bearded, fair-complexioned man – and his phone number were tendered by phone accessories dealer, Ndukwe Ekekwe. ... Read More »
Strike: ASUU, FG meet again
Leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities and a delegation of the Federal Government met on Friday. It was learnt that the meeting started a few minutes to 12 pm. It was gathered that the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, presided over the meeting. We gathered that the parley is expected to address various pending issues, including ... Read More »
Fraud Allegations : Saraki, Ahmed sold land meant for courtrooms, Kwara land DG tells panel
Kwara land Bureau Director General Bolaji Edun has told the Judicial Panel on Assets Recovery that the administrations of Bukola Saraki and AbdulFatah Ahmed sold several plots of land allocated in the 1980s for the construction of courtrooms in Ilorin were arbitrarily sold out. Edun added the lands in Tanke area of Ilorin had been allocated to the judiciary as ... Read More »
Defection: Monica Defends Umahi, Calls his critic Enemies of Ndi Igbo
… Umahi by His Stoic and Wise Stand Has Demonstrated that Zik Has Resurrected At Last … Commends Mr. President, the APC Leadership As reactions continue to trail the recent defection of the Executive Governor of Ebonyi State, Apostle Dave Umahi, to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Technical Adviser to the Governor on Media, Lady Monica Chidinma Ada Eze, ... Read More »
Sterling Bank grows trading income by 265% in Q3 2020
Sterling Bank Plc, a full service national commercial bank, has reported a trading income of N7.1 billion for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020 compared with N1.9 billion for the corresponding period of 2019, representing an increase of 264.7 percent. The bank made the remarkable financial performance despite the prevailing uncertainties that characterised the macro-economic environment in the wake ... Read More »