Dr. Yemi Farounbi
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A Former Ambassador to the Philippines, Dr Yemi Farounbi, has expressed concern over lack of commitment to operational standards across fields of human endeavours in Nigeria.
14 Nov 2023
Former Nigerian Ambassador to the Philippines, Dr. Yemi Farounbi; a statesman and Southwest Chairman of Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), Owolabi Oladejo, and a former Chief of Staff to the late Governor Abiola Ajimobi, Prof. Gbade Ojo, yesterday, called on President Bola Tinubu to work towards amending the Constitution in line with Rotational Presidency of Switzerland for Nigeria to…
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The Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation will hold a national workshop titled “Rethinking Reforms: Why Many Reforms Fail in Nigeria and What We Can Do About It” on July 30, 2024. The workshop will bring together key stakeholders to discuss critical issues hindering the success of public sector reforms in Nigeria. While Nigeria's public service has a commendable…
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Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has ordered a new generation bank to immediately pay N811,174,229.25 to the Chief Registrar of the Court, which is the principal amount
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Says Tinubu Working Hard To Solve Economic Hardship The Chairman, Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has appealed to those behind the planned August 1 to 10, 2024 nationwide protest to shelve the idea in the interest of the country’s Tompolo, who is the Ibe-Ebidouwei of Ijaw Nation, said that…
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• We’ll Prove Them Wrong, Athletes Vow Team Nigeria athletes have vowed to prove World Athletics wrong in its assessment, which seems to have ruled Nigeria out of making the podium in the men and women’s 100, 200m, 400, and the 4x100m, 4x400m and the mixed 4x400m relay events. The world governing body for the…
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Kuda has partnered with SeerBit, a payment gateway, to give Kuda’s seven million plus customers a safe and easy option for making cardless payments online. The Nigerian fintech’s retail customers can now look out for the ‘Pay With SeerBit’ option on local websites and apps, then pay directly from their Kuda account with their secure…
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The Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action (SPEC), Ajuri Ngelale, has held high-level talks with the leadership of China National Building Materials Corporation (CNBM), a $100 billion-valued company, on potential collaboration with Nigeria’s Evergreen City project. During a tour of CNBM’s headquarters, the Special Presidential envoy received briefing on the company’s cutting-edge technologies, including…
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Former governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has debunked a report in The Guardian alleging that Dangote Refinery was not sited in Ogun State because his administration made “unethical demands” . The newspaper, in an opinion article published on Saturday, July 20, this year, titled ‘A Sunday With Aliko Dangote’ wrote: “The refinery was…
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Lagos State government has underscored the importance of having organised markets across the state, saying it will ease purchasing of food items as well as translates to lower prices of items because demand could be measured and supply price could be negotiated. Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Systems, Abisola Olusanya, said this…
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Worried by the planned #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest slated for next month, Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye and leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, Asari Dakubo, on Friday, organised a rally against staging the exercise. Speaking at the venue of the rally in Abuja, the minister, while calling for calm, urged mothers and youth…
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Headquarters 3 Division, Nigerian Army, and Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) in Jos held a stakeholders’ meeting with community leaders from Fann District, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area Plateau State on Friday. The meeting, which was held at Headquarters 3 Division Auditorium, Maxwell Khobe Cantonment Jos, was geared towards fashioning modalities to deal with the increasing…