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Corporate Takeovers: Contextualising the Savannah Move on Lekoil, By Temitope Ajayi
Business is war! That is the thrust of what people learn in business school, and from the preponderance of available literature on business and strategy. Business owners, boardroom tacticians, and corporate raiders pursue business interests just like battle-tested generals at the war front, who must deploy all the arsenal at their disposal to win. The stories of hostile business takeovers…
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Inside PMB’s meeting with ministers exiting the cabinet
Date was Friday, May 13, 2022, time 10 am, and venue was the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa. The event was valedictory session for appointees leaving the cabinet to pursue political ambitions at different levels. Some were aspiring to be President, others Governors, and others Senators. It was solemn and sombre. Yes, it had to be. Some of the…
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Buhari hails Ado Bayero, Emir of Kano over Senegalese national award
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, the Emir of Kano on the conferment on him, the highest honour of the Republic of Senegal, the “National Order of Lion.” The honour was conferred on him by President Macky Sall at the Presidential Residence in Dakar, in the course of the Emir’s recent visit to the country. President Buhari…
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Buhari and his sit-tight ministers, By Bolaji Adebiyi
In an interview published by THISDAY yesterday, Olu Falae, former secretary to the federal military government and erstwhile presidential candidate of the defunct All Peoples Party, opined that governance was no longer going on in the country. In aid of his assertion, he called to witness the failure of the Muhammadu Buhari administration to protect the lives and property of…
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FG provides universal coverage for 83m Nigerians under new health law
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law, the recently passed National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022, repealing thereby, the National Health Insurance Scheme Act, Cap N42, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. President Buhari said at the signing of the new law that a Fund will be set up “to ensure coverage of 83 million poor Nigerians who cannot…
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Our lynching republic, By Dare Babarinsa
It is not easy to understand why a desert storm can arise suddenly in an oasis. Sokoto State is a parched land hugging the Sahara Desert in a precarious embrace. It does not have much rainfall most part of the year, and when it rains, it may even have a flash flood with occasional devastating consequences. In this almost arid…
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ANALYSIS: Osinbajo to spend over N2bn to host 7,000 APC delegates in Abuja
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is expected to spend over N2 billion on making delegates “feel comfortable” in a bid to win the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress. In a bid to get the support of delegates ahead of the primary, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, Office of the Vice-President, had told delegates in…
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Lagos govt gives 14-day eviction notice to Alaba Rago traders
The Lagos State government on Thursday issued a 14-day eviction notice to the occupants of the Alaba Rago Market. According to the State Police Command, the notice was issued after months of negotiation between the state government and representatives of the occupiers of the market. A joint team of Rapid Response Squad and Lagos Task Force went to inform the…
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Lagos confiscates over 300 motorcycles in a single day
Lagos State government on Thursday began clampdown on Okada riders on all highways across six Local Government Areas and nine Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs). Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had on Wednesday announced a total ban on Okada effective from June 1 in Eti-Osa, Ikeja, Surulere, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland, and Apapa. At Ikeja early Thursday morning taskforce officers were seen…
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