Day: April 29, 2023

In-coming Kano Gov To Revisit Sanusi’s Dethronment As Emir

Abibat Babalola

Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, has said the incoming government in Kano will revisit the dethronement of Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, 14th Emir of Kano. Sanusi, who became emir in the final term of Kwankwaso as governor, was dethroned by outgoing Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, who was deputy governor at the time the monarch was installed. READ ALSO: Otedola Surrenders Transcorp’s Top Ownership Tussle To Elumelu For Gen-Z Brides, By Funke Egbemode Thomas Fuller: Tales Of An Enslaved African…

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Otedola Surrenders Transcorp’s Top Ownership Tussle To Elumelu

ADEOLA YUSUF

Shares of Transcorp, owner of three power plants with 2,000 megawatts or more than 40 per cent of Nigeria’s total power-generating capacity, slumped 9.9 per cent on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) in Lagos   Nigerian businessman Femi Otedola has sold his substantial shareholding of 6.3 per cent, a haul of 2.6 billion shares bought in separate transactions in Transcorp, to Mr Tony Elumelu. Earlier, within days of his acquisition of a substantial shareholding, Mr Elumelu had racked up his interest from 2.07 to 25.9 per cent. This is perceived by…

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For Gen-Z Brides, By Funke Egbemode

ADEOLA YUSUF

I’m not against social media celebration but do not live there. Do not display what you don’t want to sell. And never forget that those who want you dead or ruined are also ‘following’ you.   I love watching the musical video of Asake’s Joha. There’s just something about it that makes me smile, cheers me up even. I still can’t place a finger on it. Maybe it’s the dance steps, the moves. But this is not a review of musical videos. It is actually about brides, today’s brides dancing…

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Thomas Fuller: Tales Of An Enslaved African Renowned For His Mathematical Abilities

Ganiyu Amodu

+ What to know about the black man dubbed “mental calculator”       Thomas Fuller, often called “the Virginia Calculator,” was born in 1710, somewhere between the “Slave Coast” of West Africa (present-day Liberia) and the Kingdom of Dahomey (modern-day Benin). When the pre-colonial scramble for slaves replaced the earlier trade in gold, Fuller was snatched from his native land, sold as a slave, and brought to Colonial America in 1724, at age 14. Although considered “illiterate” because he could not read and write in English, he consistently demonstrated…

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TCN Disconnects Kano, Kaduna DisCos, Suspends Apple Electric

Abibat Babalola

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said that the Market Operator (MO) has suspended three electricity distribution companies. The affected companies are APLE Electric Limited, Kano and Kaduna Electricity Distribution Companies. Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said that these rules governs and sanitises the Nigerian electricity supply industry. According to her, the Market Operator is mindful of the need to ensure the continued sustenance of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI), which requires strict adherence to market rules and…

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JUST IN: Buhari Okays Postponement of 2023 Census

Aliyu Aliyu

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 2023 Census earlier scheduled to commence on May 3rd, 2023, Platforms Africa reports. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed made this known in a statement issued on Saturday. The Minister said that the president gave his approval during a meeting with some members of the Federal Executive Council and the Chairman of the National Population Commission and his team at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday. Mohammed said that Buhari has directed that another date be fixed by…

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