Shivinder and Malvinder Singh: in more troubleThe Singh brothers, Malvinder and Shivinder formerly promoters of Ranbaxy Laboratories in India, already arrested for fraud, have more trouble today with the Supreme Court finding them guilty of contempt. The court on Friday found the brothers guilty for violating its order asking them…
Patrick Akinwuntan The Unusual Entrepreneurship Programme has entered into a strategic partnership with Ecobank Nigeria to provide all banking support and funding to the selected entrepreneurs in the 2019 cohort. Announcing the partnership in Lagos, Mr Valentine Ozigbo, Chairman of the Unusual Entrepreneur, thanked Ecobank management for the support. He…
Upper Chamber of the National Assembly President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the ninth National Assembly decided to work in harmony with the executive arm of government to enhance productivity in governance. Lawan said a good working relationship between the two arms of government will also forestall…
Lawan President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said amendment to the Public Procurement Act 2007 by the National Assembly will guarantee successful implementation of the 2020 budget. Lawan stated this in his remarks after the Senate debated exhaustively on Thursday, two critical Bills for an Act to amend the…
Yetunde Arobieke The Lagos State Commissioner for Local Governments and Community Affairs, Mrs. Yetunde Arobieke, has admonished public officials working in the 57 Local Governments/Local Council Development Areas of the State to rise above the traditional constraints and old ways of doing things and begin to think globally, but act…
Adams Oshiohmole, National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) By Jethro Ibileke The Edo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says it rejects the decision of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party to ratify the suspension of the state chairman, Aslem Ojezua, by a faction of the…
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki By Jethro Ibileke Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has earmarked the sum of N34 billion for workers’ welfare in the 2020 budget. The fund is part of the state’s 2020 budget proposal of N177.601 billion he presented to the State House of Assembly on…
Prof. Attahiru Jega: advises Nigerian voters By Gbenro Adesina Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega has decried the failure of the electoral process to entrench good governance in Africa. Jega stated this on Thursday at the University of Ibadan, UI, while delivering 2019 Convocation…
Sakolo and Fatoyinbo Critic, Femi Fani-Kayode is elated that Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, COZA, has been vindicated after a High Court in Abuja threw out a suit filed by celebrity photographer, Busola Dakolo over alleged rape. Fani-Kayode pronounced shame on Dakolo and all others trying…
The forfeited property Justice P. Mallong of Federal High Court, Kaduna on Thursday ordered the temporary forfeiture of a three bedroom bungalow, belonging to one Yohanna Adamu to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Adamu is being prosecuted by the Commission on a one-count charge of obtaining by false…