Further to the buyout announcement of Oct. 4, Airtel Africa Plc. has announced the completion of the minority shareholding buyback of Airtel Networks Ltd. (Airtel Nigeria). This is contained in a notice signed by the group’s Company Secretary, Simon O’Hara,…
By Ismail Omipidan Historically, the agitation to have someone from Osun West govern Osun State in the build-up to the 2018 governorship election was largely borne out of the perceived neglect of the zone in terms of infrastructural development. The…
The Governor of the State of Osun has approved the reconstruction and rehabilitation of selected township roads in Ikire and Ile-Ife. This was disclosed on Wednesday in a statement released by the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke…
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe; Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta are among those to be honoured at the fourth edition of the DAAR Awards. The 4th DAAR Awards scheduled to take…
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Nigeria’s Ambassador to Republic of Cameroon, retired Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin, on his 60th birthday, Dec. 2. The president, in a congratulatory message issued by his media aide, Mr Femi Adesina, felicitated the former Chief of…
The British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has applauded Guinness Nigeria Plc for ensuring a responsible drinking culture in the country. Laing, who paid a courtesy visit to Guinness Nigeria site in Benin on Wednesday, told Newsmen that she…
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged a stronger emphasis on people-to-people relations between South Africa and Nigeria to evolve a bond that will be of benefit to both countries and the African continent. President Buhari stated this when he received President…
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has described the Lagos State’s white paper from the outcomes of the year-long Lagos State commission of investigation on #ENDSARS protest as a “RUMPLED PAPER”, “WHITE LIES” and tissues of falsehoods and political…
Dr Felix Ajiola of the University of Lagos has emerged the winner of the Rahamon Bello Best Thesis Award for 2021. The award was put together by the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, University of Lagos. Ajiola, whose PhD…
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, as he turns 70 on Wednesday. The President celebrated the accomplished politician and administrator as a gentleman who has over time proved to be…
