Day: June 17, 2022

2023: Obi picks Doyin Okupe as interim running mate

Abibat Babalola

To beat the deadline by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the submission of names for the 2023 general election, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has picked and submitted former presidential spokesman, Doyin Okupe, as his running mate. The selection however stands as an interim measure as Okupe will be substituted on or before August when the substantive Vice Presidential Candidate of the party emerges from the ongoing rounds of consultations on the matter. Okupe who hails from Ogun state is a Nigerian physician…

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Masari Is Tinubu’s Running Mate, It’s Muslim-Muslim Ticket For APC

Aliyu Aliyu

APC Presidential candidate submits name of Ibrahim Masari, a kinsman to President Buhari and Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, as his running mate to INEC   The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has submitted the name of Alhaji Kabir Ibrahim Masari, a Muslim from the north, as his running mate. Platforms Africa gathered that the APC candidate submitted the name to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday as a place holder to beat the official deadline given to parties by the electoral umpire. Ibrahim Masari…

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Tears as 22 Victims of Owo Massacre Given Mass Burial

Abibat Babalola

“18 earlier buried because the relatives couldn’t wait till today. But as at the last count, these animals came to the church and murdered 40 people.” Governor Akeredolu said. The dead victims of Owo Attack has been laid to rest as tears flowed during a funeral mass held for the victims of the June 5th at the Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owaluwa, Owo. Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and his wife, Chief Betty Anyanwu Akeredolu attended the funeral mass held at the Mydas Resort and Hotel, Owo in company of other…

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BREAKING: Nigeria’s Supreme Court Upholds Use of Hijab in Lagos Schools

Abibat Babalola

Willing female students free to use Hijab in Lagos public schools, Nigeria’s Apex Court rules as Muslim students’ group wins seven-year legal battle against Lagos government over Hijab The Supreme Court of Nigeria has granted the use of hijab by female Muslim students in Lagos State Government-owned schools. The apex court delivered the ruling upholding the use of hijab by Muslim students on Friday in Abuja. The court dismissed an appeal by the Lagos State Government and upheld the earlier judgement of the Court of Appeal which held that the…

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New Jersey Court Orders Arbitration in Akinyanmi Vs Lekoil Cayman Suit

Efe Wellington

The New Jersey court hearing the application challenging the hostile ouster of Lekan Akinyanmi as the Chief Executive Officer of Lekoil Cayman Limited, on June 14, 2022, ordered a stay of all proceedings in the matter pending the arbitration the court has ordered. Akinyanmi, Chief Executive Officer of Lekoil Nigeria Limited, filed an action in the Superior Court of New Jersey on September 24, 2021, with case number MER-L-001733-21, claiming breach of contract in the termination of his employment contract through a process fraught with irregularities and for which he…

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Yobe Deputy Gov Loses Two Children Same Day in Auto Crash

Ganiyu Amodu

Gubana’s seven-year-old son, Mai Mala Buni Junior, died on the spot.   The Deputy Governor of Yobe State, Idi Barde Gubana, has lost his daughter, Khadija, in an auto crash. The accident, which occurred along the Maiduguri-Kano highway on Saturday, June 11, also claimed the life of Gubana’s seven-year-old son, Mai Mala Buni Junior, on the spot. READ ALSO: ‘How Female Journalist Raheemat Momodu Slumped During Meeting, Died’ 200-level Varsity Student who ‘committed suicide’ is NCC Board Chairman’s Daughter How NCC official, wife, 4 kids, niece, driver died in road…

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TotalEnergies Marketing Raked In N341bn In 2021, Paid N7.54bn Dividends

Ganiyu Amodu

TotalEnergies Marketing Nigeria Plc has said that it raked in N341,346,345 revenues as of 31st of December, 2021 as the company declared payment of N7.54 billion dividends to shareholders. Chairman of TotalEnergies, Mr. Jean-Philippe Torres, who declared this at the 44th Annual General Meeting of the company in Lagos, maintained that TotalEnergies Marketing distributed the sum of #1.36 Billion as interim dividends, representing #4.00 (Four Naira only) per share for the year ended 31st December, 2021. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Buhari Hikes Fuel Freight Rate, Worsens Subsidy Burden Nigeria, Six Others…

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Overland Aircraft’s Engine Catches Fire Midair, Pilot Declares Emergency

Abibat Babalola

The pilots had sent out a Mayday, an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice-procedure radio communications, to the Lagos control tower. A four-member flight crew of Overland Airways made a successful landing of a distressed aircraft on the Runway 18R of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Wednesday evening, after the plane’s engine caught fire mid-air. The ATR 42 aircraft, which has 37 passengers on board, was en-route Ilorin-Lagos when the plane suddenly developed a major fault. The pilots had sent out a Mayday…

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CAC Begins Private Schools Registration As Limited Liability Companies

Abibat Babalola

“Why we won’t register private schools às business entities but liability companies” The Corporate Affairs Commission says it has commenced registration of private schools as limited liability companies and not as a business entity to ensure continuity. The Head of CAC Zonal Office in Kaduna, Abdulkadir Modibbo, disclosed this in Kaduna, Kaduna State on Thursday. This was at a two-day consultative meeting on the formulation of policy to guide operations of private schools in Kaduna State. READ ALSO: NNPC’s Corporate Existence Altered, CAC completes Oil giant’s Incorporation Lagos Gets 2…

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