“May his type never come our way again” –Rejoicing Unilag lecturers after Babalakin resigned

Lecturers of the University of Lagos rejoiced over the resignation of Dr Wale Babalakin (SAN) as the Chairman of the Governing Council and Pro-Chancellor of the institution. Speaking through the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, UNILAG branch, Dr Dele Ashiru, the lecturers described Babalakin’s exit as “a welcome development”. Ashiru, in an interview with The Punch, said, “It (Babalakin’s resignation) is a welcome development. We thank the visitor to our university, through the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, for putting an end to tyranny, authoritarianism, and dictatorship…

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Ekiti APC crisis gets messier as party moves to expel Gov. Fayemi’s opponents

The crisis rocking the Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress became messier on Tuesday as the state chapter of the party set up an eight-member disciplinary committee saddled with the responsibility of hearing the reasons some members of the party were violating the National Executive Committee’s resolution on litigations. Those listed as defaulters of the rule are mostly stalwarts of the party in the state who have been having a running battle with the state governor, Kayode Fayemi, they are Presidential Political Adviser, Babafemi Ojudu; son-in-law to Senator…

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FIRSTBANK’S CEO, ADESOLA ADEDUNTAN, BAGS FORBES BEST OF AFRICA AWARD

Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Dr.  Adesola Adeduntan, has been honoured with the Forbes Best of Africa Award. The award presentation was held on Friday, 11 September 2020 at a virtual event by Forbes in conjunction with the Foreign Investment Network (FIN). The online roundtable discussion themed “Harnessing the financial resources and social capital of philanthropy to making a lasting impact” was supported by the World Philanthropy Network and featured a keynote address by former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun…

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