By: HighCelebritySquard Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday, said the reason for his constant cry was that he was not elected to preside over displaced persons or dead bodies. Ortom stated this when he received in audience the Director-General of the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, Mrs Cecilia Gayya, who was
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By: HighCelebritySquard Jaiz Bank Plc has released its unaudited financial results for 2021 which show that the bank recorded a profit before tax of N4.21bn last year. Its pretax profit rose by 37.17 per cent from the N3.07bn recorded in 2020. The bank also declared a 31.76 per cent increase in gross
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By: HighCelebritySquard The North-South Economists’ Forum, NSEF, a focus group of development economists, has †9,warned propagandists and information hawkers feasting on a phoney ‘Emefiele for President’ campaign not to drag the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, governor into the murky water of partisan politics. Recently, some online news platforms flew a kite
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By: HighCelebritySquard Vehicular and human activities were disrupted along Murtala Muhammed Way in Benin, Edo State on Wednesday as youths protested against the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission. The protesters called for the inauguration the already cleared members of the board, while urging the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.),
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By: HighCelebritySquard A 200 Level student of the Department of Linguistics and African Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Ajibola Ayomikun, on Wednesday died after falling into a septic tank in a private hostel on the campus. A student of the university, who did not want her name in print,
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By: HighCelebritySquard Former Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde A Federal High Court in Abuja was, on Wednesday, informed how a former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof ‘Dibu Ojerinde, allegedly floated eight companies, purchased three buildings and bank shares through his cronies while holding a public office.
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By: HighCelebritySquard Five park rangers and a soldier have been killed in an ambush in a wildlife reserve in northern Benin near the border with Burkina Faso and Niger, its management said Wednesday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack on Tuesday, which staff said also wounded 10 other
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By: HighCelebritySquard Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, has disclosed that the Kano Gold Souk will be complete before the end of 2022. He said this on Tuesday in Kano while inspecting the construction of the Gold Souk. This was contained
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By: HighCelebritySquard The 2022 Committee, which is an association of businessmen, political figures and others, has stressed the need for Nigeria to produce quality leaders in next year’s elections. The committee, which comprises business tycoons like Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola, Fola Adeola, Jim Ovia, Abdulsamad Rabiu and several others, said in a
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By: HighCelebritySquard The income generated from the sales of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, from August 2020 to August 2021 is N2.61tn, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited announced on Wednesday. It stated that in the downstream oil sector, a total of 1.532 billion litres of white products were sold and
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