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Nestle Nigeria Plc announces changes on its Board of Directors; Wassim Elhusseini is new MD

Nestlé Nigeria Plc has notified its shareholders, The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, and the investing public of the appointment of its Managing Director, Mr. Mauricio Alarcon as the Market Head of Nestlé Central and West Africa Region comprising 25 countries with head office in Ghana, effective September 1, 2020. A …

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Alaigbo Development Foundation condemns massacre of Christians in Southern Kaduna; Urges Buhari to urgently intervene

A socio-cultural and economic group,  Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF), has unequivocally condemned what it described as the mindless massacre of Christians in Southern Kaduna by Fulani militants and called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently intervene to stop the genocide. ADF, in a statement by its  Spokesman, Abia Onyike, said …

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Security challenges: You must rejig security strategy, Buhari tells Security Chiefs

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Aug. 4, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has again challenged the nation’s security chiefs to rejig their strategies in the ongoing battle against insurgency, banditry and other violent crimes in some parts of the country. The National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, retired Maj-Gen. Babagana Mongonu, …

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President Buhari congratulates NMA President, Prof. Ujah, on election; Salutes Chairman of Bua Group, Rabiu on 60th birthday

  President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Prof. Innocent Ujah on his election as President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), congratulating all the Executive Members for the zeal and diligence brought into the organisation within a short period. President Buhari, according to a statement by Garba Shehu, his Senior …

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New York’s health commissioner resigns over COVID-19 handling

New York, Aug. 4, 2020 New York’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Oxiris Barbot, has resigned over alleged under-utilisation of the department’s “incomparable disease control expertise.” “I leave my post today with deep disappointment that during the most critical public health crisis in our lifetime, that the Health Department’s incomparable disease …

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CIoTA President advocates safer road transportation · Jamoh commiserates with families of container accident victims

  President of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIoTA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has restated the institute’s commitment to safety of all modes of transportation in the country, especially those operated within the port environment. Jamoh stated this on Tuesday in Lagos while reacting to a recent incident …

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EDO 2020: INEC, security agencies should be neutral – Wike   *Says Obaseki’s integrity, credibility, performance makes election easy to win

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) and Security Agencies to be apolitical in the September 19, 2020, governorship election in Edo State. Speaking as Guest on a Television Programme, Governor Wike charged the electoral umpire to use the Edo election to correct …

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Amaechi, Malami correct NASS on Sovereign immunity Say, diplomatic immunity not same as commercial immunity

  Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami Tuesday joined Minister of Transportation, Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi to set the records straight on Nigeria’s sovereignty not being at risk in the country’s loan agreements with China. There is a difference between international diplomatic immunity ‘which …

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Presidency berates Trade Union Congress over plan to protest corruption at NDDC, EFCC, others

The Nigerian presidency has berated the Trade Union Congress, TUC, over its plan to protest alleged widespread corruption in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and some other government Agencies. A statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), …

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Reposition Nigerian Bar Association, Obi tasks Akpata; Hails his emergence as President

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Mr Peter Obi, has congratulated Olumide Akpata on his recent election as President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), while urging him to draw on his decades of professional experience to reposition the Association to greater heights. …

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