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A honour for Ebenezer Onyeagwu
Tribune Online A honour for Ebenezer Onyeagwu By Tunde Ayanda   It’s a season of landmark achievements and honour for the Group Managing Director of Zenith Bank Plc, Ebenezer Onyeagwu, as he was recently conferred with a Doctorate Degree in Business Administration by the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The recognition as described by the foremost institution was for his immense achievements with Zenith Bank and his contribution to the growth of the financial sectors […] A honour for Ebenezer Onyeagwu Tribune Online
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High Society mourns Tina Ogundoyin 
Tribune Online High Society mourns Tina Ogundoyin  By Tunde Ayanda   ‘Something that is loved is never lost’. This saying by Toni Morrison best described the feeling that came with the shocking news of the death of popular socialite and mother of the Oyo State Speaker, Debo Ogundoyin, Yeye Tina Ogundoyin. The Queen of Sheba as she was nicknamed passed away some days ago and the grief hangs over the social […] High Society mourns Tina Ogundoyin  Tribune Online
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TEETH 4 TEETH ... With Justin Akpovi-Esade
AFRO pop singer, Hammeed Okikiola aka Portable or Zazzu is in the news again. He is always in the news for very wrong reasons; if he is not fighting a concert promoter over money, he is leading his band of goons to go allegedly beat up some former friends... the list is endless! The post TEETH 4 TEETH ... With Justin Akpovi-Esade appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.
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Fintiri, Boya disagree over alleged electoral violence in Adamawa
Following controversies that trailed the inconclusive Adamawa State governorship election, a House of Representatives member-elect for Fufore/Song Federal Constituency, Mallam Aliyu Wakil Boya, has denied claims by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri.... The post Fintiri, Boya disagree over alleged electoral violence in Adamawa appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.
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Kuje: Eight months after, over 400 inmates still at large
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Kingibe pledges better deal for FCT indigenes
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Bulus denies working against APC at just concluded polls
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Dayo Olomu’s happy moment
Tribune Online Dayo Olomu’s happy moment By Tunde Ayanda   At the moment, renowned international motivational speaker and business mentor, Dr Dayo Olomu, has a collection of laurels big enough to sink a ship! The brilliant Nigerian, who chairs the CIPD South London and Board Member at Southwark Diocesan Board of Education, has won himself another honour. This time round, Olomu received his 176th award at the Mayor of Lambeth Civic Award […] Dayo Olomu’s happy moment Tribune Online
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General overseers plan anti-corruption agenda for incoming government
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Technology sector is the future of Nigeria — Edunjobi
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Aisha Buhari Charges Philanthropists On Cardiac Patients
First lady, Aisha Buhari, has called on well-meaning Nigerians to join hands in equipping cardiac centres with the necessary equipment and consumables to enable much-needed heart surgeries to take place in every region of the country.  She spoke at the 5th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons […]
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Security agents confront IPOB protesters, five feared dead
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Mai Atafo, Macallan impact 40 fashion designers
Tribune Online Mai Atafo, Macallan impact 40 fashion designers By Tunde Ayanda   Renowned Nigerian fashion designer, Mai Atafo, has collaborated with ultra-premium Scottish whisky brand, The Macallan, to support and empower 40 young Nigerian fashion enthusiasts in Lagos. The programme, entitled, “Fashion Conversations”, provided a platform for young designers to gain industry insights through in-depth conversations about the commercialisation of fashion and tips on how to navigate the fashion industry. The in-depth sessions, sponsored by The Macallan, […] Mai Atafo, Macallan impact 40 fashion designers Tribune Online
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A Year Without My Mom
“AB, I hope this is not April fool; we spoke yesterday and from the way you sounded it was obvious that you were in high spirits. Nothing, to me, suggested that Mama was ill.” That was my friend’s reaction, as he was in shock and disbelief at the news of the passing of my mother […]
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Group decries poor representation, participation of women in politics
Non-Govermental Organisation (NGO), Vision Spring Initiatives (VSI), has lamented the poor participation of women at last month’s general elections in Nigeria as well as the decreased number of women elected into representative positions across the country. The post Group decries poor representation, participation of women in politics appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.
