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Fidelity Bank wins double awards for Real Sector support

Dec 17, 2019 topnews

Top lender Fidelity Bank Plc, Nigeria’s fastest growing bank has been recognised for its efforts at growing the economy particularly its supporting the real sector The bank received 2 awards to the effect at the 11th Annual Bankers’ Committee Retreat which held at Ogere, Ogun State at the weekend. The awards were bestowed on the bank for its leadership role in the ongoing efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s agricultural value-chain as well as its staunch commitment to promoting women economic empowerment. Organised by the Central Bank of Nigeria…

Oluwo’s 4year-old marriage to Jamaican wife crumbles

Dec 16, 2019 topnews

The Oluwo of Iwoland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba (Dr.) Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, and his Jamaican wife, Chanel Chin, have ended their marriage. The marriage between the royal father and the Jamaican produced a son named Oduduwa. Oba Akanbi got married to Chanel Chin, shortly after he ascended the throne of his forefathers in November 10, 2015. A statement by Oluwo’s Press Secretary, Alli Ibrahim, said the couple ended the marriage “after irreconcilable differences.” The statement from Oluwo’s palace reads, in part, “This is to inform the general public, most especially…

Stallion Nigeria Limited in trouble over N11.4billion debt

Dec 14, 2019Dec 14, 2019 topnews

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos south west Nigeria has granted an order protecting the Receiver /Manager appointed by Guaranty Trust bank Plc Mr Gbenga Akinde- Peters to take over all fixed and floating assets of Stallion Nigeria Limited company in receivership,the company owned by the Vaswani brothers,wherever the assets are found particularly its registered Head office at 270A,Ajose Adeogun Street Victoria Island Lagos. The order of the court was as a result of the company’s inability to pay a debt of N11,401,860,857.06 and $1,969,801.07 The defendants in…

Inside story of how Minister of State, (Power), Goddy Jedy Agba Saved Nigeria From Total Blackout

Dec 13, 2019 topnews

The swift initiative of Minister of State (Power), Mr. Goddy Jedy Agba, in extensively engaging the stakeholders in the Electricity sector, including those from the Ministry of Power, Director General of Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Alex Okoh, representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, leadership of NUEE and others, brought the nation wide strike embarked upon by the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on Wednesday 11th December, 2019 to an end. The workers embarked on the strike action following crisis in the power sector at the…

Aisha Buhari: The Challenges of A First Lady Defending Good Governance In Nigeria

Dec 12, 2019Dec 12, 2019 topnews

By Olalekan Abdullahi Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari is certainly facing an existential battle, despite being the wife of the President of the most populous black country in the world. Her travails are not actually from her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari, but from those that surround him, who she strongly believes are trying to make life difficult for her and her children, and she appears to be helpless as her husband does not seem perturbed by what she has been complaining about right in Aso Rock, the seat of…

ONIRU OBASHIP STOOL: ENOUGH OF LIES

Dec 10, 2019 topnews

By Babatunde Olowu. It has become necessary to nip in the bud the vicious lies being shamelessly peddled by certain unscrupulous fellows who have allowed their greed to rob them of their senses. Where good people choose to stay away while untruths are being fed to the people, they (the good people) enable the ground upon which the truth is forever lost, actual history is interred and the lies become the new truths. The desires of certain persons to illegally appropriate the currently vacant stool of Oniru of Iruland has…

Anthony Joshua: I was compromised going into my first fight with Ruiz

Dec 9, 2019 topnews

t Unified heavyweight title champion, Anthony Joshua has revealed he was compromised going into his first fight with Andy Ruiz Jr., according to express.co.uk. Joshua suffered a stunning seventh-round TKO defeat to the unfancied Mexican-American at Madison Square Garden in June. Ruiz Jr, a late replacement for the disgraced Jarrell Miller, dropped Joshua four times in his ill-fated American debut – which brought about the end of his reign as unified heavyweight champion. Following his first professional loss, several conspiracy theories over Joshua’s wellbeing before the fight started to swirl.…

Kano Emirates:Ganduje appoints Emir Sanusi as chairman, Council of Chiefs

Dec 9, 2019 topnews

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has appointed Muhammadu Sanusi II, Emir of Kano Emirate, as Chairman Kano State Council of Chiefs. This is come after the alleged war between the two Kano top citizens. Their war began when Sanusi’s utterances before the 2019 elections, suggest that he was against the re-election bid of Ganduje. On winning his second term in office, the Governor split the Kano emirate into five leaving Sanusi with 10 of the 44 local government areas he had control over. Abba Anwar, the governor’s spokesman in…

We have not picked Hakeem Ajasa as next Oniru -Abisogun ruling house

Dec 7, 2019 topnews

The Abisogun Family has described a report in a section of the media that the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to ex-governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, Mr. Hakeem Ajasa has been picked as the next Oniru of Iruland in Lagos State as fake news. According to the family, the selection of Ajasa, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) as the next Oniru of Iruland, is kangaroo and it is not known to the entire family. The family said in a public notice titled; “Fake News By A Section of…

Ocean Marine Solutions : “We did not harass Ms. Hadiza Usman with thugs”

Dec 6, 2019 topnews

The management of Ocean Marine Solutions Limited (OMSL) has debunked any knowledge or involvement in the physical attack of the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman, at the National Assembly. NPA boss Ms. Hadiza Usman petitioned the President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan alleging that she was physically attacked by hoodlums at the premises of the National Assembly in Abuja on Tuesday. She claimed that her attack was sponsored by Chairman of Messrs Ocean Maritime Solutions Limited (OMSL), Captain Wells Okunbo apparently over the…