Day: 11 December 2018

Meet Nigeria’s richest prisoner! The Senate just paid him N85.5m as allowance

Jide Ige

Six months after his conviction by a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Senator Joshua Dariye is still receiving the N750, 000 salary and N13.5m monthly running cost from the National Assembly, The PUNCHcan report. Investigations by The PUNCHrevealed that Dariye, who represents Plateau-Central Senatorial District, was still receiving the allowances because his seat had yet to be declared vacant by the leadership of the National Assembly. Dariye, who was governor of Plateau State from 1999 to 2007, was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and convicted by Justice…

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Afreximbank looks to the future of African business in campaign with CNN

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The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is raising awareness about investment opportunities across the African continent through a multi-faceted campaign on CNN. The campaign, established by CNN International Commercial (CNNIC), includes a dynamic mix of event partnership, TV and digital advertising, branded content, and editorial sponsorship. This media mix is across multiple CNN platforms in order to reach a wide range of business leaders, opinion formers and decision makers interested in doing business in Africa. The focus of the campaign is Afreximbank’s landmark Intra-African Trade Fair – a seven-day event taking…

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‘June 12 Annulment: How OBJ and I did it’ -IBB

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A former Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, has revealed what transpired between him and former President, Olusegun Obasanjo regarding the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. Babangida also lamented the fact that Nigerians don’t give him enough credit for the electoral process during the annulled election. However, on June 12, 2018, the former General apologized to the family of Moshood Abiola, the reported winner of the 1993 elections. Babangida gave his reasons on why he refused to support the 1993 democratic process saying, “Everybody said so. I agree.…

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BEDC refutes fictitious information on license withdrawal message by EDO by EDOSCO

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The attention of the Management of BEDC Electricity PLC (BEDC), has been drawn to a fictitious online publication posted by the Edo State Civil Societies Organization (EDOSCO) that the operating license of BEDC has been withdrawn and that customers in Benin, should not pay for electricity based on this position. We wish to strongly condemn the publication in its entirety which is a propaganda by EDOSCO, an organization peddling misinformation after BEDC instituted court cases against some of its members for illegal tampering with power equipment. Our esteemed customers should…

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