The African Development Bank (AfDB) has appointed a new director for Syndication, Co-financing and Client Solutions Department, effective July 1. He is Mr Max Magor Ndiaye. Ndiaye is a structured finance, risk management and capital markets professional with 20 years of international public and private sector experience. Before this appointment, he served as the Acting […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from prosecuting the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa, Hudu Yunusa-Ari. The NewsZenith reports that INEC had suspended Yunusa-Ari for declaring Aisha Dahiru, APC candidate, as winner of the governorship election on March 18. Justice Donatus Okorowo gave the […]
By AbdulWarees Solanke Ambition was one theme that resonated in one of my past Reflections Until Fajr on the tragic death of one of my nephews who I regard as my first son, Sherif Ayobanji Ariyo Abdulazeez at the age of 33, eleven years ago. Titled “Anatomy of Death”, I argued that ambition is a […]
From Abdulfatah Babatunde, Akure The library of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has begun pilot test run of software, TouchNut, developed by a student for access control. This is after the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Adenike Oladiji, granted approval for the use of the software called TouchNut. Mr Adegbenro Adebanjo, the spokesman of the institution […]
BY Abdulfatah Babatunde Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olukayode Egbetokun has disbanded the team responsible for running over a citizen at Ekpoma, Edo State forthwith. CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Adejobi said the step aims to standardise police operations in Edo state and […]
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, wrote to the National Assembly informing members of the appointment of new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and Service Chiefs. In the letter, addressed to the Speaker and read at Plenary, the President urged for speedy confirmation of the Service Chiefs and the CDS in accordance with extant laws. The […]
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, resolved to probe alleged illegal auctioning of Federal Government properties by Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) and Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Other agencies allegedly involved are the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), River Basin Development Authority (RBDA) and Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The probe is sequel to the […]
Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Idowu Owohunwa, has approved the dismissal of one Insp. Kabiru Odeyemi, over the death of a generator technician, Bakare Idris. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday. Hundeyin said that the dismissal paves the way for Odeyemi’s arraignment on Friday, […]
A Legal practitioner in Lagos, Mr Francis Ogunbowale, on Wednesday, criticised the state government for introducing a N1,000 compulsory Proof of Ownership Certificate, (POC) levy on vehicles. Reacting on the levy, Ogunbowale, member of NBA-Public Interest and Development Law, described it as another form of double taxation. Ogunbowale, a , spoke in reaction to the […]
By Our Correspondent The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has expressed grieve over the shocking death of one of its members and Publisher of NewsDirect Newspapers Group, Dr Samuel Ibiyemi, Aged 56. The NewsZenith reports that Ibiyemi died at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilisan, Ogun State after protracted illness. He succumbed to death, on […]