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Crisis In Labour Party As Leadership Rejects Suspension Of National Chairman
There is an apparent crisis in Labour Party (LP) over the suspension of its  national chairman, Julius Abure, by the Edo State chapter.  Abure, who came to the Labour Party as its national legal adviser, later emerged the national chairman which provided the platform for Peter Obi to run in the presidential election.  Under the […]
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No cause for alarm over call for interim govt – APC
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Democracy as despair
Tribune Online Democracy as despair If you have been following the news, the lead story in the land right now is the alleged plot by certain individuals to install an interim government when President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure winds up on May 29. The Department of State Services, which supposedly penetrated this plot and should have gone after the plotters right […] Democracy as despair Tribune Online
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Osinbajo Directs Harmonisation Of Needs For IDP Resettlement Commitee
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has directed all government agencies involved in the implementation of the work of the Presidential Committee on the Repatriation, Returns, and Resettlement of Displaced Persons in the North-East to harmonise items needed and their prices in all procurements to be undertaken on behalf of the Committee.  The Vice President who is […]
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 Luck Shines On 101 Women MTN Y’ellopreneurs 
 CHIOMA UMEHA writes on the MTN Y’ellopreneur programme that was designed as an opportunity for all Nigerian women to pitch for and win grants as capital for the expansion of their business.   Establishing a business requires a lot of work, money, and market knowledge. Any of these deficiencies will quickly result in a doomed future […]
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NLNG Provides $6m To Revamp 12 Teaching Hospitals In Nigeria
The Nigeria LNG Limited, through its Health Support Programme (HSP) has provided $6 million to uplift specific health facilities in 12 tertiary health institutions across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria.  The HSP came on board due to shortfalls witnessed in the Nigerian health sector during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The board of Nigeria […]
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72hr-Ultimatum: Police Arrest Singer ‘Portable’ After Failure To Honour Invitation
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Tone Down Post-election Rhetoric
Politicians are, arguably, a peculiar specie of merchants, always inventing their own trade from the sentiments and emotions of the people at all times. Inexplicably, the people manage to make themselves vulnerable through a gullible disposition that exposes them to the exploitations of the political class. Otherwise, how else can anyone explain the inciting rhetoric […]
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30 Anambra House of Assembly Members-elect Get Certificates of Return from INEC
The most recent news from Nigeria and across the world is available at The News Chronicle. The News Chronicle provides the most recent headlines, commentary, and political news. The 30 members-elect who emerged from the March 18 House of Assembly elections across Anambra state, on Friday received their Certificates of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC. TNC Correspondent in Awka reports that the certificate presentation ceremony took place at the INEC headquarters, Awka. Of the 30 members-elect who received their certificates, […] The post 30 Anambra House of Assembly Members-elect Get Certificates of Return from INEC appeared first on The News Chronicle.
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Minister Charges Defence Space Agency To Advance Technology To Address Insecurity
Minister of Defence, Maj.- Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd) has challenged the Defence Space Administration (DSA) to raise the bar of technological advancement to tackle national insecurity. Magashi gave the charge when he received the management of the Defence Space Administration on a courtesy visit at the Ministry of Defence Headquarters, Abuja.  In a statement […]
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No public holiday for census – NPC
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NMA Seeks Immediate Appointment Of Substantive National Hospital CMD
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called for the immediate appointment of a substantive chief medical director for the National Hospital, Abuja. The chairman, NMA-FCT, Dr. Charles Ugwulanyi, who made the call at a press briefing in Abuja, noted that a process of proceeding the next CMD for […]
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On the passing of Professor Mrs Bimpe Aboyade
Tribune Online On the passing of Professor Mrs Bimpe Aboyade By Dr Olu Agunloye   Professor Mrs Bimpe Aboyade was a librarian at the University of Ibadan. In fact, she was a professor of Library and Information Science and a foremost pioneer in librarianship in Nigeria and the first woman in sub-Saharan Africa to hold a PhD degree in English Literature. She was Head of […] On the passing of Professor Mrs Bimpe Aboyade Tribune Online
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Dapo Abiodun: The Man, His Sagacity And Focus Ahead
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I Am Unlearned But What’s All The Noise About 25% FCT Votes?
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Media To Inaugurate National Complaints Commission On Monday
The Nigerian media will on Monday inaugurate a nine-member board of the National Media Complaints Commission (NMCC), according to a statement released by the president of the Nigerian Press Organisation. The inauguration of NMCC, otherwise known as the National Ombudsman, aims to strengthen public confidence in the media as a credible barometer of public opinion, […]
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Another Peter Obi in Enugu?
The most recent news from Nigeria and across the world is available at The News Chronicle. The News Chronicle provides the most recent headlines, commentary, and political news. “Borrowing is not the problem, borrowing for consumption is” — Peter Mbah.   As the outcome of March 18, gubernatorial election in Enugu State kept making headlines for so many reasons, with the opposition threatening legal challenge, the Governor-Elect, Barr. Peter Ndubisi Mbah has been making inroads into the hearts of Ndi Enugu, the same […] The post Another Peter Obi in Enugu? appeared first on The News Chronicle.
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Buhari Unlikely To Remove Subsidy On PMS Before May 29
BY MARK ITSIBOR Abuja And CHIKA IZUORA, Lagos Mba Grean, Bayelsa President Muhammadu Buhari may handover the reins of power to president-elect, Bola Tinubu on May 29, 2023 without giving approval for the removal of fuel subsidy, which has been eating away at the country’s finances. Buhari’s government has been under pressure from international institutions […]
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Arrest Plotters Of Interim Govt Now, Governors Tell DSS
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have demanded the immediate arrest and prosecution of those behind the plot for an interim government. Deploring the clamour for an interim government to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari on May 29 despite the emergence of a president-elect, the APC governors under the […]
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ICPC Arraigns Varsity Lecturer Over Alleged Sexual Harassment
The most recent news from Nigeria and across the world is available at The News Chronicle. The News Chronicle provides the most recent headlines, commentary, and political news. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has arraigned a lecturer of the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, for demanding sexual and monetary gratification from a female student of the institution. The defendant, Dr. Balogun Olaniran, was brought before Justice Osinuga of the Ijebu-Ode High Court, sitting in […] The post ICPC Arraigns Varsity Lecturer Over Alleged Sexual Harassment appeared first on The News Chronicle.
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Paul Nyathi: Noone is Above The Law in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Republic Police national spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi, says there are ready to deal with perpetrators of violence ahead of the country's general elections. He told a meeting convened by journalists in Harare that nobody is above the law.(Video: Mavis Gama)
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