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Folake Sokoya The Kwara State Government has reassured residents of the State of their safety before, during and after Saturday’s local government elections in the State. The State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed gave the assurance while presiding over the Kwara State Security Committee Meeting on Thursday at the Government House, Ilorin. Governor Ahmed said, having received reports from the security …

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New facts have emerged why the work permits of expatriate workers of Intels and its affiliates were cancelled recently. Documents released by the Federal Government yesterday in Abuja, which was sighted by our reporter, revealed that Intels on its own made the decisions to close its operations in the free trade zones. The documents revealed that while Intels ignored notices …

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The CFAO group, with its subsidiary CFAO Equipment, the sole distributor of the FUSO brand in Nigeria, in conjunction with Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), one of Asia’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers, on Thursday commissioned a FUSO assembly plant at its Amuwo-Odofin, Apapa-Oshodi Expressway facility in Lagos.  The inauguration took place with the special guest of honour, Dr. …

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Photo Caption: From Left: Oscar Onyema, Chief Executive Officer,  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Haruna Jalo-Waziri, former Executive Director, Capital Markets Division, NSE; Maimuna Jalo-Waziri, wife of Haruna Jalo-Waziri; Mrs. Bajomo, mother of Ade Bajomo;  Ade Bajomo, former Executive Director, Market Operations and Technology, NSE and Abimbola Ogunbanjo, President, NSE during the sendforth event for Ade Bajomo and Haruna Jalo-Waziri at The Exchange yesterday in Lagos.

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Photo Caption: From Left: Haruna Jalo-Waziri, Chief Executive Officer, Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc, Obinna Nwosu, Retired Director, CSCS, Oscar Onyema, CSCS Board Chairman and Bola Adeeko, Outgone Interim CEO, CSCS during the send-off dinner organised by CSCS in honour of Messrs Nwosu and Adeeko in Lagos on Wednesday.

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Against the backdrop of successive government embarking on new projects in the domestic economy, former Head of State, General Dr Yakubu Gowon has urged the government to focus on reforming and modifying existing projects, rather than abandoning it for new once. Similarly, former Permanent Secretary, Phillip Asiedu has again reiterated that part of Nigeria’s woes today was the jettisoning of …

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Tayo Olanipekun Keeping the issuance of licences for tank farms on hold as well as  seamless port operations have been identified as conditions which will enable permanent resolution to the recurring Apapa gridlock; so says Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State said this while speaking at the second edition of Lagos Corporate Assembly tagged ‘A+ …

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The lingering crisis in Oando Plc is far from over as a group of shareholders on Wednesday called on the embattled company’s management team led by its Group Chief Executive, Wale Tinubu to resign. President of the Trusted Shareholders’ Association of Nigeria (TSAN), Alhaji Muktar Muktar, said the call on Tinubu and his team to resign has become imperative to …

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The head of the African Union said Thursday that the body “will never accept the military coup d’etat” in Zimbabwe. “We demand respect for the constitution, a return to the constitutional order and we will never accept the military coup d’etat,” Alpha Conde said in an interview with French journalists in Paris. “We know there are internal problems. They need …

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The security details of Governor Willie Obiano which was on Tuesday withdrawn by the police have been restored following the intervention of the Presidency. The Inspector General of Police had in Tuesday announced the withdrawal of the Governor’s Aide-de–camp (ADC) and Chief Security Officer (CSO), saying that it was based on past experience where the security officers worked for politicians that …

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