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APC to hold presidential election primary on May 30
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed the primary to pick its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections for May 30. This was contained in the proposed timetable for conduct of primaries for elective positions seen by our correspondent on Wednesday. According to the timetable, the party will release a notice of election on April 20, while sales of…
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Ondo, only South West state without foreign direct investment in 2021
Ondo State is the only state in the South West without a Foreign Direct Investment, Western Post reports. This was contained in a recent National Capital Importation report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). According to the report, Lagos tops the states with the highest FDI in the South West and in the country with $5.8bn. Lagos is…
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Business operators lament crippling traffic gridlock around Lekki Free Trade Zone corridor
Business operators in Lekki area of Lagos state have lamented the crippling traffic gridlock around the Lekki Free Trade Zone corridor. The Nigeria Economic Zones Association Executive Secretary, Toyin Elegbede made this known during a meeting with the Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, Prof Adesoji Adesugba in Abuja. According to him, Lekki Free Zone Development Company…
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Burkinabe court sentences ex-leader Compaoré to life imprisonment for Sankara’s murder
A Burkinabe court has sentenced former President Blaise Compaoré to life imprisonment for the murder of his predecessor, the revered Thomas Sankara. The long-awaited verdict on Wednesday brought to close a six-month trial about the murder of Sankara, who was assassinated during a coup led by his friend and comrade-in-arms Compaoré on October 15, 1987. Military prosecutors in Burkina Faso’s…
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Buhari signs Executive Order 11 on maintenance of public buildings
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law Executive Order 11 which would provide guidelines for the maintenance of Federal Government Buildings and Assets. He signed the order at the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday. Below is the president’s speech at the signing. PROTOCOLS: On the 4th day of January, 2019, the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing presented a…
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PHOTO NEWS: LASAA officials remove fallen billboard on Oregun road
Staff of Lagos State Advertising Agency (LASAA) working to remove a fallen billboard that blocked Kudirat Abiola Way, Oregun early this morning. The early morning rain and wind pulled down the billboard on the road.
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IGP dismisses 9 policemen over planned strike
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has ordered the dismissal of nine policemen for leading a planned strike by policemen. The dismissal was contained in a signal by the Commissioner of Police Provost, Force headquarters, Abuja. The signal was addressed to all police state commands. The affected policemen are two inspectors, five sergeants and two constables. The police signal said…
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Chelsea owner Abramovich begging friends to lend him $1m to pay staff
Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has been begging his Hollywood and US power broker friends to each lend him $1 million to keep him afloat as his assets are frozen by worldwide authorities. Page Six has exclusively learned that the Chelsea Football Club owner, whose bank accounts are frozen in the US and the UK, is desperately asking for loans from…
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FOLLOW UP: Caverton Helicopters doubles down with Shell, takes contract suspension case to NCDMB
Caverton Helicopters Limited is lobbying the Federal Government to prevail on Shell Petroleum Development Company to lift the suspension placed on its offshore aviation contract instead of working to address the compliance issues raised by the international oil company. WesternPost gathered that Caverton is using strong arms tactics as an indigenous operator to railroad the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring…
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Ex Google CEO says virtual work can’t build great management, wants people back in office
After more than two years of remote work and multiple return-to-office delays, most Google employees are heading back to the office at least part-time — and ex-Google CEO and chairman Eric Schmidt couldn’t be happier about it. ″[I]t’s important that these people be at the office, in my view,” Schmidt, 66, tells CNBC Make It, arguing that for decades, the in-office style has been proven effective.…
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