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— Chinua Achebe
A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
Over 60 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Media Organisations on Monday began a workshop to review the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act, five years after its existence. It is to be recalled that the Nigeria’s Freedom of Information Act was passed into law on May 28 2011. The ...
Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has said the 2017 the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon will be special. Ambode stated that Lagos would use the long distance athletics event to boost its economy and its image as one of the best cities in the world. According to the governor, the ...
Ozioma Ubabukoh Aramex, a provider of logistics and transportation solutions, has expressed unwavering confidence in the ability of the Nigerian economy to regain its place as Africa’s biggest and fastest growing economy, despite the ongoing recession. Speaking at a stakeholder’s event organised to re-launch Aramex in Nigeria, the Chief Executive ...
Ramon Oladimeji The Fred Agbaje’s Chambers on Sunday released a statement to officially announce the death of its principal partner, Mr. Fred Agbaje. The brief statement jointly signed by Kennedy Osunwa and Adeniyi Pokanu stated that Agbaje died at about 8am on Saturday, November 26, 2016 at the Lagos University ...
The relocation of National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) Inspectorate Department from its headquarters in Abuja to Lagos has created a problem between its management and workers. Though its Head of Corporate Affairs, Rasaaq’ Salami, has explained that the comission meant well by the relocation aimed at ensuring effective and regular inspection ...
THE top 10 insurance firms in the country have emerged. They were unveiled by the Nigeria Insurance Digest 2014, published by the Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA). The firms are Leadway Assurance Limited, AIICO Insurance PLC, Axa Mansard Insurance PLC, Custodian & Allied Insurance Plc, Mutual Benefits Assurance Limited, and Niger ...
Nike Popoola The Chairman, Nigerian Insurers Association, Eddie Efekoha, has said that risk-based supervision being introduced by the insurance sector’s regulator will enable operators to be monitored in their compliance with the rules and how they approach risk management. He said this during a workshop on risk-based supervision by the ...
New Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye, Sunday assured Nigerians that Donald Trump’s presidency would not disrupt the U.S., Nigeria’s long-existing relations. Enikanolaiye told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Lagos that there was no need for Nigerians to be agitated over Trump’s presidency. The Permanent ...
Nigeria’s telecommunications sector has recorded a 0.95 per cent decline in the third quarter (Q3) of 2016 from its previous 1.49 per cent in the second quarter (Q2). According to statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on November 21, 2016, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for telecommunication ...
The new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Sola Enikanolaiye, on Sunday assured Nigerians that Donald Trump’s presidency would not disrupt the U. S. and Nigeria’s long-existing relations. Enikanolaiye said in Lagos that there was no need for Nigerians to be agitated over Trump’s presidency. The permanent secretary ...
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Sunday promised that in grappling with the task of revamping the nation’s economy, President Muhammadu Buhari would not gag the press. It said the present administration was committed to freedom of the press, transparency and accountability. According to a statement by a Deputy Director ...
The new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Sola Enikanolaiye, on Sunday assured Nigerians that Donald Trump’s presidency would not disrupt the U. S. and Nigeria’s long-existing relations. Enikanolaiye said that there was no need for Nigerians to be agitated over Trump’s presidency. The permanent secretary expressed optimism ...
The new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Sola Enikanolaiye, on Sunday assured Nigerians that Donald Trump’s presidency would not disrupt the U. S. and Nigeria’s long-existing relations. Enikanolaiye told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Lagos that there was no need for Nigerians to be agitated ...
GODWIN ISENYO Six days after his abduction by gunmen, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bagudu Hirse, has regained freedom from his abductors in Kaduna. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Kaduna State Police Command, Aliyu Usman, Hirse who was kidnapped last Sunday, was freed on Saturday. Usman did ...
The foremost Nigerian Business tycoon, Prince Tonye Princewill and PDP Chairman (Rivers State) Bro Felix Obuah were also nominated for the award. The Awardees have contributed so much to the development in South-South Region of Nigeria. Other awardees for the award, which would hold on Dec. 16, included Gov. Nyesom ...
As the Ondo State governorship election got underway on Saturday, there was a high turnout of voters, allaying fears of apathy. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there was apprehension of likely voters’ apathy over the violence that broke out in some parts of the state. A chieftain ...
A former minister of state for foreign affairs, Mr Bagudu Hirse, who was abducted by gunmen in Kaduna on Sunday, Nov. 20, has regained his freedom, his brother, Mr John Hirse, has confirmed. “Bagudu was released in the early hours of Saturday,” John, retired permanent secretary in the federal civil ...
Chief executive, Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, Mrs Sola David-Borha, has said the Nigeria economy can still move in the right direction through right policies in spite of its present difficulties. David-Borha said this in Ibadan on Friday night at a lecture she delivered at the 2016 Alumni lecture held at ...
Oyetunji Abioye A former Minister of Solid Minerals, Mrs. Obi Ezekwesili, has said the administrations of former President Goodluck Jonathan and that of the incumbent, Muhammadu Buhari, led the nation’s economy into recession by failing to adopt the right policies to deal with the crash in crude oil prices, which ...
Source: World Food Programme, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, SudanRefugees who have been finding shelter in Chad for the past ten years or more continue to require food assistance and their food security situation remains precarious, say UNHCR and WFP.N’DJAMENA – Refugees who have been ...
Aviation trade unions have suspended their industrial action against Caverton Helicopters over alleged anti-labour practices. Mr Olayinka Abioye, General Secretary, the National Union of Air Transport Employees, confirmed the development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Lagos. Abioye said the unions had suspended the action ...