November 8, 2022

[GIST] Still on the crises in Nigeria’s Supreme Court?

[GIST] Still on the crises in Nigeria’s Supreme Court?

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When he was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1993, Yekini Olayiwola Adio had already been on the bench for 17 years. A graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Adio became a lawyer in 1959, subsequently receiving his graduate degree in law in 1964 from the Yale


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November 7, 2022

[GIST] Oando Clean Energy attends UN climate conference

[GIST] Oando Clean Energy attends UN climate conference

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Oando Clean Energy Limited, the renewable energy subsidiary of Oando Plc, has said it is attending the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference meeting currently holding in Egypt. As Africa’s largest economy and most populous nation, Nigeria is also actively participating in the COP27, with the Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, among other Nigerian stakeholders


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[GIST] Umahi’s campaign ban unconstitutional – Ebonyi PDP, groups

[GIST] Umahi’s campaign ban unconstitutional – Ebonyi PDP, groups

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A coalition of civil rights and political groups in Ebonyi State, on Sunday faulted Governor David Umahi’s Executive Order Number 3 of 2022 banning campaigns, demanding immediate abrogation. Umahi, had last week signed an executive order banning the use of primary school premises, market places and parks for campaigns by political parties ahead of the


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[GIST] NAICOM urges shareholders to demand insurers’ accountability

[GIST] NAICOM urges shareholders to demand insurers’ accountability

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The Commissioner for Insurance, Mr Sunday Thomas, has said it is important for shareholders to ask the management of the insurance companies questions on how their companies are being managed. Thomas spoke while responding to questions on fines paid by some insurance companies and those under receivership, during a seminar for journalists in Lagos. He


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[GIST] Road project: Govt plans compensation for affected residents

[GIST] Road project: Govt plans compensation for affected residents

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The  Lagos State Government has said it would compensate residents that are affected by the construction of several networks of roads in Alimosho Local Government Area. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Tayo Bamgbose-Martins who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Oluwole Sotire, stated this on Friday during a stakeholders’


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[GIST] Nigerian economy in intensive care unit

[GIST] Nigerian economy in intensive care unit

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When I read the bold title on the front page of The Punch of Wednesday last week that ‘EFCC plans massive raid on forex dealers’, I was attracted to one of the subtitles which read “Naira’s free fall worsens, now N857.” I have lost interest in the naira depreciation since it was approaching N500 to


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