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Nigeria
Johnson re-elected PENGASSAN president
Ife Ogunfuwa The President, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, Mr. Francis Johnson, has been re-elected for a second term of three years. A statement on Tuesday said that Johnson emerged the winner during the 5th Triennial Delegates’ Conference of the trade union after contesting against Mohammed ...
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Nigeria
HR Nigeria boss appointed to lead EY’s actuarial services
Nike Popoola EY Nigeria has appointed the Founder/Chief Executive Officer, HR Nigeria Limited, Rotimi Okpaise, as a partner in actuarial services. During the presentation, EY noted that HR Nigeria Limited was a leading actuarial consultancy in the country and across West Africa, and that Okpaise and his team of 16 ...
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Nigeria
Blame FG for NHIS/HMO crisis —Pharmacists
Bukola Adebayo The National Chairman of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, Dr. Albert Alkali, has said that the Federal Government is not blameless in the crisis between the managers of the National Health Insurance Scheme and Health Management Organisations in the country. Alkali noted that NHIS managers had ...
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USA
Recession: FG enlists foreign firms to enhance recovery
Oyetunji Abioye with agency report The Federal Government is hiring the United States technology giants such as Oracle Corporation and Microsoft Corporation as it steps up efforts to save costs and fight corruption. An initiative led by Redwood, California-based Oracle, has helped the Federal Government to remove 50,000 ghost workers, ...
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Nigeria
Cornerstone Insurance grows gross premium by 25%
Nike Popoola Cornerstone Insurance has grown its gross premium by 25 per cent during the 2016 financial period. The Group Chairman of the company, Mr. Segun Adebanji, stated this during its Annual General Meeting in Lagos. “Despite the harsh economic climate the company has sustained its growth trajectory by growing ...
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Nigeria
NDLEA impounds 39,000kg of cocaine in Kano
Ted Odogwu, Kano Kano State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Mr. Hamza Umar, on Tuesday in Kano, said the command had seized not less than 39, 224.109kg of assorted drugs in the last one year. Addressing newsmen during the 2017 United Nations drug-free day, with the theme, ...
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Nigeria
B’Haram increases drug abuse in Borno – NDLEA
Kayode Idowu, Maiduguri The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency has lamented that the Boko Haram insurgency has led to an explosion in drug abuse in Borno State. Speaking at a press conference marking the United Nations Day against Drug Abuse and Trafficking, the Borno State Commander, NDLEA, Joseph Okechukwu, said ...
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Brasile
Jogadores são demitidos após vídeo de masturbação coletiva vazar
Quatro jogadores do time Sport Clube Gaúcho, um time da terceira divisão do Rio Grande do Sul, foram dispensados pela equipe após a divulgação de um vídeo em que três homens aparecem praticando atos sexuais no vestiário do clube. Leia mais notícias de Brasil Um dos jogadores filmou a brincadeira entre os ...
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Nigeria
Buratai : Dubai property my family investment
Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai said yesterday that his family invested in property in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2013, long before his appointment. He was featured yesterday in a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) interview programme Hard Talk. ”Substantial property is just an investment; my family do ...
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Senegal
Un officiel appelle à renforcer la promotion et l'usage régulier du livre
Dakar, 4 juil (APS) - Le secrétaire général du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Birane Niang a insisté, mardi à Dakar, sur la nécessité de renforcer les efforts pour la promotion et l'usage régulier du livre auprès des populations. - Actualités