December 11, 2019

Punch Newspaper Vows To Address Buhari As Major-General

December 11, 2019 8:22 am

The entire country and a global audience are rightly scandalised by the unfolding saga over Omoyele Sowore and the unruliness of the SSS and the government; but it is only a pattern, a reflection of the serial disregard of the Buhari regime for human rights and its battering of other arms of government and our democratic institutions. PUNCH views this tendency and its recent escalation with serious concern, knowing as the great thinker, Edmund Burke, said that “the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Nigeria had trod a path, a veritable …

Edo APC Factions Bicker Over Defecting PDP Members

December 11, 2019 8:22 am

Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over alleged plans by the government to recruit thugs from Kogi and Ekiti states to disrupt a rally planned for defecting People’s Democratic Party (PDP) members on Friday.

Over 20,000 PDP leaders across the 18 local government areas of the state, led by Osagie Ize-Iyamu, will be received into the APC by the party National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, and other leaders.

A statement by the party Secretary, Lawrence Okah, alleged that the state government has recruited the services of the governor’s Special Adviser on Security, Haruna Yusuf

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Your Appointment Merited, UBTH Chairman Tells UNIBEN VC

December 11, 2019 8:21 am

Chairman, University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) Management Board, Bashorun Adedoja Adewolu, yesterday, said the appointment of the new Vice Chancellor, Lilian Salami, is a clear attestation by the entire university community that she is the most preferred over others. 

He stated this when he led UBTH management team to visit the vice chancellor.

“Your appointment as vice chancellor, at this time in the history of the university, is not a fluke rather it is a clear attestation by the entire university community that you are the most preferred over others.

“Your ability and capacity to deliver on this …

NSE Boss, Onyema, Bullish On Insurance Sector

December 11, 2019 8:20 am

The Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr. Oscar Onyema yesterday said the ongoing recapitalisation exercise in the insurance sector will present new opportunities for mergers and acquisitions and bring about efficiency, innovation and profitability.

Onyema stated this at the NSE Insurance Sector Forum with the theme: “Recapitalisation: A Panacea for Insurance Industry Growth,” held in Lagos, which was sponsored by Coronation Merchant Bank.

According to him, the upward review of the paid-up capital of the insurance sector would strengthen the growth and development of the sector, noting industry has grown remarkably over the years, generating a gross premium …

The ‘Masses Senator’ Returns To The Red Chamber

December 11, 2019 8:19 am

Ibrahim Oyewale writes that the return of Senator Smart Adeyemi to the Red Chamber of the National Assembly, for a third tenure, has revived hope for another season of quality representation for the people of Kogi West

It is no longer news that Senator Smart Adeyemi won the Kogi West Senatorial rerun election and subsequently returned to the Red Chamber of the National Assembly. This is his third time as a serving senator. In a keenly contested election, Adeyemi polled a total of 88,373 votes to defeat his political arch rival, Senator Dino Melaye who scored 62,133 votes.

Melaye …

Lagos Set For MSME Fair

December 11, 2019 8:18 am

The Lagos State Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives (MCIC) has plan to organise the fourth Lagos State micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSME) exclusive fair (also known as the Lagos MSME Fair).

The fair would hold at the Agege Stadium, Lagos, from Thursday, December 12 to Tuesday, December 17, 2019

The fair was meant to support MSMEs in the state, supporting them to find ways out of some of the challenges they face, such as the high costs of marketing their products and services.

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According to Director of Commerce, …

Retrenchment: Arik Air Lays Off 300 Staff

Arik Air’s Fleet Receives Boost, To Enhance Experience

December 11, 2019 8:18 am

Arik Air received two aircraft from C-Check over the weekend, thereby boosting the operations of the airline in the coming festive season.

The two aircraft include a Q-400, while the Boeing 737-800 check was conducted by Lufthansa Technik AG in Malta.

According to a statement, over the last two years the current management has been working hard to improve the number of serviceable aircraft in the airline’s fleet.

It pointed out that the efforts were already yielding results.

“The Arik fleet are nearly mid – life and such require major overhaul of engines, landing gear, etc. Unfortunately, Arik in …

Amuka Narrates Publishers Efforts to Secure Sowore Release

December 11, 2019 8:17 am

Elder statesman, publisher of Vanguard Newspapers and Nigeria’s leading journalist, Mr. Sam Amuka-Pemu, yesterday spoke of newspapers publishers’ spirited efforts to secure the release of Sahara Reporter’s publisher and Convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, from detention by the Department State Services (DSS).

Amuka-Pemu, who was part of a delegation that intervened for Sowore, told a gathering in Abuja that their intervention was to secure the release of Sowore.
He spoke against the backdrop of false reports that the publishers had tried to negotiate with Sowore to stop attacking the federal government as a precondition for his release.…

“It Doesn’t Pay To Be A Slave,” FFK Tells Tinubu, Osinbajo

December 11, 2019 4:54 am

The former Minister of Aviation, Nigeria, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode on his verified Facebook page harps on the disadvantages of being a slave to the system, using Vice president Yemi Osinabajo and Bola Tinubu as main reference points.

“Two sons of the South West removed as heads of two powerful organisations in the finance sector, namely FIRS and AMCON, in the last 48 hours and both replaced by northerners.”

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“Bola Ahmed Tinubu and midget Vice President how market? It really doesn’t pay to be a slave. After a while they take …

Aisha: “Daura Gave Presidential Directive Without Consent”

December 11, 2019 4:37 am

First Lady, Aisha Buhari has alleged that Alhaji Mamman Daura gave a presidential directive without her husband’s knowledge.

Until recently, Mamman Daura, a nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari lives in Glass House inside the presidential villa. The feud between the first lady and Daura’s family worsened in October when she returned from a two-month foreign trip. It became public knowledge when a video of the president’s wife asking questions and making comments about being locked out of a room and demanding that some people should pack their belongings went viral. She engaged Daura’s daughter, Fatima.

Daily Trust had exclusively …

NLC Leadership Meets State Chairmen Over Minimum Wage

December 11, 2019 4:36 am

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that it would hold a consultative meeting with chairmen of state branches of the congress on Wednesday in Abuja.

Although the union did not state the agenda of the meeting, THISDAY gathered that the NLC intends to assess the level of compliance by state governments on the implementation of the national minimum wage for their workers.

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According to the notice of the meeting made available to THISDAY, it will have all state chairmen in attendance.

The states and the …

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