Day: 2 June 2019

OANDO Crisis: SEC names interim management team

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The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has constituted an Interim Management Team to oversee the affairs of Oando Plc, and conduct an Extra Ordinary General Meeting on or before July 1, 2019 to appoint new Directors to the Board of the Company, who would subsequently select a Management Team for Oando Plc. This was made known through a statement by the Head of Corporate Communications of the SEC, Mrs. Efe Ebelo, in Abuja. The interim management will be headed by Mr. Mutiu Olaniyi Adio Sunmonu, CON, who till date is…

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Police intensify efforts to rescue Prez. Buhari’s monarch

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The District Head of Daura, President Buhari’s home town, Alhaji Musa Umar, who was kidnapped in front of his house has spent one month in the captivity of his abductors. Umar was kidnapped on May 1. His abductors allowed him to contact his family the day he was abducted, but nothing has been heard either from him or his captors since that time. However, the police have said they are still making efforts to rescue him with others in the captivity of the kidnappers. The Force Public Relations Officer, Mr…

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Tension in Gen. Danjuma’s hometown over assassination of popular farmer

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Tension has reportedly gripped residents of Takum, the hometown of Gen Theophilus Danjuma, in Taraba State following the killing of Yakubu Njira, a former local government education secretary, by gunmen in the early hours of Saturday. Residents alleged that houses belonging to Tiv in Kasuan Haske and Tortsee near Takum were burnt by irate Jukun youths in retaliation for the killing of their kinsman. The Caretaker Chairman of Takum Local Government Council, Shiban Tikari, told our correspondent in a telephone interview that Njira was killed on his farm by people…

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AJ pockets £20m in ‘night of nightmare’ loss to Ruiz

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Andy Ruiz Jr might have produced one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight history on Saturday, but his pay cheque was distinctly lightweight, compared to Anthony Joshua’s. The Mexican stunned Britain’s WBA, IBF and WBO champion to shake up heavyweight boxing’s established order in dramatic style. Ruiz is understood to have made only around £5m from the fight at New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden, The SUN has reported. Compare that to the whopping £20m Joshua is thought to have made and you see just how wide the gulf in class between…

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Days after leaving govt, gunmen invade Okorocha’s house

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Unknown gunmen, suspected to be hired assassins, Friday night, raided the country home of the immediate past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha in Ogboko, Ideato South Council Area of Imo State. The assailants according to a family source, arrived the governor’s residence at about 2 am and overpowered the security before gaining entrance into the main building. According to the source who pleaded anonymity, no valuable was removed but the former governor’s bedroom and other places were thoroughly ransacked, raising suspicion that the invaders maybe hired assassins. Meanwhile, another…

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Fayemi to inaugurate Ekiti Assembly on June 6

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All is set for the successful take-off of Ekiti State’s 6th House of Assembly as the state governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi will, on Thursday, June 6, inaugurate the 26-member sixth Assembly in Ado-Ekiti. Clerk of the House, Tola Esan, confirmed on Saturday in Ado Ekiti that Fayemi had issued a proclamation to that effect. The event is scheduled for the main chamber of the Assembly at 10 a. m. Esan urged members of the State Executive Council, religious and traditional rulers as well as the general public to be part…

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Photos: Ogun Gov., Dapo Abiodun holds thanksgiving service

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Ogun state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun rounded up activities of his inauguration with thanksgiving service at the Cathedral of St. Peters’ Church, Ake, Abeokuta. The event was attended by dignitaries across the state led by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The governor wrote on his twitter handle: The programme of events scheduled for my inauguration was wrapped up earlier today with a Thanksgiving Service at the Cathedral of St. Peters’ Church, Ake, Abeokuta. I was joined by my family, friends, political associates and the good people of our dear state. See…

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Okocha in money laundering mess, charged to court in Scotland

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Former Super Eagles captain Austin Okocha has appeared in court in Aberdeen facing money laundering charges, Aberdeen Evening Express reports. The Punch reported that Okocha, who is better known as Jay-Jay, appeared in private at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Friday. The 45-year-old, who describes himself on his social media profile as “The Football Magician”, made 124 appearances in the Premier League, scoring 14 goals for Bolton Wanderers between 2002 and 2006. The former Paris Saint-Germain and Fenerbahce star, who represented Nigeria at the 1994, 1998 and 2002, World Cups, faced…

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Neymar in rape scandal

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Star striker Neymar has been accused of raping a woman at a hotel in Paris, Brazilian media reports said on Saturday, charges that the player’s father slammed as attempted blackmail. According to a complaint filed with Sao Paolo police and reported by the UOL and GloboEsporte websites, the Paris Saint-Germain star is accused of “using violence to have sex with the victim without her consent.” Sao Paulo’s security secretariat would not provide a copy of the complaint to AFP, confirming only that one had been filed but saying its contents were classified.…

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Andy Ruiz beat Anthony Joshua to claim 3 Heavyweight belts

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Andy Ruiz Jr produced one of the biggest shocks in the history of heavyweight boxing to rip Anthony Joshua’s IBF, WBO and WBA world heavyweight titles from him and tear up the division’s proposed plot lines. In a truly remarkable fight at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Ruiz floored Joshua four times en route to a seventh-round stoppage which stunned this famous arena and handed the Briton his first defeat as a professional. Joshua was a 1-25 favourite with bookmakers and will now join the likes of Lennox Lewis and…

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