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High Expectations When Yemi Adeola was appointed the Managing Director of Sterling Bank in 2007 , to some analysts and observers in the financial industry, he was a round peg in a round hole , a fitting candidate to the throne. He had surely earned his stripe in the high intensity, high adrenalin-pumping banking business …
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SOCIO-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to “direct Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend the implementation of the increase in Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transaction fees, pending the hearing and determination of the lawsuit before the Federal High Court, Lagos challenging the legality …
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Sat, Mar 1, 2025 THE wife of the President of the Senate, Unoma Godswill Akpabio, has filed multiple lawsuits at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The suits allege a breach of fundamental rights and defamation stemming from statements made by the senator during a televised interview on …
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Yemi Adeola has an intimidating Curriculum Vitae,CV, to be successful and to lift any bank from obscurity to a glorious height in the corporate world. Academically , he was superlatively loaded . Mr. Adeola holds a bachelor’s degree in Law from Obafemi Awolowo University, is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, …
VICTOR Muruako, Executive Chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC), says tax reform bills will strengthen fiscal stability, improving efficiency, transparency, and accountability in tax collection and remittance. Muruako stated this at a public hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Finance on four tax reform bills at the National Assembly in Abuja on Monday. …
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The 299th meeting Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) held on the 19th and 20th of February 2025 to review recent economic and financial developments as well as assess the risks to the outlook for 2025 was ,no doubt, unique : it marks a pause in rate hikes after six …
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In wanton disregard for the rule of law, and a valid and subsisting judgment of the Court of Appeal, Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state conducted what he purported to be a Local Government election in the state on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Recently, the otherwise peaceful Osun state has had its peace violently disrupted …
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“When anyone mentions June 12, my mind always goes to MKO and Kudi. But June 12’s staying power was because the vote that Nigerians expressed that day was a vote for a better future and for unity.MKO may have been the symbol of the Hope ‘93 campaign but June 12 was about more than one …
THE Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) is advocating for greater local content participation in Shell’s $5.5 billion Bonga North deep water project. It proposes $1.5 billion in contract awards to indigenous companies. Mr Wole Ogunsanya, PETAN Chairman, made the call on Tuesday during his keynote address at the Sub-Saharan Africa International Conference and Exhibition …
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SEGUN Alatise, Professor of Surgery, Surgical Oncology department, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, said the institution performed 55 cancer surgeries in one month. Alatise made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Ile-Ife, Osun. He explained that 55 cancer surgeries were performed by the …
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