Chief Anthony Anenih is dead. Anenih died on Sunday at the age of 85 May his soul rest in peace and grant the family the fortitude to bear the loss.
Italy judge set to give first ruling in Nigeria oil graft case by Reuters
Oil majors Shell and Eni will be carefully monitoring a first ruling this week by a Milan judge in one of the energy industry’s biggest corruption scandals for clues to what might be round the corner for them. The two companies are embroiled in a long-running graft case revolving around the purchase in 2011 of …
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Prohibitive party nomination fees by Taiwo Ojoye
ACTIVITIES leading to the 2019 general election have risen a notch since political parties blew the whistle for aspirants to various elective positions to begin the purchase of expression-of-interest and nomination forms. The high fees attached to the documents by the ruling All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party have attracted reproach from political …
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Children as young as 10 denied UK citizenship for failing ‘good character’ test by Aamna Mohdin
As many as 400 vulnerable children refused under controversial Home Office rules Hundreds of vulnerable children as young as 10, who have spent most of their lives in the UK, are having their applications for British citizenship denied for failing to pass the government’s controversial “good character” test. Figures published by the Home Office after …
Why CBN revoked Skye Bank licence By Babajide Komolafe
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Friday revoked the licence of Skye Bank, and transferred its assets and liabilities to a newly licensed bridge bank called Polaris Bank. Meanwhile, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has sold Polaris Bank to the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) with the mandate to stabilise the bank as …
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