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United Capital Plc has appointed Uche Ike as the Company’s new chairman, board of directors. This follows the retirement of Professor Chika Mordi, chairman of the Board, and Emmanuel Nnorom, non-executive director. This transition aligns with the recent directive from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on board appointments and director tenure for Public Companies […]
The managing director of Abdul Metro Group, Dr Adekunle Abdul, has urged the Nigerian government to allocate more affordable land to developers as a key step toward lowering housing costs. LEADERSHIP reports that Abdul Metro Group is the parent company of Metro and Castle Homes. However, speaking in Lagos, Dr Abdul emphasised that land is […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has issued a public health advisory urging heightened vigilance against Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral disease, as global cases surge. The advisory, signed by the director -general of NCDC, Dr. Jide Idris, noted that more than 240,000 cases and 90 deaths had been reported in at least […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission and Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) have reiterated their commitment to give voting rights to inmates in correctional facilities across the nation. The chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu and Controller-General of NCoS, Sylvester Nwakuche, gave this indication during a courtesy call at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja yesterday. Yakubu asked […]
A former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, has alleged that the signatures of some state chairmen of the party were forged to facilitate the handover of the party to the opposition coalition leaders led by former vice president Atiku Abubakar. Kachikwu, who stated this at a press conference in Abuja […]
No fewer than 30 terrorists were killed on Tuesday by the air component of the Joint Task Force, Operation FANSAN YAMMA (OPFY) when they gathered to conduct a wedding at Asola Hills in Yankuzo Ward of Tsafe local government area of Zamfara State. A statement by the media officer of Operation Fansan Yamma, Captain David […]
A South African court has ruled that Zambia’s government can repatriate the body of former President Edgar Lungu and give him a state funeral, despite his family’s opposition. Lungu’s family had wanted to bury him privately in South Africa, where he died in June. They were left visibly distraught by the Pretoria high court’s decision […]
Recently, a large number of retired police personnel staged a nationwide protest to express their frustration over the contributory pension scheme, which they claimed is skewed against them. The retirees claimed that a Superintendent of Police who serves without blemish for 35 years gets a retirement benefit of N2 million. In a volatile economy like […]
The Israeli prime minister’s announcement of plans to take control of Gaza City has been met with concern in Israel, particularly by families of hostages still being held by Hamas. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum: Bring Them Home Now has said the plan “means abandoning hostages”, the BBC reported yesterday. “By choosing military escalation […]
Three boys drowned on Thursday morning in a pond behind the General Hospital in Monguno, Borno State. Sources according to Zagazola Makama , a counter-insurgency expert, identified the victims as Mallam Gana Mohammed, Modu Audu Saleh, and Abba Ngumami, all residents of the Water Board IDP Camp, Monguno. The father of one of the victims, […]